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Cranfield Careers Travel East

International Business Development Initiative Reaches Singapore & Hong Kong

posted on: 22 May 2012

IE Business School MBA Snapped Up By Elite Firm Bain & Co!

Fabio Gastaldi says that Bain & Co. in Italy is growing its technology sector business, so people...

posted on: 21 May 2012

Fast Drop in Number of Male Only FTSE100 Boards

Cranfield School of Management predicts 26.7% of directors could be women by 2015 and 36.9% by 2020

posted on: 3 May 2012

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Cranfield visits Berlin for MBA CSC European Conference

Hot topics and industry standards discussed as business schools unite for this exciting MBA event...

posted on: 30 April 2012 | 7 comments

University of Exeter Innovation Centre Hosts UK's Most Upwardly Mobile Firms

A BBC report named Exeter as one of the top UK cities for high-growth businesses. Two of its...

posted on: 28 April 2012

Imperial Launches Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index

The UK comes in at 14th, behind the US (first), Australia (second), and European countries...

posted on: 24 April 2012 | 2 comments

One Year To Do Good Through Business On The On Purpose Leadership Programme

HEC Paris MBA Saskia Green is an On Purpose Associate at Santander bank in the UK

posted on: 23 April 2012 | 3 comments

B-schools Report Slightly Improved Jobs Outlook

The MBA Career Services Council survey shows that mid-sized and Fortune 500 firms are driving up...

posted on: 20 April 2012 | 1 comment

Google, Gaming And Getting Ahead!

The mysterious forces of game theory govern our lives and the world around us, according (kind...

posted on: 19 April 2012 | 4 comments

Don't Ask Me Questions, Just Make A Decision!

A Berlin-based mobile payments start-up headhunted Clement Luton and Tomer Sabag fresh from the...

posted on: 18 April 2012

Bath MBA Convinces Executive Search Firm To Create A Role for Him

Engineer-turned-consultant Anirban Basu convinced Granger Reis to let him do his MBA project at...

posted on: 10 April 2012

Meet The Team: Joel McConnell, IE Business School

With a financial services background and an MBA himself, Joel is well placed to help applicants...

posted on: 2 April 2012 | 2 comments

Mashpan Helps People Make Sense of Their Online Information Feeds!

Launched out of IE Business School, Mashpan presents information from services like Gmail,...

posted on: 30 March 2012 | 2 comments

Harvard MBA Talks About Online Financial Services And Daytime Parties!

Meet the marketing brain behind fast-growing financial services brand, Media Ingenuity

posted on: 30 March 2012 | 1 comment

Two Promotions At Work For Part-time MBA Student!

Aston Business School's Geoff Guerin received two promotions at UK health insurance firm BHSF

posted on: 29 March 2012 | 1 comment

Australian Graduate School of Management Class of 2011 Enjoys Bumper Jobs Year

The average post-graduation salary for last year's MBAs was US$130,000

posted on: 26 March 2012

McKinsey Takes MBA Grad From Montreal to Dakar

Tom Park (Tuck MBA 2010) tells us about his post-MBA career at management consulting firm McKinsey

posted on: 8 March 2012

Inside View: Rocket-Internet

Meet the Berlin investors who have a formula for launching internet companies at rocket speed

posted on: 24 February 2012 | 3 comments

Want To Get A Job On Wall Street? Street Of Walls Can Help!

Wall Street insiders say you won’t get into a top private equity firm without an MBA

posted on: 14 February 2012 | 1 comment

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St Gallens' HSG annual talent fair gives it's MBAs an instant recruiter network

International recruiters flock to visit the 'MBA lounge' to discuss career opportunities with St...

posted on: 10 February 2012

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Norwegian Business Student Rubs Shoulders With CEOs And Angel Investors

Divye Kapoor felt 20 years younger than most of the people at this investment forum...

posted on: 29 January 2012 | 1 comment

Women MBAs: The Management Consulting Industry Needs You

AT Kearney hosts a frank-talking, Women in Business brunch at LBS

posted on: 12 January 2012

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Steelmaker's Dream, or learning-by-doing entrepreneurship

SKOLKOVO Alumni success story: from corporate path to a pure entrepreneurship

posted on: 24 November 2011 | 3 comments

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Inside View: What Makes A Good Consultant?

Cameron Mirza of WCL Consulting on the four

posted on: 4 November 2011 | 7 comments

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Interesting Recruiters At This Year's London Graduate Fair!

While the job market for UK graduates remains tough, we met some unexpected firms at this year's...

posted on: 2 November 2011

Manchester MBAs Organise Summit On Today's Business Environment

The 2nd annual Manchester Business Summit brings together 300 MBAs, academics, entrepreneurs and...

posted on: 1 November 2011 | 3 comments

IBM Chief Executive Gives Imperial Students Insider Tips For Business Success

Samuel J. Palmisano spoke as part of Imperial College Business School’s Distinguished Guest...

posted on: 28 October 2011 | 6 comments

Chinese Consultant With Future In M&A

Gao Jing gained the priceless resource of a business mentor through the SAIF careers service

posted on: 28 October 2011

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The Economy, Careers and an MBA

The AGSM MBA team hosted a Panel discussion event two weeks ago and invited various industry...

posted on: 27 October 2011

Kitesurfing Consultant At SDA Bocconi

Andre Krzyzowski reveals how his MBA has helped him land his dream job at one of the world's...

posted on: 26 October 2011 | 1 comment

Award Winning Drug Discoverer On His MBA At Aston Business School

Vincenzo took a part-time MBA alongside his work at GlaxoSmithKline

posted on: 25 October 2011 | 1 comment

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How could you make Viral Marketing work for you?

Does viral marketing have a strategy behind it or is it just one of the many buzzwords used by...

posted on: 19 October 2011

Have Businesses Learned A Lesson From The Blackberry Disaster?

Do the recent server blackouts spell the end for Blackberry...?

posted on: 13 October 2011 | 2 comments

Bath MBA Lands An Internship At Porsche

West African Salimata Diallo benefited from Bath's two-week break from studying, during which...

posted on: 11 October 2011 | 7 comments

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Why CUHK MBA?

a life changing decision

posted on: 11 October 2011 | 1 comment

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CUHK students meet with Jack Welch at the GMC CEO Forum

Hong Kong’s Changing Role as Global Economic Power Shifts

posted on: 10 October 2011

Meet MBA Alums From IE, LBS, ESCP, RSM, Kellogg, Booth & Berkeley

A hedge fund analyst, marketing director, finance head and several entrepreneurs share their...

posted on: 5 October 2011 | 1 comment

Joint Alumni Conference Brings Together CEOs, Deans and MBA Alums From Top Business Schools

Heads of Deutsche Bank, Novartis and Africa's Celtel among heavyweight speakers at the premiere...

posted on: 2 October 2011 | 1 comment

2011’s Most Attractive Employers

Results from a survey of students of the world’s top universities

posted on: 29 September 2011 | 2 comments

Inside View: Reckitt Benckiser

Reckitt Benckiser wants adventurous employees to grow sales of brands like Dettol and Durex in...

posted on: 22 September 2011 | 2 comments

Japan's Leading CEOs: Ohtsubo Fumio

The last in our series of CEO profiles from The Asia Career Times' report on the 10 CEOs...

posted on: 22 September 2011

Japan's Leading CEOs: Akihiro Nikkaku

Ninth in our series of CEO profiles from The Asia Career Times' report on the 10 CEOs rebuilding...

posted on: 22 September 2011

UK Careers Managers Discuss How To Find A Job Online

University careers managers from across the UK mull over the use of social networking to land a job

posted on: 19 September 2011 | 2 comments

Japan's Leading CEOs: Yoshikazu Tanaka

Eighth in our series of CEO profiles from The Asia Career Times' report on the 10 CEOs rebuilding...

posted on: 19 September 2011

Japan's Leading CEOs: Kunio Noji

Sixth in our series of CEO profiles from The Asia Career Times' report on the 10 CEOs rebuilding...

posted on: 19 September 2011 | 2 comments

Japan's Leading CEOs: Mikio Katayama

Seventh in our series of CEO profiles from The Asia Career Times' report on the 10 CEOs...

posted on: 18 September 2011

Japan's Leading CEOs: Tashi Yanai

Fifth in our series of CEO profiles from The Asia Career Times' report on the 10 CEOs rebuilding...

posted on: 16 September 2011 | 1 comment

Japan's Leading CEOs: Masayoshi Son

Fourth in our series of CEO profiles from The Asia Career Times' report on the 10 CEOs rebuilding...

posted on: 15 September 2011

EMLYON MBA Helps French Engineer Land Top Consulting Project

Olivier Petit’s MBA at France’s EMLYON has taken him on a trek to Finland and an exchange to...

posted on: 14 September 2011 | 3 comments

Japan's Leading CEOs: Carlos Ghosn

Third in our series of CEO profiles from The Asia Career Times' report on the 10 CEOs rebuilding...

posted on: 14 September 2011 | 1 comment

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Business Jargon - A Lighthearted Summary

Hate it when your boss tells you to 'hit the ground running' or want to know where the term...

posted on: 14 September 2011 | 1 comment

Japan's Leading CEOs: Takeshi Niinami

Second in our series of CEO profiles from The Asia Career Times' report on the 10 CEOs rebuilding...

posted on: 13 September 2011

Japan's Leading CEOs: Hiroshi Mikitani

A series of CEO profiles from The Asia Career Times' report on the 10 CEOs rebuilding Japan

posted on: 9 September 2011

If You’re Passionate About Media Apply For The Economist Internships

Internships on offer around the world at the Economist Group in 2012, for grads with a flair for...

posted on: 27 July 2011

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MBA Graduate Employment Updates

CUHK MBA graduates have seen a huge increase in salary

posted on: 20 July 2011 | 1 comment

Master in International Business Helps Launch World Bank Career

Fletcher School grad Cecilia Paradi-Guilford’s research on telecommunications in Afghanistan...

posted on: 11 July 2011 | 2 comments

MBA Job Market In Spotlight At Careers Conference

The job market for MBAs is improving a little, but MBAs must have realistic expectations said...

posted on: 29 June 2011 | 1 comment

Business School Careers Conference In Pictures!

Photo highlights from today's business school careers conference at Cass Business School in London

posted on: 28 June 2011 | 2 comments

B-schools in Germany Offer A Slice Of An Economic Miracle

Two new rankings show which business schools are the best choice if you want to make a career in...

posted on: 22 June 2011 | 2 comments

Tyre Giant Michelin Hiring Grenoble Grads in Sweden And UK

Grenoble Graduate School of Business has a training and hiring partnership with Michelin, which...

posted on: 28 May 2011 | 1 comment

Lose Your Morality With Your First Bonus

‘Cityboy’ Geraint Anderson tells Cass Business School’s students what it was like working...

posted on: 12 May 2011 | 6 comments

Energy Sector Jobs In Italy and France Booming Says HEC Paris Careers Head

Crisis in Japan shouldn’t concern those thinking of jobs in the energy sector, says Director of...

posted on: 30 March 2011 | 2 comments

Singapore, The Ideal Location for an International MBA?

MBA part-timer on juggling world travel with world class education at Nanyang

posted on: 16 March 2011 | 5 comments

Top Professionals Reveal How Warwick MBA Benefited Them

Alumni from Warwick Business School explain how the MBA has worked in practise.

posted on: 9 March 2011 | 2 comments

B-school Students: Should There Be Sex Quotas For Board Rooms?

European opinion divided over question of minimum quota for female directors

posted on: 28 February 2011 | 3 comments

WikiJob Founder On Why He Changed His Mind On B-Schools

Nothing ventured, nothing gained says Chris Muktar, founder of one of the UK's top graduate jobs...

posted on: 1 February 2011 | 2 comments

Will Your B-school Grab You A Dream Job?

There's more and more information out there to help you compare the jobs outlook from different...

posted on: 31 January 2011 | 5 comments

Ask Yourself What Your Perfect Job Is

Know your dream and what you’re passionate about advises Marcel Kalis, Head of Career Services...

posted on: 21 January 2011 | 2 comments

Being Smart is not enough to find the career you want

Smart no longer means being Intelligent, rather it means being influential

posted on: 16 January 2011 | 1 comment

Operations: A More Rewarding Piece Of The Private Equity Pie?

The operations track is more accessible to MBAs says PeterDiGiammarino, who has run companies on...

posted on: 6 January 2011 | 2 comments

How Much Do Graduates of Indian B-Schools Earn?

Survey of graduates of India’s top 200 business schools places the Indian School of Business in...

posted on: 4 January 2011 | 11 comments

Hedge Fund CEO On Opportunities In Investment Management

Bob Jenkins on the variety of roles in the industry and increasing demand for executive managers...

posted on: 1 January 2011 | 4 comments

How To Be Google-y And Other Tips On Getting Hired By Google

Google Business Process and Compliance Specialist James Butler, a graduate of Imperial College...

posted on: 21 December 2010 | 12 comments

Advice To Applicants Worried About Post-B-School Job Prospects In The UK

Keep in mind that your goals may have changed by the end of your program - try to make a career...

posted on: 15 December 2010 | 2 comments

B-Schools Have Eight Weeks To Lobby Against Post-Study Visa Cap

Speak with one voice and provide evidence of your contribution to UK economic growth, lobbying...

posted on: 9 December 2010 | 9 comments

Inside View: KPMG Singapore Financial Management Consultants

Katie Virdi, Associate Director for Performance and Technology at KPMG Singapore, explains what...

posted on: 6 December 2010 | 2 comments

30 Companies That Are Hiring Now

Some top companies have upwards of 400 unfilled vacancies

posted on: 30 November 2010 | 2 comments

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The MBA Alumni Network: Your Ultimate Asset

MBAExchange.com founder offers advice on using the alumni network before, during and after your MBA

posted on: 4 November 2010 | 3 comments

How Not To Get A Job!

On Being Gross, Tacky, Charmless, and Dumb

posted on: 25 October 2010

EBS Favorite German B-School Among Global Recruiters

Students from Frankfurt-based EBS Business School top survey of international HR managers

posted on: 20 October 2010 | 6 comments

Understanding the MBA Journey

The MBA is a hard Journey and only those with a lot of patience and motivation are able to see...

posted on: 5 October 2010

Live Your Dreams Urges Ex-Goldman Sachs Intern

Traditional career paths aren't suitable for everyone. Internet tool PathMotion could help you...

posted on: 4 October 2010 | 12 comments

Electives in Kenya: hands-on experience with local entrepreneurs

posted on: 30 September 2010 | 1 comment

Cass Students Have The Financial Markets At Their Fingertips

Thomson Reuters study zone opens at Cass Business School in London

posted on: 28 September 2010 | 3 comments

Executives Scramble For Big Emerging Market Postings To Boost Careers

But the pressure is on to bring home the dough

posted on: 22 September 2010 | 1 comment

Finding a Job Is Like Finding a Husband or Wife

At least according to tax manager Sun Han, who found a job at one of China’s biggest raw...

posted on: 18 September 2010 | 2 comments

Tighter UK Work Permits Worry Business Schools

posted on: 14 September 2010 | 2 comments

Lokomotive Germany

Germany is one of the few countries where they actually want to hire MBA grads

posted on: 11 August 2010 | 5 comments

Another Thing To Thank Facebook For

Facebook has given life to a new breed of 'Social Media Consultants'

posted on: 9 July 2010 | 9 comments

Banking Internships:Not Quite Extinct

We ask how much they pay, and why and how to get one

posted on: 6 July 2010 | 2 comments

One Stupid Job Interview Too Many

"Tell me about a time where you had to fight off a feces-flinging 100 stone gorilla with your...

posted on: 29 June 2010 | 10 comments

From Lancaster MBA to Morecambe Football Club

Stephen Yeung polishes his managerial skills while watching free football

posted on: 17 June 2010 | 4 comments

HEC Paris Rolls Out Heavyweight Alumni

Heads of tech, finance, environment and helicopter-leasing firms come to ThoughtBox

posted on: 2 June 2010 | 5 comments

Louis Vuitton Opens Door to HEC MBA Grad

HEC alumni reveals how she's secured the job that every girl dreams about

posted on: 28 May 2010 | 4 comments

Luxury Service Industry Heads to Mainstream

HEC alumni says private jet service is comparable to luxury brands like Cartier

posted on: 28 May 2010

Clean Shirt, Smart Shoes and Eyelid Surgery

Competition for jobs forces Chinese youth to go under the knife

posted on: 13 May 2010 | 4 comments

Business School News: Blondes versus Brunettes in the Office

B-school news round-up from Australia, America and Singapore

posted on: 12 May 2010 | 10 comments

Are Traders and Bankers Bad Losers?

‘Self-serving business leaders’ and a social technology business course make up today’s news

posted on: 30 April 2010

Inside View: Rolls-Royce

Many business students have never been inside a factory, says company’s CFO

posted on: 27 April 2010 | 1 comment

Challenges for LGBT People in the Business World

It's still a taboo subject but corporations and b-schools are supporting LGBT issues

posted on: 19 April 2010 | 2 comments

Women Increase Board Effectiveness

Women directors can reduce conflict in the boardroom

posted on: 8 April 2010 | 2 comments

Women Battle Discrimination In Emerging Markets

posted on: 17 March 2010

The “Wealth Care” Industry Needs the Transparency of the Health Care Industry

Rehan Syed, head of portfolio management at ABN AMRO Private Banking in Dubai, recently wrote...

posted on: 16 March 2010

Females Not Making the Top Jobs

The number of women at b-school is rising but may mean more women hitting the glass ceiling

posted on: 12 March 2010 | 3 comments

Like variety? Try consulting.

Accenture's Analyst Consulting Group is a great career starting point

posted on: 10 March 2010 | 5 comments

LBS Attracts High Profile Employers

MBAs finding jobs against the backdrop of recession

posted on: 23 February 2010 | 2 comments

Birmingham MBA Turns Trash Collector

Oh's idea is sustainability at its finest

posted on: 3 February 2010 | 5 comments

Alternative Guide to Surviving The Recession

Q&A With Frankki Oh, MBA trash collector-turned-business guru

posted on: 3 February 2010

MBA Poker Hopefuls Head to Vegas

MBA Poker Tournament Doubles Up as Recruitment Opportunity

posted on: 25 January 2010 | 3 comments

Women Should Use Femininity to Get Their Way

Former gender equality worker and Wharton MBA argues that there's no point trying to bargain like...

posted on: 7 December 2009 | 4 comments

GWSB Prepares Students to Manage Their Careers

Career training starts before orientation and networking is not just an old cliché according to...

posted on: 5 November 2009 | 1 comment

Real-life Job Interview Questions And Answers

Candidates share their smartest responses and slip-ups at the likes of Morgan Stanley, UBS and Icap

posted on: 22 October 2009 | 2 comments

How To Get Through Those Four Recruitment Rounds

All that stands between you and your dream job is an application form, a numeracy test, an...

posted on: 14 October 2009 | 2 comments

Graduate Training Schemes: Hard Work Is The Common Denominator

Classroom training, on-the-job training and even going back to b-school await new-comers to the...

posted on: 13 October 2009

Only Developed Asian Markets Offer A Career Path

It’s still hard for foreigners to adapt in relationship-driven countries like China and...

posted on: 10 October 2009 | 1 comment

How To Make It In The West

Young Chinese business people in London share their top tips

posted on: 1 September 2009 | 4 comments

Spoon-feeding Jobs to Indian MBAs?

Indian b-schools guarantee jobs for everyone. Sounds like heaven? Think again

posted on: 23 August 2009 | 5 comments

China's booming economy attracts Indian talent

Speaking Chinese puts Chennai-born MBA in a good mood

posted on: 18 August 2009 | 5 comments

Post-MBA Career Triple Jump Becomes Harder

Students should lower their expectations says Cass Business School careers manager, but many of...

posted on: 9 August 2009 | 4 comments

Bored and Blogging at Nike

Interning at Nike brings on an existential crisis for one MBA

posted on: 3 August 2009 | 6 comments

French Firms Attract Grads Back to China

ESSEC graduate explains the lure of working for a French firm in China

posted on: 30 July 2009 | 2 comments

What Problem Do You Solve For Whom And How?

Chief executive of one of the US government's favorite software suppliers explains why business...

posted on: 21 July 2009 | 9 comments

I Want to Get on a Bigger Stage

With finance jobs scarce, a JP Morgan associate explains why he’s quitting to go back to...

posted on: 14 July 2009 | 2 comments

CEIBS And The Rest

Official at China's A-list b-school warns that international students have trouble finding jobs

posted on: 6 July 2009

The Most Exciting Company in the World

posted on: 1 July 2009 | 1 comment

Be A Master Of Networking

The ultimate guide to networking, from cycling clubs to lunching with CEOs. Plus how to...

posted on: 22 June 2009

How to Write to Alumni For Help

Expert guide on working the vaunted alum network without coming across like a brown-noser or...

posted on: 21 June 2009

How to Network

Some experienced hands share their networking techniques and thoughts on how to avoid

posted on: 21 June 2009

Business Games Beat Business Education

Challenges are a great learning experience, but girlfriends are less impressed

posted on: 18 June 2009

Being Odd Pays Off in the Workplace

Companies should reduce the pressure on new employees to fit in

posted on: 7 June 2009

Harvard Business School to Favour people with

Professor Warren McFarlan says move is response to changing job market

posted on: 17 May 2009 | 5 comments

Sir Mike Rake Revives Third Way Debate

BT Chairman cites research showing that East Germans preferred Communism

posted on: 8 May 2009

Elite Chinese Chemistry Grad for Hire at $588 per month

Lulu catches up with Mr. Wang at the No. 35 National Senior-Level Talent Career Fair in...

posted on: 29 April 2009

The Credit Crunch MBA

How much would you pay for a life where you had to work and study 70 hours a week, save money...

posted on: 5 April 2009

Foreign MBAs victims of US government's bailout policies

New economic policies cost NYU business student a secure banking job

posted on: 4 April 2009

Smoking More but Not Desperate: Chinese Graduates

Four students graduating now talk job-hunting frustration

posted on: 1 April 2009 | 6 comments

Three People in a Semi Circle? Normally That's Men

SuperKris's fears of being left standing around with a drink at the next office...

posted on: 1 April 2009

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