How to use twitter in your MBA job search: Must-Follows for MBAs

We posted yesterday about how you can make the most of twitter in your MBA job hunt without actually becoming a twit. Today we cover how to further leverage twitter by becoming a Twitizen (I hate the Tweecabulary too, but what can you do?). Active MBA Job Hunting on Twitter If you want to get [...]

How to use twitter in your MBA job search, without signing up

Twitter has been widely touted as the hot new job search tool, especially given its surge in popularity in the first half of this year (the recession no doubt played a big part in this – seems almost a Godsend for the little company). Considering that there are so many job boards and job postings [...]

Ethical Dilemma: What Would You Do?

Ethical dilemma: should you embezzle $11 million in funds from your company because you’ve been entrusted with the numbers, could use a yacht and hate your boss? Okay, yes, it is an ethical dilemma, but probably not one that will be decided based upon what you’ve learned in your business school ethics class.  It’s the [...]

MBA job interview preparation: some puzzles and resources

The interview process for MBA jobs is notorious – 5+ rounds of trying, time-consuming and arduous round tables, Q&A’s and psychological tests. When my cousin interviewed for Merrill Lynch he said that even riding in the elevator was a test – the superior who accompanied him didn’t show the slightest acknowledgment of his presence, forcing [...]

Der MBA Eid: the MBA Oath (German Translation)

There’s a lot being said about the MBA Oath lately. It’s been covered by BusinessWeek, the Financial Times, Forbes, the Economist, and most other high profile publications with a business education section. There have been calls for translations into German, Spanish, French, Icelandic and Norwegian. For those who haven’t come across it yet, here’s the [...]