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The article below comes to us from the team over at Doostang. My long-time readers will recognize the Doostang name because it is the career search site founded by one of my close friends from my class at Stanford GSB. Since its launch a few years ago, Doostang has evolved tremendously and is now THE place to go for high-end, hard-to-find jobs in desirable industries and functions, including Investment Banking, Private Equity, Consulting, Corporate Strategy, and Information Technology. Doostang has also become a provider of general career information, which is how the article below comes into play. The article describes… Read the rest

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Hi, everybody. I’m making a quick post to pass along an article from the team over at Veritas Prep, the GMAT preparation company. The article gives a quick rundown of six courses that many alums of Stanford GSB would consider to be “must-have” classes for anyone interested in the school. I took three of the six courses listed in the article and I can verify that they are FANTASTIC! Of the three that I didn’t take, I would give just about anything to be able to go back in time and take two of them. It’s amazing how hindsight is… Read the rest

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Hey, everyone. I hope you’re all having a good weekend so far. The submission below is from a reader who broke one of my “rules of engagement” by following up his initial email with another one basically asking me “Why is it taking you so long to respond?”…I thought about deleting both of his emails, but I found his questions to be interesting and possibly of use to others, so I decided to respond. The primary question that I answered was about the definition of “diversity” as it pertains to business school, particularly in terms of admissions. Most people assume… Read the rest

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What’s good, folk. The message below is from a UK-based reader who wants to break into Management Consulting, but came to this realization late in his collegiate years. So, instead of building up the standard set of educational and internship experiences during his undergraduate years to prepare for Consulting recruiting, he developed a collection of media and journalism related experiences. He’s asking for my advice on how he should proceed if his end goal is to make his way into a Consulting position. Unfortunately, I’m responding to this message pretty far after he sent it to me, so I’m not… Read the rest

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One of the casualties of the economic downturn has been student loan programs for international students who attend U.S. business schools. I’ve heard several stories over the past year about foreign MBA applicants choosing not to apply to U.S. schools because of an inability to get loans to pay for that education. The following article from BusinessWeek.com describes a relatively new program that is trying to fill the void left by the elimination of loan programs that used to be offered by CitiAssist and Sallie Mae.

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“A financial lifeline for foreign MBA students”
Author: Alison Damast
Source: BusinessWeek.com http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/jan2010/bs2010014_067543.htm … Read the rest

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Many of my readers live in India, so, when I received the following email, I thought some of you might want to participate in the event.

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Dear All,

Please check the mail below.Some of you or your friends may find it useful.

Warm regards,
Vishnu

From: Ganesh N Prabhu
Sent: 16 January 2010 10:12 To: g.n.prabhu@gmail.com Cc: @IIM Subject: IIMB’s Management Program for Women Entrepreneurs April 14, 2010 to May 26, 2010

Dear IIMB community member

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore will be offering a four week Management Program for Women Entrepreneurs from April 14, 2010 to May … Read the rest

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Hey there, folk. I hope you’re all having a nice weekend. It’s a cold one here in Chicago, but that’s to be expected at this time of year…brrrr! Anyways, enough about me and my shivering…let’s get to the email for this entry.

The email below is from a graduate of an Indian MBA program who had questions about “business planning” positions. When he sent me this email a few months ago, he was about to interview for a role in that area and was looking for advice. As you can probably imagine, I’m REALLY far behind in responding to this … Read the rest

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Given the tough job market, I’ve been posting quite a few job-related articles lately. This entry presents one more to the reader community. It comes to us from the team at OnlineCollege.com and lists the 100 best job sites for business school students. I know it’s a hard battle to find a full-time job or internship at business schools across the world, so this list is VERY useful and VERY timely. I hope this article is helpful to those of you in search of the right employment opportunity.

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“100 Best Job Sites for B-School Students”
Author: OnlineCollege.com Source: http://www.onlinecollege.org/2010/01/06/100-best-job-sites-for-b-school-students/ … Read the rest

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Happy new year, everybody. I hope you all had a fun and safe New Year’s Eve celebration last week and have settled back into the post-holidays “real life” comfortably.

With the second round deadline for many business schools having just passed or coming up soon, I thought I’d post something to help those of you who are targeting the Round 3 B-school application cycle. The following article comes to us from the good folks over at GottaMentor.com and was written by John Rice, the founder of Management Leaders for Tomorrow, one of the most successful B-school admissions prep organizations … Read the rest

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