Hot MBA Jobs in Los Angeles
There is some heartening employment news for MBAs seeking jobs in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times recently revealed that California leads the U.S. in job growth, along with a relatively low 5.3 percent jobless rate that has been slowly declining since 2007.
The statistics are impressive. Between April 2015 and May 2016, California added over 450,000 jobs. Meanwhile, the 2.8 percent increased rate of employment over the past 12 months is nearly two full percentage points higher than the national rate of 1.9 percent. In that same time period, the unemployment rate in Los Angeles county dropped 1.4 percent overall, falling from 6.7 to 5.3 percent. With an increasingly positive job market, MBA students have a fantastic opportunity to develop a career in the Los Angeles metro in these notable industries.
John Hanke, Berkeley Haas MBA ’96: The Genius Behind Pokémon Go
Unless you’ve been living under a rock (and a very large and heavy rock at that) for the past few weeks, then you’ve probably heard of Pokémon Go. For those of you who do in fact live under a rock, Pokémon Go is the newest mobile game craze to sweep the world. The game tasks users to travel the world — yes, the real world — in search of various adorable Pocket Monsters. Using GPS technology and augmented reality, the game has created a revolutionary experience that has captivated the masses. Continue reading…
Professsor Profile: Eric Abrahamson of Columbia Business School
For MBAs with an interest or a major in organizational behavior, it may be helpful to consider its opposite – “disorganizational behavior” — a term Professor Eric Abrahamson of the Columbia Business School uses when discussing his theories on management strategies.
We’ve all had that professor or supervisor whose office is cluttered with reams of un-filed paper, and yet who seems to know exactly where everything is.
Or maybe we are that person.
MBAs and Google: How to Get an Inside Track
We all know about Google. We use it in our everyday lives to accomplish all sorts of tasks. Finding out what time the NBA Finals are on tonight, discovering a new recipe to cook, or learning more about an interview subject are all made possible thanks to the world’s most powerful and user friendly search engine.
But what about all the time, effort and business-savvy that goes into a company like Google? Plenty of that comes from new MBAs hired by Google each year. Continue reading…
UIC Professor Talks Leadership on Up Close Podcast
Robert Liden, a professor at UIC’s Liautaud Graduate School of Business, recently appeared as a guest on Up Close, an online, audio talk show of research, opinion and analysis from the University of Melbourne, Australia. The podcast has an audience in 170 countries and is downloaded about 40,000 times each month, according to the program’s website. Continue reading…
10 Websites to Find an MBA Internship
Ah, the summer internship. Anyone who’s ever gotten their MBA will tell you that their internship a) was crucial in the process of pursuing their degree, b) was critical in helping enhance their credentials, and c) ultimately played a major role in landing their first full time job. In fact, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers Experiential Education Survey, employers extended job offers to nearly 70 percent of their interns. Continue reading…
