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15 Sep 2022, 14:00
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| FROM Goizueta Emory Admissions Blog: 2023 Best & Brightest Business Major: Cade Ricker |
Cade Ricker Emory University Goizueta Business School Describe yourself in 15 words or less: Collaborative ambivert on a mission to never be the smartest person in the room. Hometown: Fairfax, VA Fun Fact About Yourself: I am an avid ultra-cyclist who competes annually in 100-mile ‘century’ races, and I logged 2,500 miles in 2020. Undergraduate School and Major: United States Military Academy at West Point; Systems Engineering Most Recent Employer and Job Title: US Army, Engineer Officer What makes Atlanta such a great place to earn an MBA? Atlanta boasts a robust professional scene balanced with a social scene that complements professional pursuits. Emory’s proximity to Metro Atlanta has allowed the school to develop extensive ties with industry partners in the city. This tight-knit relationship opens the door for candidates to intentionally explore the Atlanta professional network and beyond. Aside from your classmates and location, what was the key part of Emory Goizueta’s MBA programming that led you to choose this business school and why was it so important to you? Goizueta’s small-by-design format instantly caught my attention. It attracts people who prefer a collaborative program both in and out of the classroom. You cannot go through a program like Goizueta without truly getting to know all your classmates. This was a priority for me as I believe relationships are one of the most important aspects to succeeding in business and life. What course, club or activity excites you the most at Emory Goizueta (and why)? I am most excited to grow the Goizueta Business School Veterans Association. In the Army, I was surrounded by mentors eager to help me develop into the leader I am today. Having a relatable support network is important, especially as a veteran transitioning from the military and pivoting into a new career field. At the same time, I aspire to create outlets where veterans in all six of Emory’s graduate schools can share their military experiences with the rest of the Emory community. This will ideally encourage open dialogue where stories are shared, and all students can learn from each other’s diverse backgrounds. Describe your biggest accomplishment in your career so far: Two months into my 14 months leading a team of 37 people, the newest team member approached me to ask for help with balancing issues beyond the workplace. Only 18 years old, he had overextended his finances before joining the Army and was struggling to support his spouse and six children. He faced the possibility of losing his children to Child Protective Services if the situation did not quickly improve. I delegated the team’s daily operational oversight to my team’s most experienced members so I could focus on helping him work through a plan to regain stability. He kept his family together, and this validated my belief that every member of a team is bound to encounter personal issues at some point. By fostering a culture of trust, team members can feel comfortable leaning on those around them to work through issues and ultimately ensure the team’s overall success. How did COVID-19 change your perspective on your career and your life in general? COVID-19 reminded me that life is fragile, and time is fleeting. 2020 accelerated society’s overdue realignment of principles and challenged the tendency to view situations from an invincible perspective. As I pivot to a new career path, I remain mindful of COVID’s lingering impact, but I am excited to help shape business and society’s new normal. What led you to pursue an MBA at this point and what do you hope to do after graduation? My time in the Army provided me with extensive leadership experience, but I knew I wanted to enhance this with a formal business education immediately after leaving the military. Pursuing an MBA at Goizueta will grow my technical business knowledge and help me adapt the various leadership skills gained in the military to the modern business world. After graduation, I will pursue a career in management consulting. I want to immerse myself in an organization full of exceptional people while working with different teams to solve complex business problems and learn from executive teams leading large international organizations. Management consulting will also further develop my business acumen gained at Goizueta by exposing me to a variety of industries in the United States and around the world. What advice would you give to help potential applicants gain admission into Emory Goizueta’s MBA program? The first piece of advice is to start preparing early. Reach out to students and the admissions committee to learn what sets Goizueta apart from other schools. From these conversations, you can determine how your profile will enhance the Emory community and how the Goizueta MBA will help you accomplish your career goals. The second piece of advice is do not self-select out of the program because you feel that an aspect of your profile does not fit certain criteria. There is no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to gaining admission. Instead, get intentional. Reflect on your experience, explore where your passions lie, and then clearly present those in your application. Interested in exploring Full-Time MBA opportunities? Learn more about Goizueta’s Full-Time MBA program. First published in Poets&Quants. The post 2023 Best & Brightest Business Major: Cade Ricker appeared first on Voice of Goizueta. |
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| FROM Goizueta Emory Admissions Blog: Yes And |
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A one-year sprint. A new degree. Emerging from quarantine. Death — life and everything in between. This has been a summer of intention and reflection to take stock of where I’ve been, where I’m headed and who I am moving with, in this journey.  Jasmine speaking at the Emory University Goizueta Business School’s John Lewis Case Competition The culmination of the past 12 months at Goizueta in the One-Year MBA program has transformed me in more ways than I could have imagined. And I have been working to honor the growth and change by reflecting on how to best use the content, leadership and human-centered knowledge that I gained during my time as a student to best emerge into my next personal and professional chapter. I came to business school with some skepticism and as ultra-introvert who was actively working to remember what it was like to exist beyond quarantine norms and who thought she knew where she was headed and what she would be doing one year later. With the support of my family, friends, professors, and mentors, I have been humbled and inspired and see so much light and opportunity in spaces that I previously hadn’t considered in terms of pathways and opportunities. Similar to the Double Diamond method — a Human Centered Design research methodology whereby you move through a series of divergent and convergent stages to drive evidenced-based insight generation and innovation — I too have been diverging and converging. Like a Kaleidoscope — zooming in on my skillsets, mindsets and values that I have known to be true while also zooming out and embracing the new passions and pathways that have recently been unlocked.  Jasmine on her last day at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School On the other side of my 1Y MBA, I am excited to bring my new learnings of operations, strategy, and finance to my ‘industry’ home base — WASH and public health. However, I also have discovered that I am energized and committed to exploring and building in other — seemingly newer to me- industries within the Impact Economy. This makes me a WASH professional AND a Human Centered Design researcher AND a Product Designer AND …an Education Professional? While SDG 3 (health), 5 (gender equity) and 6 (WASH) have been my impact anchors over the first decade of my career, SDG 4 (education) is new to the party in this career ecosystem. As I have been working to make sense of how I fit or how it fits with me and my vision of my post MBA journey, I have been reminded that my work in the educational sector is actually not new. I have said things like “I orbit education” or “I am not a real education professional” as ways of expressing my discomfort with the idea of ‘leaving public health’. But I, like the work that I lead and am a part of, am not leaving — only building; building off a decade of interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral work that I have already been doing as evidenced by:
And now that I have embraced how my newly minted business skillsets will help me continue to drive sustained impact in work that aligns with my values — across seemingly diverse but intrinsically connected sectors including but not limited to public health and education, I am thrilled to be diving in head first in my new roles as:
 Jasmine on her first day as an adjunct lecturer at the Georgia Tech College of Design  Jasmine and her new colleagues at the Common Group So while these new pieces of my career ecosystem have recently been supported and unveiled to me — I have been reminded that as a hybrid professional, I am working at the intersections of where my distinct values match my unique value proposition to drive measurable, and human-centered impact across society and SDGs. Rather than saying that I’m pivoting from my former career path into a new one, I choose to frame it as “yes and.” Yes I am a WASH professional AND I am many more things. I am excited to officially be moving across SDGs 3, 4, 5 and 6 and for the professional adventures to come with this “yes and” mentality. As I settle in my intersectional truth — buckle up for the next #burtonblastoff chapter as this hybrid professional takes on this new rhythm within a growing career ecosystem by building, interacting, and scaling in the impact economy.  Jasmine wearing her “Minding My Black Owned Business” t-shirt *More to come on how to operationalize a diverse career ecosystem in a way that works for you both personally and professionally! Article originally posted on Medium. The post Yes And appeared first on Voice of Goizueta. |
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| FROM Goizueta Emory Admissions Blog: Recruiting, Networking & Learning: Reflections on the 2022 National Black MBA Conference |
 Charis Brooks 23MBA Upon becoming an MBA candidate, the opportunities available to you at diversity career fairs are well known. Typically, these fairs occur during the fall semesters at the beginning of one’s MBA journey. Students have the chance to meet and interview with Fortune 500 companies such as Google, Coca-Cola, and Wal-Mart to name a few. I was especially privileged to attend the National Black MBA Conference in my university’s (Goizueta Business School) hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, and as my cohort’s National Black Scholar. I came through the doors of one the largest and most widely known MBA career conferences with a bit of a different perspective than most students. The morning prior, I had signed my full-time offer with Microsoft Corporation and was able to attend the conference for free as a National Black Scholar. The pressure of appearance, outcome results, and investment were lifted, and I was excited to simply learn as much as possible. I was especially interested in helping my first-year classmates with their recruiting efforts, attending informative panel discussions, and chatting with recruiters without motive to secure an interview. As I watched the journey of 1st years asking for advice prior to the conference, to seeing them impeccably dressed and practicing their elevator pitches during the event at the Emory booth, to rejoicing with the news that they received an interview request from their top companies, I was overjoyed. I was thrilled with the opportunity to share resources I used from my previous year and give pep talks when those pesky self-doubting thoughts randomly pop up. My iPad served as placeholder for those who misplaced paper copies of their resume and my hospitality skills were useful when guiding students to booths and introducing them to recruiters. I was happy to be able to be in a position to be able to lead by serving.  From left to right: Shanae Smith, Osereme Ujadughele, Charis Brooks, Brandan Gillespie Typically, the conversation with recruiters is one that could be anxiety-inducing. However, considering I was not recruiting, I was able to meet and chat with them on a personal level. I learned about their priorities as a recruiter, what they enjoyed or disliked about their company, and even recruited some of them to pursue an MBA. The most worthwhile moment was running into my former employer’s booth, MGM Resorts International. There I was able to reconnect with some familiar faces from such a pivotal time in my life. I even ran into a friend who completed the MGM undergraduate rotational program with me that I had not seen in years. We were asked to give feedback and reflections (a favorite pastime for Goizueta) about our time in Las Vegas. It was such a memorable, rewarding, and unexpected moment that the National Black MBA Conference was able to provide. My favorite part of the conference was being able to attend three panels: NBMBAA Entrepreneurial Institute: Creating Generational Wealth through Real Estate, The Black Tech Experience: The Crossroads Between Intersectionality and Modern Tech and Meet the Experts: Google. These sessions opened my mind up to real estate possibilities I never heard of and allowed me to speak with distinguished and accomplished individuals who looked like my family. I took copious notes and look forward to using the insights gained to forge a future I can be proud of. National Black MBA Conference displayed their slogan “A Promise Kept” throughout the Georgia World Congress Center. This reminded me of the motto I adopted as my own philosophy in the second year of business school, “lifting as we climb”, which comes from the following quote: “And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will burst into glorious fruition ‘ere long…with a keen sense of the responsibility which we shall continue to assume, we look forward to a future large with promise and hope.” – Mary Church Terrell, American civil rights activist The National Black MBA Conference fulfilled on its promise of job creation and advancement, relevant programming, and resources, and engage with NBMBAA members and Corporate Partners. It also allowed me to continue my trajectory to lift as I climb. The post Recruiting, Networking & Learning: Reflections on the 2022 National Black MBA Conference appeared first on Voice of Goizueta. |
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