Congrats on your admits!
I assume you want to look for a new job in a new company and not staying at the same since in that case it hardly matters…
So a couple very simple basics about executive programs, just to set the stage, you will be recruiting on your own and while you can definitely get support and help from alumni and career services, there is no companies coming on campus to look for the positions you’re considering.
The biggest network you will have is going to be your classmates. They are the ones who will be hanging out with you after a long team building activity or you will be working on the project with and so on and so forth. They will be your best referrals and your best advocates to find a new job. You will also be the best one for them….
I have a bit of a concern that the Miami campus for the executive program is a bit geared to much towards Latin America. Maybe I am off but some thing for you to research and consider since that is usually the market that is being targeted.
If you go on the other hand, probably doesn’t attract the same folks that booth or Kellogg or Berkeley attracts for their programs and so I feel it’s likely more regional, driving distance type of thing from Atlanta or Raleigh etc.
I think a fair question would be to ask the admissions teams how would the program help you with your career goals and your recruiting goals and see what answer you get. That’ll give you another Datapoint and potentially will get you even started on some networking because I have a feeling that missions will try to connect you with some of the alumni or current students.
PS. After your peers, your next networking group is going to be other executive program graduates. The bigger the program the more they alumni the better. Keep in mind this only relates to the executive program because traditional business school alarms who could be useful to you would likely have graduated 15 years ago and would be not very engaged.
Another consideration is your location. If you are tied up with your family in a specific location not far away from Fuqua, there’s no reason to recruit in San Francisco or New York because you’re probably not going to move anyway and those positions probably not going to recruit remote workers so if you are tied up, it makes sense to be in the immediate vicinity of the program just because that’s where the brand value is the strongest in terms of the concentration of alumni and other connections. If this is your situation, I would pick Fuqua and even if there is just a single job then perhaps that is just the job you’re going to pursue.
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