Written based on the expertise of Nicolette Johnson, Associate Director of Consumer Marketing – Kelley Graduate Career Services. Is it the things you said or the things you didn’t say in an interview that come back to haunt you? As a former HR professional who has sat through 200+ interviews, Johnson would point to… Read more »
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2 Keys to a Successful Job Search
When deciding on a business school, the quality of companies who choose to recruit on campus makes up a large part of the criteria students evaluate. The Kelley Corporate Relations Team pulls through in big ways, bringing in names like 3M, Bain, and Amazon that most students will end up working for. It’s an ideal… Read more »
Stop Tripping – 5 Actionable Steps to Get Out of Your Own Way
Based on the expertise of Christina Schmidt, Associate Director of Business Marketing – Kelley Graduate Career Services Getting a full-time MBA requires a lot of sacrifice, but you already know that. If you’re uprooting your life and taking two full years off of work, I bet you’re willing to do everything within your power… Read more »
Pack your Bags and your Briefcase: Six Essentials you can’t Afford to Forget
Based on the expertise of Megan Alwine, Associate Director – Kelley Graduate Career Services Have you ever packed for a road trip, loaded up the car, driven away, and then remembered all of the things you forgot to bring? Networking can be like that, too. “We had a good conversation. I sent a LinkedIn… Read more »
MBA Talk: Why Kelley?
Each year, aspiring business leaders from all over the world choose Kelley for their MBA. We asked them why. Six current Kelleys from the Class of 2017—Lauren Maggion, Aaron Millicans, Guillermo Kalen, Erica Smith, Paul Carlson and Ryan Bradley—reveal what clinched it for Kelley in their MBA search. Support at all Stages: Lauren Maggion “I… Read more »
GLOBASE Partner Wins Global Development Award
A global Kelley partner, the Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development (CORD) facilitates integrated and sustainable development in rural India through self empowerment. Congratulations to the Chinmaya Organisation for Rural Development (CORD), one of our Global Business and Social Enterprise Program (GLOBASE) partners, on winning a Global Development Award. The nonprofit organization won first prize (and $30,000)… Read more »
To the Class of 2017: Enjoy Your Journey
By Nate Buyon, MBA’16I’ve never liked biking in the rain, but especially never liked waking up at 5 a.m. Early mornings and soggy jerseys were common during my cycling career, but I accepted it as it made me stronger, tougher and faster. These were the attributes I needed in order to achieve my goal of… Read more »
Mexican Kelley Students Attend MBA Conference in Chicago
Rene Lopezvictoria, Sofia Nuñez, Santiago Hope, Miguel Cruz, Luis Contreras, Daniel Medina, Aurora Fuentes, and Claudia Tavera By Jesus R. Salinas, MBA’16, IGOE Global Fellow The fifth MBA Mexico event took place at the Kellogg School of Management on April 17 and at the Chicago Booth School of Business on April 18. For this event,… Read more »
How the Business Marketing Academy project prepared me for my summer internship
By Rama Srithara Ramanujam, MBA ‘15 The Business Marketing Academy has a tradition of announcing the academy project teams during the BMA annual holiday party, and I was excited to have been assigned to a project for an American multinational conglomerate. As I reflect on my academy project experience, I realize its importance in preparing… Read more »
Kelley Team Wins Latin Business Case Competition (Again!)
By Cesar Sanchez, MBA’16 Last month, the Owen School of Business at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, hosted the second Latin Business Challenge. The case competition provided a scenario in which a nonprofit organization (Nutri-Plus) developed a nutritional peanut based product (Mani+) to help reduce malnutrition in Guatemala. Currently, Guatemala has the highest rate of… Read more »