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Hi,
As per your profile pursuing MBA in marketing through distance education would be the best option for you as it will further enhance your career prospects, plus by pursuing studies through distance education you may easily maintain balance between your job and studies.
There are an enormous amount of career opportunities and options for people with MBA in marketing.
The most common are corporate positions such as marketing manager, brand manager, market research analyst, and product manager.
Persons with strong financial skills could seek a career in strategic or market related planning.
Additional corporate positions such as sales manager, advertising manager, PR (public relations) director, and marketing communications manager are also common.
In marketing or advertising agencies, numerous opportunities exist in advertising, direct marketing, and communications specialization.
Consulting firms also hire marketing MBAs as new market developers, strategists, and customer segmentation specialists.
For your reference find below some of the finest universities to pursue MBA through distance education:
- Indira Gandhi National Open University.
- Punjab Technical University.
- Sikkim Manipal University.
- Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning.
- Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University.
- Karnataka State Open University.
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Hi,
As per your query, I would suggest you to take CAT-2013 and various other management entrance tests and score well so that you may get admission in good b-school of your choice.
Regarding preparation of these tests, I would suggest you to join some good coaching institute in your city which offers quality coaching for various management entrance tests.
These institute offers regular and weekend classes, plus they conduct mock test on regular basis.
For your reference find below some of the finest coaching institutes which offers quality coaching for various management entrance tests.
- TIME.
- Career launcher.
- IMS.
The other option for you would be to work for 2-3 years and then opting for MBA, the advantage of this step would be that after working for few years you would know which specialization to opt in MBA that can further enhance your career prospects.
This work experience of yours would give you competitive advantage over other candidates with no work experience during MBA admission.
Finally if you work for some years then you may yourself manage the expenses for your further studies.
Please note that, the final selection in MBA or PGDM program is made on the basis of:
1. Education background of the students.
2. Score in various management entrance tests like CAT, MAT, etc.
3. Performance in group discussions and personal interview.
4. Work experience if any.
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