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Best Business Schools for Marketing: Part I
This article originally appeared in its entirety on clearadmit.com
The “four Ps” (product, price, place and promotion) and the “three Cs” (customers, competition and company) may not have become completely passé, but there’s some serious shifting taking place in the world of marketing. Companies must reach global audiences of consumers, confront and master the ever-evolving intricacies of social media, command the growing frontier of video marketing and get a handle on terabytes of data representing critical market intelligence waiting to be mined. Continue reading…
Hot MBA Jobs: Operations Research Analyst
In a recent post, we discussed Big Data and the Demand for Business Analytics Talent. We talked about how the study of complex sets of information and data science — something we call big data and business analytics — are both components of a rabidly growing industry. Correlative to the growth of big data is the spike of interest in big data jobs among contemporary MBA students. Continue reading…
Patricia Coffey Honored With Distinguished Director Award By LFGSM
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (LFGSM) recently honored Patricia Coffey with the school’s 2015 Distinguished Director Award. Coffey has been involved with LFGSM’s Board of Directors for close to a decade.
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McDonough to Offer Scholarships to Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Pursuing an MBA
This article originally appeared in its entirety on clearadmit.com
The Peace Corps has selected Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business to join a fellowship program that provides financial support to returned Peace Corps volunteers pursuing graduate degrees at a select number of U.S. schools, McDonough announced today. Through the Paul D. Coverdell Fellowship Program, returned Peace Corps volunteers who apply and are admitted to McDonough’s full-time MBA program receive significant tuition scholarships, can apply for additional graduate assistantships and will complete internships in underserved American communities, where they can put to use and expand upon the skills they learned as volunteers. Continue reading…
Dallas MBA Programs that Do Not Require Work Experience
For busy professionals, the process of applying for and succeeding in an MBA program can be a challenging one. Considering the time one must devote to their application and schooling, it is understandable why the number of students entering MBA programs directly after graduation is on the rise. By applying to an MBA program that does not require professional work experience, students gain the benefit of focusing on their education without having to put a successful career on hold. Continue reading…
GWSB MBA Ranked by U.S. News & World Report
Out of more than 450 accredited MBA programs, the George Washington University School of Business (GWSB) MBA (Full-time) program came in ranked 51st in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report rankings. This was a seven spot improvement from last year’s rankings for the GWSB MBA. The U.S. News & World Report full-time rankings are derived from the collective results of a survey of business school deans and MBA program directors.
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#ICYMI: MetroMBA Trends – 04.02.16
Welcome back to our weekly series, #ICYMI: MetroMBA Trends, where we round-up the hottest posts from the past week (in case you missed them). So, without further ado, here are the top 5 posts: Continue reading…
Guide to Getting the Most from Your MBA Campus Visit
So you’ve decided that you want to go to graduate school to pursue your MBA — congratulations, that’s great news! But how will you know which MBA program is right for you? Sure, you can read all the rankings, reviews, and recommendations to get a good idea of what a particular school, campus or program can offer you, but the most tried and true way to know for certain is to plan an on-campus visit. Continue reading…
Dare to Share: MBAs and the Sharing Economy
From ride-sharing services like Uber to fashion websites like Rent the Runway, it should come as no surprise that these so-called “sharing economy” companies are changing the face of business. Of course, when business changes, so does business education. In today’s changing world, understanding the sharing economy and how to best use it could be key for new MBAs as they navigate the workplace.
Top Employers in Chicago
Chicago is huge — really huge. The city has the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States and was named the fourth most important business center in the world in the MasterCard Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index. And with such a booming economy comes an impressive workforce. The Chicago Metro contains the third largest labor pool in the United States with about 4.48 million workers, as of 2014. Continue reading…
USC Marshall School of Business Establishes Lloyd Greif Award for Entrepreneurship
The USC Marshall School of Business Entrepreneurship & Venture Management Association (EVMA) recently established the Lloyd Greif Award, which will further the school’s mission while honoring one of its most successful alum.
Lloyd Greif earned his MBA from USC Marshall in 1979, and his is a classic American entrepreneurial success story.
Making the Most of Your MBA: Part 2
Deciding to get your MBA is an involved decision. For most individuals, you’re making the decision to leave your comfortable and profitable career to become a student once again. It’s a huge sacrifice, and it needs to be worthwhile.
In Part One of our Making the Most of Your MBA series, we talked about how getting an MBA without having the right mindset, a game plan, or using your classmates as resources can leave you with a lot of wasted opportunities. And we’ve barely scratched the surface. Continue reading…
Alumni Spotlight: Carly Fiorina, Robert H. Smith School MBA ‘80
Unless you live under a rock, you know that Election Season is in full swing. We’re pretty far down the line at this point — there’s only five Presidential candidates left standing — but if you think back to a few months ago, there was once a whole plethora of candidates duking it out in televised debates. One of those candidates was Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and alumni of the Robert H. Smith School of Business. Continue reading…
Stanford to Host Future MBAs During Summer Program
Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business will hold its inaugural Future Leaders Program on August 11-14, 2016. The event will introduce college juniors and seniors from diverse backgrounds to MBA education, and also to post-MBA career options.
Students who attend the three-day event will receive the opportunity to stay on campus and to experience the rich culture of the surrounding area.
Best Business Schools for Social Impact, Part II
This article was originally published in its entirety on clearadmit.com
On Friday, we began our coverage of the rise of social impact among MBA students and programs with a look at efforts underway at the Yale School of Management and NYU Stern School of Business. Today, we continue our focus, looking at the countless social impact initiatives in progress at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, sustainability measures Harvard Business School is implementing on its own campus, career resources for students seeking social impact roles at Oxford University’s Said School of Business and more. Continue reading…
Best Internships in Boston
The internship’s place in culture is heavily debated and often lampooned—for proof, see the 2013 Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson comedy vehicle, “The Internship” or last year’s “The Intern” starring Robert DeNiro and Anne Hathaway. Or take Charlotte, North Carolina songwriter Sean Padilla’s project The Cocker Spaniels, whose lyrics to “The Overeducated Underclass” ponder the catch-22 of indebted post-graduates working pro bono. Continue reading…
10 Websites to Find an MBA Internship
Ah, the summer internship. Anyone who’s ever gotten their MBA will tell you that their internship a) was crucial in the process of pursuing their degree, b) was critical in helping enhance their credentials, and c) ultimately played a major role in landing their first full time job. In fact, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers Experiential Education Survey, employers extended job offers to nearly 70 percent of their interns. Continue reading…
How NAWMBA Supports Businesswomen Today
The National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA) was founded in 1978, and the organization has supported the education and professional development of many women since that time. With student and professional chapters of the organization located in regions all across the United States, NAWMBA has a large network of members dedicated to supporting female business professionals. To learn more about NAWMBA, I spoke with executive director Virginia Myers, who shared information about the organization’s current offerings, as well as the exciting plans for future developments. Continue reading…
