The IESE MBA actively promotes initiatives that accelerate student’s career advancement. As we know our students and graduates are continually setting new goals, in this section we will address doubts related to MBA careers and share interesting experiences with you.
The IESE Career Development Center launched the first online session of the “Career Advice in Times of Crisis” series last month. IESE MBA-08 Alumnus Eduardo Navas, Bala Nagarajan and Jeng Dizon talked about how they have managed their careers since the 2009 financial crisis. It was full of great insights and I would like to…
Manuella is responsible for developing the Career Management programs for our MBA & MiM students. In this post, she tells us more about her background and her role in the CDC. Can you please start by telling us something about yourself? When I was young, maybe due to my Sri Lankan background, I was convinced…
How I leveraged my network to analyze the impact of COVID in different industries Close to the end of my MBA, my whole class was caught by surprise by the COVID pandemic. We were forced to stay in our homes for several weeks and I saw my friends going through a hard time to push…
Are entrepreneurs born or made (in business schools)? The word ‘entrepreneur’, was first coined by Richard Cantillon, an Irish-French economist, in his book Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général (written around 1730!), where he defines entrepreneurs as non-fixed income earners, risk-bearers and people that brought equilibrium to the market by correctly predicting consumer preferences….
Many MBA students aspire to gain some overseas work experience through their MBA. Several of our IESE Class of 2020 students successfully achieved this last summer and worked with companies across the globe. In a recent webinar, Suryansh Shrivastava, Marika Morita and Seung Ri Baek (Felix) talk about their summer internship experiences outside of their…