MBA Hiring Trends in 2015 – Industry and Geography Data

If you’re applying to MBA programs, you might be interested in answers to some of these questions:

How has recruitment of MBAs shaped in the last six years? How difficult it is for international students to recruit for small companies? What are projections for MBA recruitment for different global regions? And industries? And more.

GMAC 2015 Corporate Recruiters Survey, which drew responses from 748 employers in 47 countries, including 46 Fortune-100 companies, provides answers to these questions.

Feb142016

Beyond Full-Time MBA Programs – 5 More Type of MBA Programs

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We mostly hear about Full-Time MBA programs. But there are others as well, which may be a better fit for you depending on your unique situation and may also be more cost effective. And these other MBA programs aren’t on fringes in terms of applicants considering them.

According to GMAC (2015) mba.com Prospective Students Survey, only 40% of MBA aspirants are considering a full-time two-year MBA.

Jan242016

How Your Body Language Shapes You – Experiments at HBS? [TED Talk]

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Amy Cuddy, a professor and researcher at Harvard Business School, delivered this second-most viewed (more than 31 million views as on date) TED talk ever on how your body language can shape you, how you can fake your body language till you actually make it.

In this talk, she talks about the experiments she did at HBS, how high-power posing made difference to the outcome of interviews, and how one MBA student who rarely participated in the class transformed herself.

Jan32016

Which One Is for You – Specialized Master’s or MBA?

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Do you know that specialized master’s programs such as Master of Finance (MF) and Master in Management (MM) are steadily climbing popularity charts as their appeal to certain segment of applicants grow?

According to Graduate Management Admission Council’s (GMAC) 2015 Prospective Students Survey, the interest of prospective students in MBA and specialized master’s programs was as follows:

Dec132015

U.S. vs. European MBA – How to Decide?