Archives: April 2009

Stuffing Ballots at LBS?

Posted by: Francesca Di Meglio on April 30

The ethics of business school students and MBAs in general has been making headlines lately – from the Duke and GMAT cheating scandals to the role business schools and their...

Networking: Just Be Yourself

Posted by: Francesca Di Meglio on April 30

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

Job Hunter Equals Entrepreneur

Posted by: Francesca Di Meglio on April 29

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

Networking as a Way of Life

Posted by: Francesca Di Meglio on April 28

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

Chicago Booth gets a 'Bump'

Posted by: Geoff Gloeckler on April 28

For the past few weeks, Apple has been keeping a running tally of the number of applications (or apps) users have downloaded since the app store was launched in June...

My Networking Rules

Posted by: Francesca Di Meglio on April 27

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

Make an Impression and a Connection

Posted by: Francesca Di Meglio on April 23

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

U.S. News MBA Ranking Leaked. Sort of.

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on April 23

By Anne VanderMey A few enterprising B-school applicants may have uncovered the results for U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of the top MBA programs about 24 hours before they...

Being Honest about My Disability

Posted by: Francesca Di Meglio on April 22

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

Be Unique – And Hit the Job Jackpot

Posted by: Francesca Di Meglio on April 21

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

All for the Traditional Job Hunt

Posted by: Francesca Di Meglio on April 20

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

Reality Bites But Dreams Don’t

Posted by: Francesca Di Meglio on April 16

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

MBA Loan Crisis Eases

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on April 15

By Anne VanderMey Good news this week for international MBAs venturing stateside. Today and yesterday two top schools, the University of Chicago and Harvard University , announced new loan options...

Sticking With Passion

Posted by: Francesca Di Meglio on April 14

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

Passion Versus Practicality: Which Should Win In the Job Search?

Posted by: Francesca Di Meglio on April 13

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

Looking for Courses in Social Responsibility? Think Yale

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on April 10

By Mandy Oaklander The mantra to “do unto others” took a long time to graduate from the classrooms of ABCs into those of MBAs. But studies show that the Golden...

MBA: The Mother of All Tax Deductions?

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on April 10

By Anne VanderMey Is MBA tuition tax-deductible? That’s the $15,000 question that’s been plaguing students, accountants, and the court system for years. It’s an important debate this year in particular,...

Deferring the Dream MBA Job

Posted by: Francesca Di Meglio on April 09

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

MBA Job Search: Unemployed But Unbowed

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on April 07

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

Meet Michael Janger

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on April 07

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

MBA Intern Pay? Zip. Experience? Priceless

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on April 03

By Anne VanderMey Internship salaries may be up this year , but that doesn’t mean everyone’s getting paid more—or at all. Even MBAs. Unpaid internships, long associated with arts...

Commencement: Arnold, Oprah, Obama, Oh My!

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on April 03

By Mandy Oaklander Commencement is right around the corner, and we’ve dug up the names of some of the speakers soon to grace the podiums at this year’s B-school...

MBA Job Search: London Calling

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on April 02

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

Meet Juan Manuel Meneses Buchanan

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on April 02

With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they're pursuing and the difficulties they...

Internship Pay: Good News, Bad News

Posted by: Alison Damast on April 01

Here’s a rare tidbit of good news for undergraduates dipping their toes into the gloomy job market. Employers plan to increase the salaries of college students for internships by 4.9%...