Isenberg School of Management

Isenberg has a lot of heart, and the students seem self-motivated and driven toward success. I admire my classmates and feel that if and when I decide to pursue a career in business, I will do so successfully and by appropriately leveraging my own interests/skills.

The career services department needs more staff members and resources. Currently, its efforts are very focused on creating networking opportunities for Accounting & Finance majors. Students in the other majors within the business school don't feel that the opportunities are equal across majors. Marketing, Management and OIM majors often have to create their own networking opportunities. The Chase Career Center offers little assistance for students in these majors.

The program gives students a broad understanding of all aspects of a business, while focusing heavily on preparing students for their selected field.

They need to improve advising (wait lines are too long and one cannot schedule an appointment) and they need to make class sizes smaller.

The Isenberg School of Management prides itself on guiding their students from the first day of freshman year all the way up until that beloved job offer. I feel one of the best advantages of the business school at UMass is their Chase Career Center which is made available to all business students for anything they may need assistance with. They are always offering career workshops to improve resumes, hold mock interviews, welcome guest speakers, etc. The Chase Career Center has walk-in hours and the doors are always open to students. They work hard to make sure that a wide range of companies are always on campus to recruit from the school and they also host career fairs each semester. If we as students at Isenberg put in the right amount of effort to assert ourselves by becoming involved on campus, enhance our resumes, and network, the Chase Career Center offers us the right outlets to make a successful career possible.

I believe that allowing students into business classes earlier and waiving some of the useless general education requirements would improve the program, especially in terms of giving students an easier path to fulfilling cpa credit requirements.

What I love about our business program is that we have the perfect balance. We have all the resources of a large research university, but we have the small school feeling with our business program. All of the professors and advisors make immense efforts to get to know students on a personal level and are always working to help students. Our program really is focused on the real world. Many times I think of college as all theory, but in our program there is a strong focus on preparing you for what you will be experiencing in the workforce not just what the textbook says. Also something I have come to find out is that as a state school we may not have as many financial resources as the private schools, but because of the Isenberg students are the hardest workers I know. We know nothing will be handed to us and because of that we all have the drive and commitment to succeed.

There is always room for improvement. The school has grown leaps and bounds in recent history concerning career services, job placement, and ability to prepare its students for full time work. The school needs to continue to strive for excellence and maintain the growth. I sincerely believe it will, and I will be proud to be an alumni next year. I plan to be very active as an alumni and help out the school in whatever way possible.

There is no doubt in my mind that Isenberg is a unique business school. Several years ago, as I was looking for business schools, it was a program that was considered "ok." It was sort of middle of the road. Right now, the only phrase I can use to describe it is "It's coming." What I mean by this is that over the past three to four years or so, incoming classes have been the most competitive, professors have been adapting and implementing in their courses the changes as they are happening in the business environment, and the expectation of students have risen. With all that said, in the couple years I've been at Isenberg, I have seen a general movement in the direction that will (very soon) make Isenberg one of the best public business schools in the country.

I would really like to see more recruiters here on campus from some top tier companies, and also for the career services to sort of develop strategic relationships within the work force and employers where employers are coming to campus more so to recruit for jobs and full time positions rather than being here to serve the purpose of informing students of possible career paths and job functions.

The uniqueness of the Isenberg School of Management stems from its students. A unique blend of a large university's well-rounded students bring interesting and valuable experiences, ideas, and viewpoints to the student body. The professors spark conversation amongst the students creating open-minded conversation and discussion, allowing us to develop and understand new ideas.

As a marketing major, I often find the majority of career fairs to be irrelevant. The majority of our career fairs have represents from accounting and finance companies and I feel that an increased presence from marketing companies would be beneficial.

UMass Amherst's Isenberg School of Management has an impeccable reputation throughout Massachusetts. We remain competitive with many of the private higher education institutions in Boston and in some areas surpass them. The main difference, UMass in much more affordable. This is a great place to network, learn, and set yourself up for a rewarding and prosperous life.

The business program could be improved by making sure certain classes, such as those introduction classes mentioned previously, don't fill up as easily. These classes are necessary to move on because they are often prerequisites to higher-level courses, and by not getting into them right away could possibly set back students significantly.

We are a community. We all take difficult classes but it makes us stronger and superior to the other schools on campus. Teachers push us hard and expect a lot from us students, but it is only for the benefit of us and our future. Teachers focus on getting us jobs as well as there are a lot of recruiting programs and career fairs which allow for immense opportunities to grow and succeed. Every student I have worked with in the business school is smart and has a good head on their shoulders. I am pleased and happy to tell people I am part of the Isenberg School of Management and know that the reputation is known throughout and even that will help me in future endeavors.