30 Ways to Annoy Your Boss
Many of the things young, ambitious professionals do to impress their managers actually just irritate them. Here we present the missteps that irk senior executives the most — so you can avoid them.
Content: Article | Authors: Alex Lash, Constance Loizos, William Speed Weed | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subjects: Career, Personal Development
Public Speaking 101: Stand and Deliver
How to give a speech your audience will remember.
Content: Article | Author: Jeff Ousborne | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subject: Personal Development
Negotiating a Job Offer: Points of Entry
Negotiating the details of an offer is as much a part of the job search as resume paper and shined shoes. At the moment, however, a freaky economy has many candidates gratefully lapping up any hiring package that lands before them. But a little back and forth has its place — good economy or bad. Points of Entry shows you how to get what you … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Paul Scott | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subject: Career
Your Recruiting Questions Answered
One year ago, at the height of the fall recruiting season, MBA Jungle posed a simple question to the B-school students of the world: What confusing or unexpected parts of the recruiting process do you wish someone had briefed you about ahead of time? The magazine went to experts for their wisdom.
Content: Article | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subject: Career
John Maynard Keynes
The game of professional investment is intolerably boring and over-exacting to anyone who is entirely exempt from the gambling instinct; whilst he who has it must pay to this propensity the appropriate toll.
Content: Quotation | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subject: Investing
Negotiating a Job Offer: Points of Entry
Negotiating the details of an offer is as much a part of the job search as resume paper and shined shoes. At the moment, however, a freaky economy has many candidates gratefully lapping up any hiring package that lands before them. But a little back and forth has its place — good economy or bad. Points of Entry shows you how to get what you … [ Read more ]
Content: Career Information | Author: Paul Scott | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subjects: Benefits / Comp., Evaluating Job Offers
The House That Blackjack Built
How card whiz Blair Hull parlayed a $25,000 casino stake into a trading empire worth more than $500 million.
Editor’s Note: though not offering a lot of real value, this is an interesting look at the relationship between the world of gambling and investment banking.
Content: Article | Author: Michael Kaplan | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subjects: Industry Specific, People | Industry: Investment Banking
George Soros
if you don’t know who he is, you should…
Content: Thought Leader | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subject: Management | Industry: Finance / Banking
The Myth of Corporate Synergy
It’s a slippery concept, synergy. Few really understand it. Yet the word is thrown around to justify all big mergers today. Too bad it’s a baseless idea.
Content: Article | Author: James Surowiecki | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subject: Strategy
How to Work a Room
We tag along as an expert networker demonstrates the art of the schmooze.
Content: Article | Authors: Diane Darling, Jeff Ousborne | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subjects: Career, Personal Development
Network Your Way to the Top: ‘Working It
You’ve handed out stacks of business cards, called all your contacts, and mailed reams of cover letters. Guess what, pal: So has everybody else. That’s why we’ve asked the pros for networking tips and tricks that’ll help you leave the name-tag-wearing, resumé-waving hordes in the dust.
Content: Article | Authors: Alexis Offen, Mickey Butts | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subjects: Career, Personal Development | Industry: Other
Career Switching Tips: A Brand New Old You
“What is an MBA, anyway? A degree, of course. A door opener, to be sure. A ticket to the top, perhaps. But for some 75 percent of B-school students, it’s also a new start—the first step in a journey from one field to another. And more often than not, that new field is consulting, banking, or marketing…Our guide to spinning the career switch—compiled with the … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Paul Scott | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subject: Career
Business with a Conscience: Do It Right
A noted author explains why an ethical business is a profitable business.
Also, take the ‘How Ethical Are You?’ survey and see how you compare to others. Find it at:
Content: Article | Author: Jeffrey L. Seglin | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subject: Ethics
Inside the B-school Interview
If you want admissions officers hanging on your every word rather than sneak-checking their watches, take a look at this Jungle guide.
Content: Article | Author: Anne Dunham | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Admissions: Admit One
Getting into an MBA program is no easy task these days. Check out our tips on where, when, and how to apply for your ticket to the best B-school for you.
Content: Article | Author: Robyn Gearey | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Inside Three Real Interviews: The Hot Seat
Three MBAs. Three interviews. The razor-sharp recruiter who scored them. And what you can learn from their mistakes.
Content: Article | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subject: Career | Industry: Investment Banking
Ace the GMAT
Experts say that acing the GMAT doesn’t guarantee you’ll get into business school, but a low score can definitely keep you out. So how can you make sure you’re in the running? Check out our GMAT cheat sheet to learn how to tame the test.
Content: Article | Author: Alicia Abell | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
How to Impress Recruiters: Anatomy of an Interview
What does an interview look like from the recruiter’s chair? Which answers impress? Which comments annoy? What shoots you dead? Top recruiters, career consultants, and psychologists offer shrewd tips and subtle tricks for moving from “How do you do?” to “When can you start?”
Content: Article | Authors: David Blend, Lisa Chudnofsky, Maria Spinella | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subject: Career
Cracking the Case: A Consulting Interview Primer
You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to ace the cases in a consulting-firm interview. In fact, a little preparation can make solving them seem, well, elementary.
Content: Article | Author: Michael K. Norris | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subjects: Career, MBA Related
How to Write the Perfect Thank-You Note: Giving Thanks
The secrets to saying thanks the right way—and the mistakes that’ll send your missive to the shredder.
Content: Article | Author: Lisa Chudnofsky | Source: “MBA Jungle” | Subject: Career