Rady and Jacobs Schools Partner Up For Technology Management and Entrepreneurism Fellowship
The Rady School of Management and the Jacobs School of Engineering are partnering up for an exciting new fellowship program focused on Technology Management and Entrepreneurism in the San Diego Metro. The program brings graduate students from engineering programs together with upstart MBAs for a four-course, 16-unit fellowship that puts emphasis on technologies with commercialization potential. Continue reading…
Top Employers in Chicago
Chicago is huge — really huge. The city has the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States and was named the fourth most important business center in the world in the MasterCard Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index. And with such a booming economy comes an impressive workforce. The Chicago Metro contains the third largest labor pool in the United States with about 4.48 million workers, as of 2014. 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…
Quinlan Part Time MBA Jumps Ahead in U.S. News Rankings
The part time MBA program at Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business jumped up 9 spots in the latest U.S. News & World Report part time graduate programs rankings. Quinlan comes in at No. 43 out of 296 programs, up from No. 52 the previous year. These rankings also place Quinlan in Chicago’s top 3 part time programs. Continue reading…
Women’s Week Coming to Smith School’s College Park Campus
Women’s Week is coming to College Park. The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is hosting a week-long series of speakers and activities geared to professional growth from March 28 through April 1. Each program is free to attend. Continue reading…
Big Data and the Demand for Business Analytics Talent
Core-competency, sustainability, hyper-local, synergy — these terms are all among today’s hottest business buzzwords. Also among the most coveted words used by executives in board rooms around the globe today is “big data” and “business analytics.” You hear these terms all the time in press releases, research papers, news articles, and job descriptions, but what do they really mean and why are they important to know? Continue reading…
