Pre-MBA industry: Consumer Packaged Goods
Post-MBA industry: Internet and New Media
2 years ago
27 Sep 2023 08:09
I have been working in digital marketing and ecommerce for 3.5 years. I led several clubs in my undergraduate degree in addition to other leadership activities. I am wanting to transition from digital marketing in consumer goods to a product role within tech. I am also wanting to move from the United Kingdom where I am currently living, back to Canada where I was born and grew up. I am looking to attend a Europe-based MBA program, within the UK or France.
1. What's attracting you to the European programs?
2. If you want to move to Canada or North America after school (not eventually but rather immediately), usually I would recommend picking a school there. It will be easiest and best to recruit in the country you are attending. Yes, LBS or Oxford brand may be cooler than Rotman but it is always easier to be on the ground in the city (or at least country) where you want to recruit. Curious what's the driver for EU.
3. I think Tech is a great transition. It will be a fairly minor adjustment with a major bump in pay. Or at least that's how it was until the Tech crash last year. Either way, you should have a leg up in your recruiting compared to some of the folks without tech or digital experience.