Hot MBA Jobs – Chief Information Officer
Chief information officers (CIOs) are, along with chief executive officers, chief operations officer and chief financial officers, among the highest ranking executives at a company or organization. First defined in 1981 by William R. Synnott, former senior vice president of the Bank of Boston, and William H. Gruber, former professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, CIOs are responsible for a company’s technical direction. Continue reading…
Hot Jobs for MBAs – Management Consulting
Business school students know a thing or two about cutting their teeth. Between getting an undergrad degree, gaining work experience, going back to grad school and successfully navigating a summer internship, there’s tons of work that has to be done before someone can say, “I am an MBA.” After years of hard work, lots of MBAs look to get into management consulting.
Entrepreneurship Centers and Resources for Chicago MBAs
While some entrepreneurs avoid the college route altogether (just take a look at Steve Jobs and Bill Gates), today, there are lots of prospective MBAs who go the grad school route in order to get into the startup scene and learn the tips and tricks that will help them get a leg up in ventures of their own. Continue reading…
12 Coolest MBA Clubs and Student Orgs in Chicago
Hindsight is 20/20
Ever since I was a little kid, my mother always encouraged me to get more involved at school (or after-school really) by joining in student clubs and extracurricular activities. Whether it was because I was more interested in playing video games at the time, or if it was the fact that Quilting Club didn’t seem like very much fun, I never really did participate in these types of activities.
Fast forward a decade and I really wish I had gotten involved with some kind of club, especially with all the cool and diverse student organizations running on college campuses across the country today. But cool clubs aren’t limited to the undergrad level… Continue reading…
Executives with an MBA: 5 Success Stories
A Look at the Numbers
Recently, MBA programs have received a lot of criticism. Many business leaders and experts have claimed that the necessity of an MBA to achieve success is a myth. However, while there are examples of successful people like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg, who didn’t complete university, there are also many examples of compelling executives with an MBA. Continue reading…
New Scholarships Available For Chicago Booth Weekend MBAs
Looking for some extra help as you try to pay your way through a part-time MBA program in the Chicago Metro? The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business is launching an MBA scholarship program to help professionals working in the nonprofit and government sectors with their financial aid needs. Booth’s new “Civic Scholars” program will offer full-tuition scholarships to eight students enrolled in Booth’s part-time Weekend MBA program. Continue reading…
