Is it mandatory to have work experience before applying to B-Schools abroad?
Though its not mandatory, but having good work experience gives student an edge over the competition. More over all the good and top B-schools in US, UK,Australia etc require minimum 2-3 years of full time work experience after graduation at supervisory level, assistant managerial level or manageria... View More
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Hello Dear,
As I am passed from an MBA college and now I am doing well So, I think you can do well without experience also but the thing is that you should focused on your studies.
yes there are some colleges which prefer to have experienced students but so many are there who wants freshers like IIFT, FMS, IILM, AMITY. you can apply to any of them and there is no need of experience in these colleges.
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Yes.I agree with Aneeket that work experience should be made mandatory. As a MBA graduate myself, I have seen a huge intellectual gap between a fresh graduate and an experienced graduate. For example, when I was in business school, I was given an essay to write about the competition between long distance airlines (intercontinental) entering into direct competition with short distance smaller airline companies. This kind of topic can be successfully handled only by someone working in the airline industry. On the other hand, I have a good knowledge in the healthcare industry. New graduates with no work experience cannot write any thesis on such... view more
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I will say NO. Some colleges may have such criterion. But many colleges / universities don't have such criterion. If the topic is changed to 'Should it be mandatory to have work experience before applying to B-Schools abroad?' then suggestive ideas may differ. Experience is always a suggestive idea but difficult. Once a candidate is on job, he may not get study leave, and his further study as regular candidate may become difficult. Beside study leave (time factor), other factors like family responsibilities, financial liabilites etc may also become hurdles. MBA, just after graduation, is more feasible and realistic.
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Commented by
Govind Sharma HR, startup entrepreneurs, career blogger | Guide-Level 14
2011-11-01 17:23:37I already expressed my view and started similar discussion long back. Yes, it should be mandatory. -
Commented by
Aneeket Barua Manager (Product Operation)- Infoedge India Ltd. | Guide-Level 11
2011-11-01 16:51:10As per me work experience should be mandatory as it will help the student with relevant industry experience.
Request experts like Gomtis Corner Mahesh16675 Prof Garain PhD Raja M G rahulc Govind_S Excel and all the other experts and community members to participate and share their views. -
.CONTINUEDHowever, the same is not true for a 2-3 years experience holder. Hence, if there is a blending of 2-3 year experience holders, then the generation gap or clash of values would be minimal. They can mix well with raw candidates in the case study discussions., college cafeteria and elsewhere. The job experiences can be shared in a congenial atmosphere, and more willingly—like an elder brother narrating tales of his adventure to an aspiring teenage younger brother. The juniors group can assimilate job culture and set of values from these experience holders in a manner of smooth transition, and not as a jolt.So, ideally the situation s... view more
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Keeping in view the clarifications made by Dennis Vasanthakumar, I am of the following opinion :Admission to a foreign B-school would mean a job-oriented course. Hence, work experience before starting to pursue this course would be definitely of some help. However, if work experience is made mandatory to enter this course, then those without job experience(Indians or locals) would find themselves nowhere in the competition for a job-oriented course. Definitely, this would be an injustice done to them.Entrance to B-school course requires tests of reasoning, quantitative aptitude, reasoning, group discussion and finally interview. The future e... view more
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In UK the univesities offer MBA with many specilised streams. Also they have three levels of MBA being offered in many universites. This cannot be compared with Bschools or good Bchools in India.The whole concept and system of education is totally different.1.Freshers MBA. any student who has more than 70% marks in under graduatiuon is admitted int hsi course. It is not that bad universites os offering many good universites also offering this course. during the course the students are taken to various organaisation and made them to be over there for few weeks to understand the business module.Few universiotes take the students to euoropian t... view more
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