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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.

Seven Career Moves Every First-Time MBA Needs to Make

Seven Career Moves Every First-Time MBA Needs to Make

🕔01:00, 10.Sep 2014

Right about now, most first-time MBA students are obsessing over their coursework and the amount of studying they’ll need to cram in each day. While getting your MBA is a time-consuming experience, it’s important to focus not only on academics

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The Online MBA Salary Blues

🕔01:00, 22.Aug 2011

If the Kelley Direct online MBA program is any guide, graduates of Kenan-Flagler’s new MBA@UNC program shouldn’t expect a salary windfall The rap against online MBA programs has always been that the benefits, in terms of career advancement, can’t compare

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Small Companies: The MBA Road Not Taken

🕔01:00, 24.Jun 2011

They may lack the prestige of big companies, but in many ways small companies and MBAs have much to offer one another For many students and their schools, an MBA stands for Master of Business Administration during the program and

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Got an MBA? Great, but I Prefer Uncommon Sense

🕔01:00, 11.Jun 2011

Interview with Byron Lewis Sr., the chairman and chief executive of the UniWorld Group Q. How do you hire? What qualities are you looking for? A. I’m looking for entrepreneurial capabilities. I’m looking for integrity. Q. How do you tell

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MBA in Job-Hunting?

🕔01:00, 10.Jun 2011

Helping new M.B.A.s find jobs upon graduation has now become a central task of the modern business school… but While having an M.B.A. used to be a sure way to move up in the business world, helping new M.B.A.s find

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MBA Students Give Career Services a New Assignment

🕔01:00, 15.Apr 2011

B-school career offices chase a new breed of employer as students look beyond Wall Street When the University of Chicago Booth School of Business first contacted Groupon in 2009, the school had no idea that the startup, then a year

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Harvard MBA Index Flashes ‘Sell’ Warning

🕔01:00, 20.Mar 2011

Designed by a former banking analyst and Harvard Business School alumnus named Ray Soifer, the Harvard Business School Index looks at what portion of Harvard Business School graduates take “market-sensitive jobs” The best and the brightest young business minds in

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Optimist with MBA lands the job

🕔01:00, 1.Feb 2011

MBA graduates with an overall optimistic outlook spend less time and effort searching for jobs and receive offers more quickly, research shows Once they get the job, they’re even more likely to be promoted in the first two years than

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MBA hiring: Back with a vengeance

🕔01:00, 14.Jan 2011

While U.S. unemployment remains stubbornly close to 10%, job prospects for this year’s class of MBAs are looking considerably brighter. While U.S. unemployment remains stubbornly close to 10%, job prospects for MBAs in the class of 2011 are looking considerably

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For MBAs, Breaking Even is a More Distant Dream

🕔01:00, 6.Jan 2011

Higher tuition and lower starting salaries mean it now takes MBAs nearly a year longer to earn back their B-school investment than it did in 2008 The hits just keep coming for the MBA Class of 2010. First, the economy

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