MBA not enough for profitable jobs

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December 6, 2007

A Management qualification from a B-school may not guarantee a profitable job, as companies now want their possible employees to have sweated it out in the company passage before going for the MBA degree.

A management graduate with no work experience may be balanced to go nowhere with over 80% of possible employers of MBAs are looking for candidates with at least a year’s prior work experience, according to a new survey of over 500 employers in more than 30 countries.

The experience has also led to a large number of leading management institutes center on prior work practice in the selection process of students. “While a number of business schools in India and across the Asia-Pacific district will still accept students straight subsequent to their first degree, a growing proportion of top MBA programs around the planet insist on a significant level of practical experience at the workplace,” the TopMBA.com research from the organizers of QS World MBA Tour has found.

One of the main reasons schools now insist on this level of experience is the uttered preference of recruiters for individuals who can hit the ground running, as soon as they graduate from an MBA programme, the TopMBA.com research said.

The QS World MBA Tour is the world’s largest programme for recruitment and information fairs for B-school applicants. It has organized events in more than 70 cities across five continents this year. These events are organized by global education and career counseling.

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