Tag: career
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Writing a Great Resume – Part One
A resume is often described as a marketing document. People who are not familiar with elements of a good resume often get intimidated by this description. In this post, I am going to talk about how to think about a resume and how to improve your current resume. What should a resume not be? As…
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How has getting an MBA been beneficial in your own professional career? Would you recommend it?
For me, an MBA has been helpful in my career, especially as I’ve worked on special projects or initiatives that impacted my employer as a whole. The MBA helped me develop a solid foundation in the basic functions of any organization, so I can effectively communicate with a variety of business units. In addition, it…
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9 Common misconceptions about an MBA
This is one input that I must add in my article as it clears many wrong perceptions regarding the hype created around the magic word MBA 1. Anyone can do an MBAPerhaps anyone can complete one of the low quality MBA programs available. However, to attain an MBA from a respectable B- School will mean…
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Certifications: A way to build one’s profile
In today’s competitive field of management, everyone is looking for opportunities to differentiate his/her profile from others, and certifications provide them avenues to do so. Certifications exist in different domains, with different coverage, different specializations, having varied difficulty levels, different expenses, and opening various career paths at different roles and responsibilities. Getting new certifications is…
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Should you attend graduate school if you want a business degree?
I’m not sure if I’m interpreting this question correctly, so I’ll try to answer it a couple of ways. Some institutions consider a business degree to be a professional degree (for example, some consider the MBA to be a professional degree; other institutions consider it a graduate degree). Ultimately, your long-term career goals and what’s…