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Are Management Consulting Firms Reducing their Dependence on MBAs?

Are Management Consulting Firms Reducing their Dependence on MBAs?

🕔01:00, 11.Feb 2019

Business schools’ and consultancies’ close ties led to the phrase “McHarvard”. But as the elite firms seek more diverse talent, the proportion of new consultants with MBAs is shrinking For once, Keith Bevans is in Paris. As head of global

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Top MBA programs for getting a consulting job at McKinsey, Bain and BCG

Top MBA programs for getting a consulting job at McKinsey, Bain and BCG

🕔09:00, 17.Jan 2019

No matter what ranking you’re referencing, the top three management consulting firms will read McKinsey, Bain and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), in some order. Their pay sets the market, they provide near unlimited exit opportunities and they tend to win

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Banks try to lure MBA graduates away from Big Tech

Banks try to lure MBA graduates away from Big Tech

🕔10:05, 19.Feb 2018

Going to business school enabled Alessandro Scauzillo to achieve his ambition of moving from a job in tech into banking. He is now a product manager in the online trading division of UniCredit Group. But despite studying at MIP Politecnico

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The Top 4 Mistakes MBA Students Make During The Internship (And How To Prevent Them)

The Top 4 Mistakes MBA Students Make During The Internship (And How To Prevent Them)

🕔01:00, 12.Jun 2016

For many MBA students, the path to the internship took a lot of hard work. First, you have to get excellent grades in undergrad. Then, you need to work for a few years (and be successful) at a branded, impressive

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Glassdoor for MBAs and Startups

Glassdoor for MBAs and Startups

🕔01:00, 18.May 2016

One of the big issues with employment review websites, such as Glassdoor, is that feedback is usually submitted only by those who had a really great, or really bad, experience at a company. And feedback is so general, it doesn’t

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Here’s Why Goldman Sachs, Citi, Credit Suisse Are Snapping Up IESE B-School MBAs

Here’s Why Goldman Sachs, Citi, Credit Suisse Are Snapping Up IESE B-School MBAs

🕔01:00, 13.Apr 2016

Pascal Michels likes to think of himself as a market maker. For some MBAs, technology firms have replaced banks as the employer of choice. But while investment banking is down as a career, it’s not out. “We make sure we

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Navigating Your Career Journey After The MBA

Navigating Your Career Journey After The MBA

🕔01:00, 11.Apr 2016

Having taught and talked with many MBA students, I am struck by an observation. Some students see their first job as the destination, rather than the beginning of a very long journey with the destination (the final point on their

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A cheap way of hiring MBA graduates

A cheap way of hiring MBA graduates

🕔01:00, 10.Apr 2016

MBA students are adept at putting a value on long-term cash flows. New research suggests this mentality is also present in their evaluation of job offers — particularly if an alumnus of their business school is doing the recruiting. Professors

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Silicon Valley May Want MBAs More Than Wall Street Does

🕔01:00, 17.Mar 2016

PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel said MBAs are predisposed to “herdlike thinking and behavior.” Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen dubbed them a contrarian indicator, saying “if they want to go into tech, that means a bubble is forming.” In a post on

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Porn star Alix Lynx with an MBA, living X-rated dream after quitting office job

Porn star Alix Lynx with an MBA, living X-rated dream after quitting office job

🕔01:00, 24.Feb 2016

A high-achieving graduate has lifted the lid on why she turned her back on a promising career to pursue her dream of becoming a PORN mega-star. Alix Lynx worked hard to earn a degree in communications and then an MBA

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