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Getting an MBA job

The job search is one of the most important (and the most important for many) aspects of an MBA program. Some people even call the MBA (ironically, of course) a two-year job search program. We have put together some useful information and resources.

These were the highest paid MBAs in 2015

These were the highest paid MBAs in 2015

🕔01:00, 10.Feb 2016

One MBA graduate last year struck gold to the tune of a $467,000 payday. Others, meanwhile, had a much harder time establishing financial footing. Those figures are according to a Poets & Quants report compiling the highest and lowest base

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Elite MBA Students Are Spurning McKinsey, Bain For Freelance Consulting Sites

Elite MBA Students Are Spurning McKinsey, Bain For Freelance Consulting Sites

🕔01:00, 10.Feb 2016

An MBA job at McKinsey & Co or BCG was once the pinnacle for MBA students. But for graduates of elite schools like Harvard, Stanford or Wharton, freelance consulting is increasing alluring. As the rise of so-called unicorn companies like

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How many Indian CEOs have an MBA?

How many Indian CEOs have an MBA?

🕔01:00, 9.Feb 2016

Does one need to have an MBA to ascend to the top of Indian companies? Not necessarily, but it helps. A Mint analysis shows that 144 of the CEOs of BSE 500 companies, India’s largest listed firms that make up

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How To Stand Out In A Crowd Of Freshly-Minted Grads

How To Stand Out In A Crowd Of Freshly-Minted Grads

🕔01:00, 22.Jan 2016

In today’s very competitive job market, graduate students, especially those with limited work experience, must develop an array of skills that will help them to stand out in a crowd of freshly minted graduates all competing for the same available

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Why an MBA won’t get you the banking job you want. And what you can do about this

Why an MBA won’t get you the banking job you want. And what you can do about this

🕔01:00, 18.Jan 2016

Do you aspire to a job in an investment bank in order to recoup the tens of thousands you’ve spent on your MBA? Before you hit “submit” on your application, here are a few things you should bear in mind

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MBA programmes that yield the best salaries

MBA programmes that yield the best salaries

🕔01:00, 14.Jan 2016

One major component of Business Insider’s ranking is the average starting salary. Looking at this exclusively, you can filter out the business schools that yield the best salaries after graduation. Among the 50 leading schools, students from 22 schools went

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10 Leading MBA Programs That Produce Immediate Placement After Graduation

10 Leading MBA Programs That Produce Immediate Placement After Graduation

🕔01:00, 26.Dec 2015

Discounting MBA programs at Harvard and Stanford, where growing demand is related to entrepreneurship particularly with Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, the following programs are found to produce the highest rate of job placement successes with employers as

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20 top MBA programs whose grads land jobs right out of school

20 top MBA programs whose grads land jobs right out of school

🕔01:00, 23.Dec 2015

Our sixth annual ranking of the 50 best business schools in the world evaluated MBA programs based on reputation, average starting salary after graduation, job-placement rate within three months of graduation, average GMAT score, and tuition and fees. (Read our

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Facebook actually does want MBAs – no matter what Sheryl Sandberg says

Facebook actually does want MBAs – no matter what Sheryl Sandberg says

🕔01:00, 23.Dec 2015

Though Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg got an MBA from Harvard Business School, she has questioned whether such a degree actually helps people in the tech industry. In a recent Quora thread, she even went so far as to say: “MBAs

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How To Ace The Job Interview: Advice For MBA Students

How To Ace The Job Interview: Advice For MBA Students

🕔01:00, 20.Dec 2015

This post was cowritten with Ellen Regan, a first year MBA student at the Darden School of Business, actively recruiting for internships in marketing. To help Marketing/GM students prepare for the recruiting gauntlet, we sat in on a couple of

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