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Read MoreLevel Up Your CareerStop Telling Women They Need to Develop Skills They Already Have
Employers are remarkably consistent about the skills they want most. In a recent survey of Forté member companies, employers said they are looking for communication, analytical thinking, coachability, professionalism, leadership, client-facing confidence, and the ability to work well with others. They want people who can stay calm under pressure, build trust quickly, navigate change, and […]
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Read MoreForté SignalsRethinking the Elevator Pitch
The 30-second pitch has been in the world of career advice for so long that it now feels less like advice and more like a professional rite of passage. We are told to keep it polished and ready, just in case someone important appears and asks us to summarize our entire professional existence before handing […]
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Read MoreArticlesBefore You Spend $30,000 on a Consultant
Every year, some MBA applicants hire admissions consultants for $10,000 to $30,000. What are they actually paying for? Not grammar correction.Not essay templates.Not someone to invent a personality for them.They’re not buying better answers. They’re buying interpretation. MBA applications ask you to submit transcripts, scores, resumes, essays, and recommendations. Then a group of people who […]
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Read MoreArticlesWhat MBA Admissions Committees Say They Want
MBA admissions can feel like being surrounded by people speaking a foreign language you once studied just enough to pass the exam. You recognize the vocabulary. You can translate individual sentences. You even feel vaguely confident responding. But you cannot actually follow the conversation. And worse, you have the distinct sense that whatever is being […]
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Read MoreMBA - Application ProcessWhy You Can’t Prepare for MBA Admissions Alone
Most people apply to business school before they admit to anyone they’re applying. You don’t tell your manager yet.Your family isn’t quite sure what an MBA actually is.Your friends are annoyed you missed brunch last Sunday. So you work on it at night. You revise essays after work. You open another browser tab to compare […]
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Read MoreForté SignalsWhy “Let Your Work Speak for Itself” No Longer Works
Many of us, ahem, professionals of a certain age, were given the same advice early in our careers: Let your work speak for itself. Focus on the work. Good work gets noticed. No one sat me down and delivered those exact words, but it was definitely in the air. And at the time, the advice […]
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