How MBA Grads Can Land Startup Jobs
So, you want to get your MBA to work in a startup.
You’re not alone.
According to Bloomberg Businessweek, more startups recruit MBAs than any other type of organization. In fact, 53% of schools said that they saw more young companies on campus compared to companies with 500 employees or more.
Even more telling, a recent Harvard survey revealed in Fortune that during their 2015 summer internship season, about 600 out of 900 MBAs went to work at a startup. Continue reading…
Stuart School of Business and Chicago Innovation Awards Create New Accelerated MBA
Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business and the Chicago Innovation Awards recently announced the creation of an all-new accelerated MBA program that focuses on the Chicago Metro’s growing tech and startup scene and gives students hands-on projects in the city’s innovation community. The program also gives MBA students who “demonstrates a continuing commitment to innovation in the Chicago region” a chance to earn a $10,000 scholarship from the Chicago Innovation Awards. Continue reading…
Smith School’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Launches Bootstrapped Podcast
New media is everywhere, and comes in some many new forms — Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Apple News. Nowadays media, news and information is now delivered in every imaginable way across a plethora of internet platforms. Another example of new media on the rise is the podcast — essentially the internet age’s take on terrestrial radio.
Podcast rose to prominence and gained popularity thanks to groundbreaking journalism from “Serial”, storytelling like “This American Life”, and comedy like “The Joe Rogan Experience”. Continue reading…
How an MBA Can Help You Switch Your Career
Here’s a scenario for you to consider: You’re fresh out of undergrad school with the degree you’ve coveted since high school and land a dream job working for an awesome company that pitched you on “upward mobility.” You start your new job and work hard at it, only to realize that you’re not really going in the direction you like with your current career. Continue reading…
Biz Degree Faceoff: MBA vs Master’s of Finance
When it comes to graduate business school, you can either go back for your MBA or a specialized business Master’s degree. Both have their positives and negatives, and for many people, it might seem like the differences are of no great importance. However, it’s all a matter of perspective.
According to a survey by the Graduate Management Admission Council, students perusing a specialized Master’s degree have risen by two percent while MBA students have only risen by one percent. Continue reading…
Leadership and Communication in Your MBA – What Employers Really Want
Take a look at these results from a recent study:
MBAs see as much as a 50% increase in salary compared to their earnings prior to graduation. And, within the past five years, MBAs comprised 24% of the advanced degree population in the United States. But success is not all in the numbers, as any seasoned mentor will tell you. Continue reading…
