129 Posts found for Source: CareerJournal (WSJ)

M.B.A. programs that mix online instruction with limited on-campus time are becoming a popular option for prospective business school students who want to attend brand-name schools without giving up their jobs or relocating.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Diana Middleton | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Online & Distance MBA

Anybody can become a consultant. But not everybody does it well. Here’s what you need to know to thrive.

Content: Article | Author: Richard Greenwald | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Career | Industry: Consulting

What job? What industry? To the rescue are online career-assessment tests that aim to help workers (and daydreamers) identify suitable jobs and work environments. We took four tests to learn what fields are a good fit for a longtime reporter: the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the Kolbe A Index, the Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential (MAPP) test, and a service called Careerkey.

Content: Career Information | Author: Jane Hodges | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Career Info

Alternatives to the M.B.A.can be shorter, more focused and offer an increasingly attractive option to a two-year general business degree.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Diana Middleton | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: About the MBA Degree

Are things you need to get done falling between the cracks? Does taking an entire day off seem impossible?

Maybe you need a time-management system.

Sue Shellenbarger asked a half-dozen executive coaches to help pick the most widely used time-management systems—not just software tools or high-tech to-do lists, but behavioral-change techniques that help people get organized, clarify thinking and increase output. Then, she tried out for … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Sue Shellenbarger | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Productivity / Work Tips

Business-school applicants have to juggle their real-world work with GMAT-taking, applications and dozens of essays. Here’s how to handle M.B.A. application season.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Diana Middleton | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Getting In

Using recently developed evaluation systems, some colleges are aiming to quantify so-called noncognitive traits such as leadership, resilience and creativity.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Robert Tomsho | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Business School News, Getting In

Business Icon Lends His Name to New Online University Program; ‘It’s a Real Education,’ He Says.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Business School News, Online & Distance MBA

“What is your greatest weakness?” is the most stressful question posed during interviews — and in today’s market, the wrong answer could weaken your chance of employment.

Content: Career Information | Author: Joann S. Lublin | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Interviewing

A handful of business schools are taking steps to boost female enrollment, but many say they still have work to do to attract more women.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alina Dizik | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Executive Programs, Women & Minority MBA Issues

Anxious applicants increasingly use professionals to assemble impressive-looking résumés, but the wrong service can waste time and money.

Content: Career Information | Author: Joann S. Lublin | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Resumes

Female enrollment in full-time M.B.A. programs has remained mired for years. Now, graduate business schools are fielding part-time “morning M.B.A.s” to attract women. The new offerings aren’t for everyone, but the changes are brightening the work-life landscape for aspiring female business leaders.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Sue Shellenbarger | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Women & Minority MBA Issues

Business schools are expanding programs to help foreign M.B.A. students prepare for careers in the U.S.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Ron Alsop | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Business School News, International MBA Issues

Kellie McElhaney of the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley, discusses what may be the first student-managed investment fund to focus on social and environmental responsibility

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Ron Alsop | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Business School News

Famous M.B.A. programs have lost track of their original mission to produce far-sighted leaders who can help the economy run better, according to a new book by a Harvard Business School associate professor.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: George Anders | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Business School News

Harvard Business School is launching new program that aims to attract and lock in more liberal-arts candidates while they’re undergrads.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Sarah E. Needleman | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Business School News

Ron Alsop talks with Elissa Ellis-Sangster, executive director of the Forte Foundation, about how to help business schools overcome obstacles in attracting female students.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Ron Alsop | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Women & Minority MBA Issues

Not all resumes are created equal. See why recruiters say eye-pleasing designs can help draw their interest away from the competition.

Content: Career Information | Author: Sarah E. Needleman | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Resumes

Search executive Danny Sarch, who specializes in recruiting financial-services professionals, offers a selection of books, plus a Web site and movie, for b-schoolers eyeing careers on Wall Street.

Content: Article | Author: Sarah E. Needleman | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Career

Ron Alsop on post-M.B.A. programs that attempt to lure students back to business school with continuing-education classes on industry trends.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Ron Alsop | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Business School News, Executive Programs