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.
In our third session of this series, IESE alumni José Manuel Sánchez, Abhishek Mohan, Iris Hinterberger and Patricia Tanaka shared with IESE MBA students their experience of managing their careers through the 2008-09 financial crisis. When the panel started and I heard Iris say “it was the worst period of [her] life, it was unbelievably…
During the second session of the “Career Advice in Times of Crisis”, IESE MBA-08 Alumni Jessica Smith (Senior Manager, Global Talent Intelligence, Amazon) shared her views on how to tackle the job search under difficult circumstances such as the one we are facing now. The session was particularly stimulating, Jessica gave the students not only…
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…