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  Four  Ways to Optimize a Part-Time MBA 

  Making the decision to pursue an MBA may appear to be the most challenging hurdle to pursuing the next stage of your professional development. Do you leave your job (even if you hate it), or try push yourself through scheduling hell by working and studying? How do weddings or babies factor in to the picture?

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  Find Your Fit: What to Look for When Researching MBA Programs

  Choosing the right MBA program will change your life in all the best ways. The trick is to know your options… and to know yourself.

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  B-School Spotlights

  Five Ways an MBA Future-Proofs Your Career

  This blog is sponsored by University of Michigan (Ross School of Business) As technology continues to change, industries transform, and the skills employers are looking for evolve, developing the knowledge and leadership skills for an adaptable career is more important than ever. Wondering how to keep up? An MBA can help you prepare for what’s […]

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  The Hidden Rules of Work Might Not Be Rules After All

  You figure out pretty early in your career that work has a whole set of rules nobody actually explains to you. Nobody tells you exactly how much you can push back before you’re labeled “difficult.” Or when you’re being asked for an honest opinion as in what do you really think? versus an “honest” opinion […]

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  Reviews of Someone Else’s Future

  There should be a Yelp for career decisions. There isn’t.  Five stars: Took the promotion. Would absolutely do again. Four stars: Changed industries. Rocky start, solid outcome. One star: “Follow your passion.” Passion did not cover rent. No such site exists, so we piece one together ourselves. Rankings. Reddit threads. LinkedIn posts. Salary reports. Alumni […]

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  Early Career

  It’s Time to Reinvest in Your Career

  The Job Market Sucks. The Economy Is Awful.  That’s the story right now, and you’ve probably said some version of it yourself. Maybe about your own job. Maybe about a friend who just lost her job. Maybe about the fact that nobody’s hiring, but everybody’s laying off. Not to mention that AI already blew up […]

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