Sunday, June 24, 2007

Summary of MBA Career Seminar

I met zixi, the legendary founder of one well-known community in the Hall of Oriental Plaza when my new friends and I were heading to CKGSB. She was kind of different from what I imagined. I conversed with her prior to the speech given by Professor Huang Ming, who used teach in Stanford and Chicago Business School.

Professor Huang’s speech is convincing. I wrote down some main points from his sharing as the following.

*The goals for a MBA program:

  1. Career Switch
  2. Networking
  3. Knowledge: use a short time to absorb as many study results from managerial scholars, who have devote their whole life on their research, as you can
*The culture in CBS: Competitive
*The culture in Stanford: Teamwork (Suitable for start-up oriented students)

*What matters in essay writing?

Highlight on social activities and leadership and it must be able to move readers.

*Who want to work in investment banks or consulting firms should choose top 5 B-schools; who want to stay in Fortune 500 has not much difference in any B-schools with top 20.

*Is it hard for Chinese students to land a job in the U.S. after graduation? The best profile for a Chinese student who wants to get a job in America could be someone who understands the western managerial culture, and in the meantime has a deep comprehension about China. This type of person might work in the U.S. for one to two years and then be assigned to China as the top management who is in charge of all China affairs.

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