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Read MoreTopicsCareer Visioning and Negotiating Skills
Career development resources are plentiful—but it helps to know where to start! Here are a few we recommend to get you thoroughly envisioning your career and beginning to take the necessary steps to get where you want to go, especially in tough times.
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Read MoreTopicsEngaging Allies: Resources Focused on Workplace Equality
What advice and models worth emulating do top companies have to offer to broaden the conversation about workplace equality? We compiled this list of resources to capture some emerging thought leadership.
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Read MoreTopicsPre-MBA Quant Dilemma: To Prepare Or Not To Prepare
Despite their various unique brand positions and program structures, top MBA programs all must teach the quantitative basics of finance, accounting, economics, and statistics.
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Read MoreTopicsThe Value of an MBA for Women
Forté Foundation, with How to MBA and UNC Kenan-Flagler, have examined how getting an MBA can dramatically impact women’s pay and position within their industry and organization.
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Read MoreTopicsMastering Your Business School Elevator Pitch
In order to succeed in the admissions process, you must master the elevator pitch, a 60-second speech about yourself. In it, you must be able to articulate who you are, not just what you do/have done/want to do post-MBA. Business schools want to get to know you. More importantly, they want to be sure that you will contribute to the classroom environment, connect with your classmates and alumna, and successfully interview for a job.
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Read MoreTopicsHow to Make the Most of Your Business School Experience
So, you’ve conquered the GMAT. Check! Perfected your essays. Check! Submitted the applications and waited anxiously before receiving the incredible news that you’ve been admitted to your number one choice for business school. Congratulations! Now that you’ve celebrated and the excitement has quieted down, I’m sure you’re thinking, “Now what?”
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