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November 8, 2018

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MBA Admissions Tip: Explaining Frequent Job Switching

Explaining Frequent Job Switches

You’ve got a strong transcript, a solid GPA, and you aced the GMAT. You know you’re a strong candidate for pretty much any top MBA program. There’s just one thing standing in your way…your resume. You’ve had some good jobs—that’s not the problem. The problem is that you’ve had too many of them, very close… 

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April 15, 2018

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MBA Tip: Accepted? Now What?

MBA tip- Accepted now what

Do you think you’re done with my advice now that you have received that fat envelope? Not so fast. I still have a tip or two for you. There are a few things you can still do to prepare for your MBA studies and enhance your chances of getting a great internship and ultimately post-MBA… 

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March 13, 2018

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EMBA Employment and Career Services

Ace the EMBA Employment and Career Services

This is the fourth post in our Ace the EMBA series on how to apply successfully to a top executive MBA program.  Given today’s volatile business climate, almost everyone in the business world must continuously evaluate and recalibrate their career path, whether they are planning an imminent change or not. It’s an ongoing part of being… 

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Article by Cindy Tokumitsu / MBA Admissions / Ace the EMBA, career changers, career goals, EMBA, MBA career goals 1 Comment

December 7, 2017

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How to Clarify Your Goals for Your MBA – And Beyond

How to Clarify Your Goals for Your MBA – And Beyond

“How to Clarify Your Goals for Your MBA – And Beyond” is excerpted from MBA Admission for Smarties: The No-Nonsense Guide to Acceptance at Top Business Schools, by Linda Abraham and Judy Gruen. Some applicants may be very clear about either the industry in which they want to work or the function or job title they’d… 

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September 3, 2017

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4 Tips for Explaining Your Status as a Serial Job Switcher

It’s your job to demonstrate to the adcom that you stand out from the applicant pool and are exactly the person they want in their next MBA class. In this series, you’ll learn how to dig deep to unearth your unique character traits, experiences, skills, and talents and bring them to the forefront of your… 

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October 11, 2016

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How Much More Can MBAs Make? Career Switching, Compensation Increase & More

If you’re thinking of a full-time MBA, chances are you’re looking to switch careers. If you’re like most people, that is – because an incredible 87% of all MBA students report switching careers by changing either their job function or industry. Even more incredible, 7 of 10 MBAs reported successfully switching both job function and… 

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December 2, 2015

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Picking a Career, Interviewing Right, and More Job Talk [Episode 131]

So, what do you want to be when you grow up? And if you do know what your dream job is, how will you land it? We could think of no better person to join us for a talk about careers than Karin Ash, formerly director of the Career Management Center at Cornell’s Johnson School,… 

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November 10, 2015

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Becca’s MBA Adventure through Tuck, Forte, and Food Trucks

This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Becca Grad, a student at Tuck. Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad? Where… 

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July 31, 2014

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Career Direction: It’s Ok to Love Your Job!

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Don’t want to wake up at age 45 wondering why you’ve wasted your life pursuing an uninspiring and meaningless career? Listen to the recording of our conversation with expert career coach, Akiba Smith-Francis, for essential advice on choosing a career path and laying the foundations for long-term fulfillment and success at work. 00:02:27 – Akiba’s… 

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April 28, 2014

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What are My Chances? Latina Software Developer Moving to Marketing

This blog post is one in a series of MBA applicant profile evaluations called “What are My Chances?” authored by Michelle Stockman. Michelle, who started consulting for Accepted in 2007 and worked previously in the Columbia Business School admissions office, will provide selected applicants with school recommendations as well as an evaluation of their qualifications. … 

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December 6, 2013

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Cornell MBA Student IV: Career Change, China, and Campus Culture

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In this interview, Cornell Johnson student, Sam Griffiths, tells us about the Johnson culture, his likes and dislikes about the program, and a number of important tips for applicants and incoming students. Thank you Sam for sharing your story with us! This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current… 

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November 7, 2013

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Business, Law and Beyond: An Interview with John Engelman

Want to start a business? Partner in a law firm? Go into private equity? Run a media and entertainment company? How about all of the above? Learn from someone who has done it all. And doesn’t normally give interviews. Listen to the full recording of our interview with John Engelman, for tips, advice and insights… 

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September 16, 2013

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2014 ISB Adcom Interview on Career Switching Available!

Are you considering applying to the Indian School of Business AND switching careers post-MBA? Then you’ll want to read the following excerpt from our recent Q&A with Mr. V. K. Menon, Senior Director of Placements at ISB, as he discusses important information for career switchers at the ISB. Question: I have often read about ISB… 

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August 8, 2013

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From Luxury Marketing to Entrepreneurship: A Talk with Daria Burke

How does someone with a degree in English end up pursuing an MBA at NYU Stern? Why attend a program famous for its ties to Wall St. when you’re interested in marketing? And why abandon the glamorous world of beauty and luxury marketing for the world of start-ups and social enterprise? Listen to the full… 

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June 7, 2013

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MBA Applicant Blogger Interview with Poeticquant

Get ready to read about Poeticquant, an anonymous MBA applicant from Eritrea (in Northeast Africa) and, more recently, Columbus Ohio, with a background in engineering and an interest in international business. You can read about Poeticquant’s admissions adventure below, and at his blog The Poetic Quant. Thank you Poeticquant, and best of luck to you!… 

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March 30, 2012

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HEC MBA Admissions Interview Available Online

Thank you Marie-Laurence Lemaire, HEC Paris MBA‘s Senior Business Development Manager, for an excellent admissions Q&A. The excerpt below emphasizes the importance of describing clear post-MBA career goals in your HEC MBA application: Linda Abraham: What role does “hire-ability” and clear career goals play in the evaluation process? Marie-Laurence Lemaire: We ask this question in… 

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March 1, 2011

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MBA Admissions Tip: Explaining Frequent Job Switching

You’ve got a strong transcript, a solid GPA, and you aced the GMAT. You know you’re a strong candidate for pretty much any top MBA program. There’s just one thing standing in your way…your resume. You’ve had some good jobs—that’s not the problem. The problem is that you’ve had too many of them, very close… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / career changers Leave a Comment

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