Hi everyone.
I graduated from college as a liberal arts major 1 year ago, and have been working a sales job since then. This is not something I want to keep doing, so I have been thinking of an MBA as something that could launch me into a more satisfying career. Ideally, I would like to get a job in corporate finance or accounting. Of course, whenever I look at jobs at large corporations in their finance departments, these jobs want degrees in finance or accounting, which I do not have.
I was wondering if an MBA would help a liberal arts major such as myself transition into a corporate finance position.
My biggest concern is that some friends I have talked to say that "an MBA is more of a networking degree, it doesn't teach you what you need to know for a job". In essence, they tell me that an MBA is something that someone ALREADY in corporate finance might get to move up in their positions.
So I am wondering if an MBA would be sufficient for my purposes. I'd want to actually learn how corporate finance/ accounting work since I do not have experience/ coursework in those fields.
Or should I be looking at a more focused and specialized degree, such as a Masters in Accounting or a Masters in Finance?
Thank you
I graduated from college as a liberal arts major 1 year ago, and have been working a sales job since then. This is not something I want to keep doing, so I have been thinking of an MBA as something that could launch me into a more satisfying career. Ideally, I would like to get a job in corporate finance or accounting. Of course, whenever I look at jobs at large corporations in their finance departments, these jobs want degrees in finance or accounting, which I do not have.
I was wondering if an MBA would help a liberal arts major such as myself transition into a corporate finance position.
My biggest concern is that some friends I have talked to say that "an MBA is more of a networking degree, it doesn't teach you what you need to know for a job". In essence, they tell me that an MBA is something that someone ALREADY in corporate finance might get to move up in their positions.
So I am wondering if an MBA would be sufficient for my purposes. I'd want to actually learn how corporate finance/ accounting work since I do not have experience/ coursework in those fields.
Or should I be looking at a more focused and specialized degree, such as a Masters in Accounting or a Masters in Finance?
Thank you
