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Humanitarian Corporate Development
Rob Mittelman and Benjamin Land co-founded Exit West Corporate Development Inc.
Exit West is a social enterprise delivering the experience of international volunteer work to the corporate sector in a format which positively benefits all stakeholders. In this edition of the TopMBA Newsletter, we... [more]
Internships in Consultancy: Why you should swap the beach for the office
According to a 2007 survey by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a survey of nearly 700 companies around the world found that 62% took on MBA students as interns over the summer months. Of these, almost three-quarters considered employing their interns before looking at external... [more]
Gold is not all that glitters.
Ross Geraghty looks at the expanding number of business school graduates using their skills in developing countries and helping people out of poverty. [more]
Unconventional Recruiting Methods
As the so-called ‘War for Talent’ rages, big businesses are having to look at new ways to locate, attract and recruit the best people onto their payrolls. Their need has lead to some intriguing recruiting methods and, on many occasions, to applause or to some severe head-scratching in the HR... [more]
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Career switchers benefit from strong MBA demand
Traditional recruitment is founded on employers seeking prior relevant work experience and identifying competencies that match a given role. An MBA is often the only way someone can bring about a mid-career switch, but it is never easy. [more]
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MBA qualification – A passport to a life overseas!
Working overseas is a popular choice with MBA alumni. Of the 780 students in the class of 2001 at Harvard, over 100 came to work in London. Of the 250 overseas students in the same class, over half stayed to work in the US. At London Business School, “…almost the entire class choose to work outside... [more]
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Masters of the Universe?
Twenty years ago the average business school graduate conformed to a fairly narrow template. Young, fiercely ambitious and, more often than not, male, these ‘Masters of the Universe’ used their MBA degrees as a career accelerator, which allowed them to move from highly paid jobs in consultancies or... [more]
Enterprise and MBAs
An MBA is the foundation on which Robert Wright has twice built and sold a regional airline. 'It was a changemaker,' he says, reflecting on his experience at Cranfield School of Management 21 years ago. 'I still draw on its lessons every day.'
When he arrived at Cranfield in 1982, he was a... [more]
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