dguptaxlri
Dear Admission Consultant,
I am an Indian HR Professional (34 yrs, Male) having work ex of close to 10 years (7 years in HR and 3 years in Civil engineering). I have already done an MBA from India 7 years back. I am primarily interested in a career outside India (preferably US/Canada/UK) in consulting or strategic management.
I had my first attempt at GMAT today and got a score of 740 (Q50, V41, IR7). I am not happy with my performance at the verbal section as I had to guess last 6 questions due to bad time management. Anyways, I would like to check if a re-attempt is necessary if my primary target bschools are top one year MBA programs in Canada/Europe (I have a Canadian PR status). Also, kindly guide me around which bschools might be more open to selecting older candidates. Finally, as I am not looking for a career in India at all, the bschool should be able to place most of its students in the base country itself (Canada/Europe).
Education: 1. B.Tech in Civil Engineering (GPA 3+)
2. MBA in HR (GPA 4+)
Work Ex - 7 years+ as HR consultant/advisor (Total Rewards and Performance Management) in 3 different Fortune 500 organizations (BFSI and IT)
Career goal - 1. To settle in US/Canada/Europe 2.To move from HR consulting to core Business/Strategic consulting
Please let me know if you need any further details. Kindly note that I am interested in the one year full time programs only.
Thanks and Regards,
D Gupta
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Hi,
I am not an admission consultant but would like to suggest you for European schools. You have a brilliant GMAT score but regular MBA from US schools will be tough due to age (though not impossible). You can look following programs which require huge experience: MSx from Stanford and MIT Sloan Fellow program. The schools which you can try in Europe are IMD and HEC. If you need some information about these European schools, you can write to me and I can answer some of the queries.
Why don't you take the advantage of Canadian PR and find a job in Canada? You can look for MBA/EMBA option when you will be there. All the best.