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2 min
MBA Success stories
An online MBA and maintaining a work-life balance
Manuel Herrera lives a full life. He’s a father of two children under three, works as a Campus Master Planner for Ghafari Associates in the Detroit metropolitan area, and is doing his MBA online at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Learn how his online MBA experience allows him to balance learning, work, and family, and more about how the program is organized.
March 16, 2022
3 min
MBA Success stories
Get your employer to support your EMBA
Laura Mock is the Director of Customer Experience at SGI Canada Insurance in Saskatchewan, Canada. She’s also simultaneously working on her Executive MBA at the Queen’s University Smith School of Business. She tells us how she got her employer to sponsor her Executive EMBA, the importance of peer-to-peer learning in her program, and why she ultimately chose the Smith School of Business’s EMBA.
March 11, 2022
2 min
MBA Success stories
How the post-graduation orientation year allows MBA students to find a job in the Netherlands
Vittoria Wu is a Taiwanese student who’s currently enrolled in the Nyenrode Business School’s full-time MBA program. She has an impressive marketing and retail background and decided to go back to school a couple of years ago to expand her future career opportunities. She told us about the Netherlands’ post-graduation orientation year, as well as why she chose Nyenrode for her MBA and her general experience with Dutch culture.
February 22, 2022
3 min
MBA Success stories
Navigating the intensity of a part-time MBA
Tobias Schweizer is a German student currently completing a part-time MBA at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. He’s also working as a Project Manager for Deutsche Hospitality. Having grown up in a small town in Germany with parents working as hoteliers, Tobias always knew that he was interested in the hotel management industry. He tells us why the COVID-19 pandemic ended up being a good time for him to do an MBA, the benefits of a part-time MBA format, and the importance of being mentally ready before undertaking an MBA.
February 14, 2022
2 min
MBA Success stories
An MBA in Human Resource at the Athena School of Management
Bhumika Das is a Mumbai-based student who’s currently pursuing an MBA at Athena School of Management. She’s also chosen her specialty as human resources (HR). She told us more about doing an MBA in HR, Athena School of Management’s programs in general, and how her MBA experience has left a mark on her both personally and professionally.
February 09, 2022
2 min
MBA Industry trends
How an Executive MBA helped this student succeed as a woman in a male-dominated business
Maria Andreeva is the Head of Business Development and Business Excellence at Ganter Construction and Interiors. She also completed the Executive MBA (EMBA) program at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management in 2017. She shares why she chose to take an EMBA in order to set herself apart as a woman working in the construction industry and what kind of prospective student would be the right fit for the EMBA program at the Frankfurt School.
February 07, 2022
2 min
MBA Industry trends
The WHU’s Global Online MBA faculty shares what makes their program unique
The WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management’s Global Online MBA is an innovative new program that was launched in late 2020. It’s already growing fast and is regarded as one of Germany’s best MBA programs. Online MBA programs like this one provide an exciting opportunity for students to further their educational and career goals in a flexible manner. Learn about what makes WHU’s Global Online MBA program unique according to some of their impressive faculty members.
January 26, 2022
3 min
MBA Success stories
Everything you need to know about taking an MBA in HR at the Athena School of Management
Bhumika Das is a Mumbai-based student who’s currently pursuing an MBA at Athena School of Management. She’s also chosen her specialty as human resources (HR). She told us more about doing an MBA in HR, Athena School of Management’s programs in general, and how her MBA experience has left a mark on her both personally and professionally.
January 22, 2022
2 min
MBA Industry trends
Design leadership zeroes in on the human side of business
Chris Schilder completed an MA/MBA in Design Leadership at the John Hopkins Carey Business School and the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2017. He’s now working as a Senior Manager for Marriott International. Discover what design leadership is, what a design leadership program curriculum looks like, and why the combination of design skills and business acumen are a match made in heaven for hotel management.
January 17, 2022
2 min
MBA Study destinations
How Canada makes the relocation process easy for international MBA students
Tunji Hamzat is a Nigerian student who’s currently in the second year of his MBA program at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, Canada. He spent several years working in corporate and investment banking in Lagos, Nigeria before deciding that he wanted to study abroad in Canada. He told us about the differences he’s noticed between life in Canada and Nigeria, the Schulich School of Business’s two-year MBA program, and how Canada makes the relocation process easy for international students.
January 07, 2022
2 min
MBA Study destinations
Why executive coaching is key in the SSE EMBA
Originally from India, Carissma Dennis now lives in Sweden and works as a product owner for the Volvo cars app. She moved to Stockholm four years ago to work at Volvo’s global office and ended up completing an Executive MBA at the Stockholm School of Economics. She tells us about the SSE EMBA’s valuable executive coaching program, the personal growth she experienced during her studies, and why taking an Executive MBA benefits you as well as the company you work for.
December 01, 2021
2 min
MBA Success stories
Leveraging your performing arts background in an MBA program
Caitlin Abrams wasn’t always interested in the business world. In fact, she originally studied theater and spent eight years of her early career working as an actress in New York. She eventually realized she wanted a change that would provide her with more opportunities for growth. That’s when she started looking into MBA programs, eventually landing on the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. Caitlin told us about how she leveraged her performing arts background in her MBA and how having an MBA can affect your professional trajectory.
November 25, 2021