career change and the mba

8/11/2019 Career Change and the Mba

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Career Change and the

MBA


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CONTENTS


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Introduction

Read on to find out:


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The Attraction of a Career

Change

What is a career change?


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Contemplating change in your professional career

Considering a

career change?


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Switching Careers with

an MBA Degree

The MBA is a very flexible qualification, so its very good for career

changes roughly 40-50% of the people who take an MBA do so to

bring about a career change.
http://www.topmba.com/why-mba/publications/applicant-survey-2013?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mba


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An MBA qualification is usually effective at bringing about a change in

up to two of the big variables either in industry, function or geography

but rarely in all three.

What defines a career change?
http://www.topmba.com/blog/slight-drop-early-offers-mba-jobs-reveals-gmac-survey-mba-news?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mba


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The importance of planning in engineering career change

Time is scarce during an MBA so the further you are in the process of

career planning before diving into the MBA waters, the betterWe see

that the best success stories come from students who from day one had

a clear idea of their target (country, field, role, type of company) and

who never missed an opportunity to work on their job search or to

network.

Switching careers with MBA specializations
http://www.topmba.com/why-mba/publications/200-global-business-schools-report-2014?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/mba-programs/home?qt-mba_programs=1#qt-mba_programs?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/blog/could-mba-degree-be-way-forward#comment-1701?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/blog?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mba


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Take advantage of emerging industries

Whether its sector, industry or function or country or region, this

[switching careers] seems to be driving a greater proportion ofcandidates.

Aside from changing careers, what other reasons do students have for taking on

an MBA? Find out in from the TopMBA.come-paper,Why Get an MBA?
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Career Change Ideas

Source: QS Applicant Survey 2013


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Post-MBA career change ideas among MBA applicants by industry

Source: QS Applicant Survey 2013

Download ourQS Applicant Survey 2013 for more insights.

Industries of interest post MBA by % of applicants in each sector

Starting

industry

Consulting 76.9 15.1 4.3 13.3 9.0 41.0 11.4 9.0 4.9 3.1 3.7 19.1 5.6

Consumer

Goods43.1 61.3 4.4 10.2 11.7 31.4 9.5 20.4 16.8 3.6 11.7 14.6 2.2

Education 27.1 8.7 45.4 5.0 7.3 33.0 20.6 11.5 14.2 1.8 2.8 17.4 4.1

Energy/

Environment/

Utilities41.4 3.4 2.8 75.2 20.0 33.1 10.3 13.1 4.1 1.4 0.0 17.2 4.1

Engineering 36.3 6.4 5.6 23.1 62.9 22.7 7.6 13.9 2.8 2.4 1.2 25.5 3.2

Finance 49.0 9.6 6.9 10.2 5.2 76.2 13.3 7.1 6.0 3.5 3.1 12.1 2.9

Government/

Public Sector36.8 8.5 7.7 8.5 7.7 41.0 57.3 11.1 7.7 1.7 2.6 14.5 3.4

Manufacturing/Production

39.1 12.6 8.2 19.8 18.4 32.9 8.7 54.6 5.3 2.4 2.4 16.9 3.9

Media/

Advertising38.1 22.9 7.6 7.6 3.8 17.1 2.9 3.8 68.6 2.9 9.5 16.2 5.7

Other 33.3 10.2 7.0 10.2 13.4 31.7 16.7 15.6 10.8 2.7 4.8 12.4 6.5

Retail/Wholesale 45.5 9.7 6.2 9.0 13.1 25.2 8.3 9.0 11.4 3.4 12.8 60.0 13.1

Technology 55.6 9.5 4.9 10.3 19.3 26.3 7.4 7.4 9.9 3.3 3.3 60.5 20.2

Telecoms 24.9 12.2 8.4 7.6 9.3 32.1 11.4 11.4 14.3 13.5 3.8 20.7 17.7
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The Career Switch:

Case Studies

I realized it was time to broaden my horizons. After working for a steel

company for two years, the learning curve was flat.

HEC Montral alumna
http://www.topmba.com/why-mba/mba-alumni-stories/mba-roi-not-just-higher-salary?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/blog/five-reasons-get-mba?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mba


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Career switching and entrepreneurship

London Business School alumnus
http://www.topmba.com/why-mba/publications/e-papers?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/why-mba/publications/e-papers?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/why-mba/mba-alumni-stories/tale-two-startup-companies-starting-2014-high-hopes?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/why-mba/publications/e-papers?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/why-mba/publications/e-papers?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/why-mba/publications/e-papers?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/why-mba/publications/e-papers?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/why-mba/publications/e-papers?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mba


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