Mba Insider

MBA Insider is a guide for helping prospective and current MBA students make the most of their MBA Experience. With expert guidance, best practices, and actionable recommendations, readers will walk away with the information they need to understand how to navigate their MBA experience and achieve their career goals faster. The book contains a detailed walk through of the key elements of the MBA experience, real first-person stories from 50+ MBA students and alum, and actionable recommendations on key topics ranging from academics, internship recruiting, career development, and student activities.

Make the Most of Your MBA Plan Earning an MBA can be a risky proposition. Some students effectively leverage their education to transform their careers, whereas others waste time and money pursuing a degree that doesn’t adequately align with their career aspirations. This book is designed to help prospective and current MBA students (and even those who have already graduated and are trying to find their way) get the most from their degree, find the right business school in accordance with their career goals, and manage a successful job search. In Get In, Get Connected, Get Hired, Brian Precious draws on his expertise as a program and admissions director, as well as his own experience as an MBA graduate, to highlight ten essential lessons he’s seen lead to success among prospective MBA students, current students, and alumni at some of the nation’s top schools. An essential read for those seeking a degree or a career in business, Get In, Get Connected, Get Hired will give you the tools necessary to make your MBA work for you.

"More than ever before, students and employers are choosing the Executive MBA as a means to obtain the coveted MBA degree. From changing careers to working up the corporate ladder, know your business school options: full time, part time, online, and Executive MBA. Boost lifetime earning power, develop life-long friendships, expand business and social network, and immediately apply the training and education at work. There are over 250 accredited business schools in the United States and over 300 worldwide that offer an Executive MBA. In this book, learn from EMBA graduates, employers, hiring managers, financial aid officers, and career experts. Discover how full-time employment while in business school brings a wealth of experience into the classroom. Understand why the executive-model is the future of business educational delivery. Read how it is the most practical method to get an MBA given our busy lives. If your five year plan included an MBA, then this book is for you. Consider these Questions: - Is the time right, and can you make the commitment? - Can you continue to work while in school? - How can you get your employer to help pay? - Is the EMBA the best option for me?

"More than ever before, students and employers are choosing the Executive MBA as a means to obtain the coveted MBA degree. From changing careers to working up the corporate ladder, know your business school options: full time, part time, online, and Executive MBA. Boost lifetime earning power, develop life-long friendships, expand business and social network, and immediately apply the training and education at work. There are over 250 accredited business schools in the United States and over 300 worldwide that offer an Executive MBA. In this book, learn from EMBA graduates, employers, hiring managers, financial aid officers, and career experts. Discover how full-time employment while in business school brings a wealth of experience into the classroom. Understand why the “executive-model” is the future of business educational delivery. Read how it is the most practical method to get an MBA given our busy lives. If your five year plan included an MBA, then this book is for you. Consider these Questions: - Is the time right, and can you make the commitment? - Can you continue to work while in school? - How can you get your employer to help pay? - Is the EMBA the best option for me?

Wall Street, where dreams are made and destroyed. Investment banking is the typical training ground of the elite. While many want to enter, few are given the opportunity. This book serves as a pragmatic guide with tips on what to do as you try to break through what may seem to be an impenetrable door. Written by an ex-investment banker with real Wall Street experience at bulge bracket investment banking firms, it can help clarify the path that is often clouded or kept secret by those who would rather limit your access. If you are seriously considering investment banking on Wall Street as a career option, but do not have the connections that most seem to have, this guide will be one of the best investments you've made into your career. The author is someone that grew up on welfare with no special connections, and yet successfully found a way to break in; the book serves as a compilation of the insights gained from his experience.

Discover the secrets and tips to get the business education you need, the faster and cheaper way. The average debt load for graduates of the top business schools has now exceeded $100,000. For most young professionals, this means spending the first half of their career in the red and feeling pressure to take the first position offered to them so that they can start paying off their debt. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. Author and businesswoman Laurie Pickard discovered a way to get the business education she needed to land her dream job while avoiding the massive school loans that plague so many. In Don’t Pay for Your MBA, she shares all that she learned so that others can benefit as well. Pickard discovered that the same prestigious business schools that offer the MBAs so many covet also offer MOOCs (massive online open courses) for low or even no cost. Within these pages, you will learn how to: Define your goals and tailor a curriculum that is geared toward your dream job Master the language of business Build a strong network Choose a concentration and deepen your expertise Showcase your nontraditional education in a way that attracts companies Don’t fall for the lies that pressure countless graduates every year into MBA programs and insurmountable debt. Self-directed online learning can fill gaps in your training, position you for promotions, and open new opportunities--at a fraction of the cost!

The real insider's guide to making the mostof Business School experience.The MBA is a remarkable qualification. The golden graduates are wooed by the best companies fought over by the leading consulting firms and offered large joining bonuses by the richest investment banks. But the MBA is more than just a passport to financial success, it is also a once-in-a-lifetime experience.MBA Planetis not like other MBA directories. It is a rough guide to surviving and thriving at business school. A snap shot of the views of current students, it offers a road map for tomorrow's MBAs.The information in this book is based on the experiences of MBA students attending courses at the top business schools in the world. From getting through the first semester, to socializing and getting a job, they have answered openly and independently. Their frank answers provide invaluable advice for the next intake of students. Why do an MBA? Which b-school? Getting in Packing your bag The academic life Social life Job search Afterlife Guide to the planet's leading b-schoolsWhat's life at a top business school really like? Which schools offer the best MBA experience? How can I best prepare for an MBA? How can I make the most of my MBA program? And is it all worth it?We've asked these and other questions to the only ones who could answer them the students themselves. We' ve interviewed MBA students at the top business schools in the world, and tried to get in touch with their real experiences. This is their view of life on planet MBA. To find out more about where to go, what to do and who to know in the world of MBAs, visit us at http://www.mbaplanet.com.