Career Articles
So, Why Do Entrepreneurs Need an MBA?
Why do entrepreneurs need an MBA? If you plan on launching your own company someday, you don't have to go to business school, right? Many would-be entrepreneurs think a [...]
Why an MBA in Healthcare Is Your Winning Combo
Do you have a passion for healthcare and a keen eye for business strategy? If so, the marriage of an MBA and a healthcare degree offers a compelling proposition. [...]
Best Ways for MBA Applicants to Explain Frequent Job Changes
So, you've decided to set a course for the adventure of a lifetime by pursuing an MBA degree. You've got your sights set on the perfect program, your resume [...]
Will a Social Impact MBA Help You Reach Your Career Goals?
The MBA degree has long been a stepping stone for careers in consulting and finance. Yet, in recent years, we’ve seen a shift towards using the MBA as a [...]
What is Career Pathing and How Can It Guide Your MBA Plans?
Whether you are a career switcher or looking to accelerate progression in your current industry, an MBA is a powerful tool to accomplish those objectives. To determine whether business [...]
4 Pro Tips for When Your Raise Request Gets Denied
If you’ve mustered the courage to ask for a raise and get shot down, you might wonder what’s next. Do you threaten to quit? Cry in the corner? Bad-mouth [...]
New GMAC Survey Finds Business School Students in High Demand
Despite market fears of an imminent recession, 86% of 2022 business school graduates found employment upon graduation. This is up from 80% in 2021, according to a new survey [...]
End Your Procrastination With These 3 Tips
Are you locked in a constant battle royale against procrastination? Well, you’re in good company. Psychology Today estimates that 20% of the population are chronic procrastinators. (Though we suspect [...]
Ever Think of Starting a Business? An Interview with Vantage Point MBA’s Co-Founder
If you’ve ever thought about starting a business (maybe that is even why you are applying to business school!) or simply enjoy reading about people who’ve taken that leap, [...]
How to Improve Your EQ
You might have all the technical skills in the world under your belt—and be brilliant as heck—but still have trouble advancing to a leadership role in your company. Why? [...]
B-Schooled Podcast Episode #109: Disruptive Technologies and the MBA
The hottest topic in MBA circles just might be a term you’ve never heard before: Futurism. Futurism is a broad term referring to the advancement of disruptive technologies [...]
B-School Students Doubt Their Digital Skills for Industry 4.0
According to a recent survey from Highered, nearly a third of business school students fear they lack the right skills for future jobs. Also, almost 9 out of 10 [...]
The Lure is More than Salary for Investment Banking
The salary for investment banking is a big lure for countless MBA aspirants. But there's more to it than just hefty compensation. To expand upon our previous work on [...]
Interview With Al Drewes, Columbia Executives in Residence Program Director
One of the top reasons for an MBA is to explore career paths in an open environment. Through Columbia Business School’s Executives in Residence program, Columbia MBA students have [...]
Why Negative Thinking Can Help You Reach Greater Success
When it comes to strategies for reaching our goals, most of us adopt an optimistic outlook. We see ourselves triumphant at the finish line and believe a positive mindset [...]
Do Tech Companies Need Harvard MBA Grads?
Once upon a time, veteran tech companies had mixed feelings about the MBA degree. After all, famous founders such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, and Michael Dell [...]
How Distance Bias Harms Remote Workers
Whether your current work arrangement is completely remote or hybrid, you could fall victim to an increasingly common cognitive bias. Known as proximity or distance bias, it's what happens [...]
MBB Consulting: Salaries, Trends, Myths #38; the MBA
The management consulting career path is considered integral to the early career and/or the professional aspirations of countless MBA applicants that our team has advised over the last two [...]
STEM Designation Attracts International MBA Students
While universal adoption is still far off, a growing percentage of full-time U.S. MBA programs are looking to get STEM certification. A 2021 Kaplan/Manhattan Prep survey of b-school admissions [...]
Best Paying Jobs in Finance and the MBA
The MBA is an important stepping stone to a finance career. In fact, it’s often seen as a gatekeeper to the best paying jobs in finance. Business school students [...]
Is Finance a Good Career Path and Why?
Is finance a good career path? For many MBA hopefuls, the answer is a resounding yes. To help you decide, we’re going to take a look at a variety [...]
MBA Applicants and Executive Presence
What is executive presence? The answer is often a maddening, “I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it.” Not exactly helpful for anyone trying to [...]
Volunteering Can Boost Your Career--and MBA Admissions Odds
We probably don’t need to sell you on the karmic benefits of donating your time for a worthy cause. But besides all the feels you get for helping others, [...]
Spotting Boreout Syndrome
We’re all familiar with burnout, but have you heard of its equally evil twin, boreout? Instead of dealing with excessive busyness and overflowing plates, people who suffer from boreout [...]
The Smart Way to Promote Yourself
Now and then, getting ahead in your career requires some self-promotion. A bit of preening, if you will. Some of you may be thinking, “I’m totally down for letting [...]