The article below is about a topic that will likely interest most readers of this site: post-MBA salaries. Specifically, the article focuses on research that reveals a high correlation between attending top business schools and earning high post-MBA salaries. This idea isn’t exactly a new one, but I can’t remember ever having seen any analysis comparing total 20-year post-MBA earnings between schools. That said, the analysis isn’t perfect. The article does describe some potential issues with the source data set,
Recently, I came across a blog produced by a young lady named Karen Flowers, who calls herself “The Resume Chick” and provides resume writing services for clients. After reading some of her entries, I’ve become a big fan of her site. I know that she’s technically a competitor of mine because we both offer resume review and advisory services, but game recognizes game and her resume advice game is strong. She’s providing her readers with some great tips and, as my long-time
What’s happening, folks. I hope you’re all doing well and ready to start the weekend…I’m counting down the minutes until 5pm as I type this (T-minus 15 minutes and counting). This entry offers up an article that is all about the concept of how to bring in the right people to make up a strong team. The article talks about it in a hiring and HR context, but, given the importance of teams in business and MBA programs, I
The article below is one that I thought would be of interest to my female readers. In it, the author explores the career paths of women who choose to pursue an MBA degree. Among the items covered in the article are the rise in the number of women earning the degree and the large difference in the types of jobs that female MBAs and their male counterparts want. It is the latter point that leads to some of the differences
I remember waaaaaaay back in the early 2000′s when the MBA degree was the thing to have. The MBA was supposed to be the ticket to a fantastic job in Finance/Consulting/Management that would be the first step on the road to eternal success in business, lots of money, and a network that most people would kill for. Getting into a top-20 business school was basically like winning one of Willy Wonka‘s golden tickets and being invited to play in his Chocolate Factory, which, in the case of the MBA, was supposed to be the Board rooms of… Read the rest
As many of you have likely read, the job market was incredibly tough for MBAs from the Class of 2009. In fact, I know of several MBA2009 graduates who are still searching for their first post-MBA job. In some cases, those graduates are being incredibly picky and are holding out for the “dream job”. But, in other cases, kids are applying to a wide range of opportunities and are willing to take salaries in the same range as their pre-MBA
When a friend of mine posted the article below on Facebook, I was about to ignore it, but the title caught my eye and I’m glad that I took the time to read it. As my longtime readers know, networking is sort of my “thing” and I spend a lot of time building and cultivating personal and professional relationships…because one never knows when a relationship can yield benefits. This article dovetails very well with the idea of networking as an
In the past few months, I’ve posted several articles about the iffy job market and, at times like these, we all owe it to ourselves to be as thoughtful as possible about managing our careers. I’ve built my career the hard way by making a lot of mistakes and learning from them to improve, but, looking back, it really wouldn’t have been so challenging if I’d had someone to coach me (which is one of the reasons that I’m so
Hey, everyone. I hope all of you in the U.S. are enjoying the 4th of July weekend. As for me, I’m in the middle of a relaxing trip to the great state of VA to visit my family and it’s nice to be back here after several months of being away. Also, it’s been nice to sit around my mom’s house and just crash for the weekend after having spent the previous few days in the U.K. at some meetings
The article linked below comes to us from the folks at Veritas Prep and is written by one of their senior MBA admissions consultants, Darren Kowitt. In the article, Kowitt describes his view on what makes a responsible manager and then takes that further to provide some advice for people applying to business school. I found this quote from the article to be especially insightful: “Managers must remember that they are the custodians
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