讨论一下读MBA是为了什么？

carry

读MBA说到底就是为了谋一份好工作(至少对大部分人是这样的).在选学校时,CAREER CENTRE 和学校的NETWORKING应该多考量考量,尤其在现在这种经济环境下.各位都是怎么想的，发表一下自己的看法~谢谢

wendy~

Good topic.  And, I can't agree with you any more on this: 读MBA说到底就是为了谋一份好工作.
For most of us, MBA is a bridge to a new position in a new industry; and a career change is in the horizon whenever you think of 2 or 3 years later.  Thus, the job placement is THE most important factor to consider before we get into the B-school gate.   

In general, in my humble opionion, the rule of thumbs is that "the higher, the better"
1.  Brandname school has a solid alumni network (Graduates from the top school are proud of the education they received from the pretigous schools.)
2.  Brandname school has a "better" student group - which is important for the future growth.
3.  Brandname school might have a better support money-wise.

But, I don't think that brandname will work for everybody.  I personally know people who graduated from Stern, NYU in the peak bubble time even never landed with a full time job!  On the contrary, I also know people graduating from the 3rd tier schools landed in the big name bank - she started with the job in lower pay (45k / year), but then she took off quickly...

Geographic-wise, the two places in US which hold most jobs are Newyork-NewJersey-Conn area, and California.  That is why some third tier schools in Newyork area like Pace/Fordam/Rutgers might provide "workers" for some big name company here, let alone the brand name - I was told that there are 600 Columbia B-school graduates in Goldman Sanchs alone!

So, my personal concern is really:

1.  I can afford; or at least, I can get the money to afford.
2.  I can land in the interesting industry in either China or US in the near future.
3.  I love to go to the school with some interesting people."

Julia0

其实要取得一个平衡实在是非常之难，有的地区性的大学就业率非常好，比如说荷兰的一些商学院，中国的中欧，美国南方的一些商学院（30-50名），相对容易找到工作留在当地。
但是毕竟名声也是很重要的，与远景息息相关，这实际上是一个眼前利益与长远利益的冲突，尽管所谓的长远利益有可能是不现实的，但是毕竟有很多人从名校毕业会觉得自己是名牌产品，这种感觉非常令人神往而且满足，人之常情啊。

Victoria22

经常有人在坛子上说， 你看3流的， 很多都找到工作， 你看1流的才那么几个。
当人只有一个稻草的时候， 谁都会去抓， 当人有很多稻草，就不一定要抓， 因为他知道还有别的稻草会出现， 尤其对3流学校来说， 所以对很多在中国走投无路的朋友， 可以考虑大城市的3流

Mike1

回复 4# Victoria22

i agree with you. not all jobs are equal. top MBA graduates simply will not take many low-level jobs that many thrid and lower tier MBAs will. heck, if all you want to is to get the hell out of China where you can't succeed, you'd better off to study nursing. this is not a joke.

chris~~

回复 3# Julia0

也许名校MBA毕业并非找不到工作，只是因为名校的MBA投入比较大，如果找到的工作薪水比较低或者公司、职位不好，不愿意去屈就。另外，能被名校录取，以前的工作背景也还不错，相对来说，期望值比较高。