MBA News
Developing your soft skills for that harder edge
Traditionally, an MBA’s most valuable skills included leadership, strategic thinking and finance, and nobody disputes that those core elements will remain bastions of the business school education system. However, a 2007 study published this month shows that ‘soft’ skills rank highest with recruiters,... [more]
Controversial MBA employers use Corporate Social Responsibility as leverage for recruiting top talent
The 2007 QS International Recruiter survey showed that controversial industries – such as tobacco, oil and defense – are a far lower priority for MBA aspirants than service industries. This is not news until you consider that salaries for Master’s graduates in those controversial industries are... [more]
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QS Global Recruiters' Top 100 Business Schools
The Global Top 100 Business Schools report originated in the early 1990s, as an alternative to business school rankings. The 2007 research provides the definitive list of business schools currently preferred by the most international recruiters. Human resources (HR) managers and recruiters... [more]
QS World MBA Tour Scholarships - Applications now accepted for 2009
As part of our mission to provide information and access to business schools and postgraduate programs, the QS World MBA Tour and QS World Grad School Tour are pleased to offer over US$1.200.000 in scholarship funding for selected applicants from around the world who attended the QS World MBA Tour... [more]
Keep an eye out for the QS World MBA Tour!
The Spring events kick off on Saturday 2 February in New York City. Go to www.topmba.com for details about the Tour which visits a location near you this Spring.
MBA Interview
QS TopMBA talks to Dawna Clarke, Director of Admissions at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth, USA [more]
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Business schools aim to cut corruption in Asia
The Anti-Corruption Asia Summit set to commence in Hong Kong on 22 January 2008 is publicized as the ‘first and only Anti-Corruption conference in Asia aimed at corporate in-house counsels and ethics professionals.’ [more]
Fletcher School at Tufts University Scholarships
In 2007 The Fletcher School at Tufts University announced two new scholarships for students in the Master of International Business (MIB) program. [more]
Employee Appreciation
Finding a company that values its workers is more important than you think. [more]
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Too young for an MBA or too old for it to matter?
You have heard it all before. You’re either too young and lack the experience recruiters seek or you’re too old and therefore unable to train because you have your own habits and ways of conducting business. Maybe you thought age discrimination was a thing of the past but unfortunately you may be... [more]
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Ross Geraghty on the newly developing lingua franca of business etiquette
Hundreds of years ago, when the world was being traversed by sailors from dozens of nations, and each vessel was manned by any number of nationalities, new languages called lingua franca began to emerge. These languages were often a blend of Portuguese, English, French, Mandarin and local... [more]
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Education and the Career Trajectory
Sometimes the list of postgraduate business courses available can seem like opening a tin of spaghetti. For the graduate keen to enter the challenging and potentially lucrative business world, the task can seem daunting at first. Should you be thinking about an MBA, and if so a general one or a... [more]
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Do I need work experience to get into business school?
Unlike most educational courses, for MBAs, almost without exception, you will need at least three years work experience in a managerial role, and in some cases, this figure can be even higher. It is a rare MBA course indeed that will accept very recent graduates onto their MBA courses and they... [more]
MBA Recruiters pass unique verdict on India’s business schools
Indian business schools are stepping up to the plate, according to some of the world’s biggest recruiters of MBA graduates, an exclusive report says. The QS Global 100 Top Business Schools Report 2007, released this month, provides exclusive feedback from 489 prestigious international MBA recruiters... [more]
