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CONTENTS
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Introduction
Read on to find out:
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The Attraction of a Career
Change
What is a career change?
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Contemplating change in your professional career
Considering a
career change?
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Switching Careers with
an MBA Degree
The MBA is a very flexible qualification, so its very good for career
changes roughly 40-50% of the people who take an MBA do so to
bring about a career change.
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An MBA qualification is usually effective at bringing about a change in
up to two of the big variables either in industry, function or geography
but rarely in all three.
What defines a career change?
http://www.topmba.com/blog/slight-drop-early-offers-mba-jobs-reveals-gmac-survey-mba-news?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mba -
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The importance of planning in engineering career change
Time is scarce during an MBA so the further you are in the process of
career planning before diving into the MBA waters, the betterWe see
that the best success stories come from students who from day one had
a clear idea of their target (country, field, role, type of company) and
who never missed an opportunity to work on their job search or to
network.
Switching careers with MBA specializations
http://www.topmba.com/why-mba/publications/200-global-business-schools-report-2014?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/mba-programs/home?qt-mba_programs=1#qt-mba_programs?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/blog/could-mba-degree-be-way-forward#comment-1701?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/blog?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mba -
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Take advantage of emerging industries
Whether its sector, industry or function or country or region, this
[switching careers] seems to be driving a greater proportion ofcandidates.
Aside from changing careers, what other reasons do students have for taking on
an MBA? Find out in from the TopMBA.come-paper,Why Get an MBA?
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Career Change Ideas
Source: QS Applicant Survey 2013
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Post-MBA career change ideas among MBA applicants by industry
Source: QS Applicant Survey 2013
Download ourQS Applicant Survey 2013 for more insights.
Industries of interest post MBA by % of applicants in each sector
Starting
industry
Consulting 76.9 15.1 4.3 13.3 9.0 41.0 11.4 9.0 4.9 3.1 3.7 19.1 5.6
Consumer
Goods43.1 61.3 4.4 10.2 11.7 31.4 9.5 20.4 16.8 3.6 11.7 14.6 2.2
Education 27.1 8.7 45.4 5.0 7.3 33.0 20.6 11.5 14.2 1.8 2.8 17.4 4.1
Energy/
Environment/
Utilities41.4 3.4 2.8 75.2 20.0 33.1 10.3 13.1 4.1 1.4 0.0 17.2 4.1
Engineering 36.3 6.4 5.6 23.1 62.9 22.7 7.6 13.9 2.8 2.4 1.2 25.5 3.2
Finance 49.0 9.6 6.9 10.2 5.2 76.2 13.3 7.1 6.0 3.5 3.1 12.1 2.9
Government/
Public Sector36.8 8.5 7.7 8.5 7.7 41.0 57.3 11.1 7.7 1.7 2.6 14.5 3.4
Manufacturing/Production
39.1 12.6 8.2 19.8 18.4 32.9 8.7 54.6 5.3 2.4 2.4 16.9 3.9
Media/
Advertising38.1 22.9 7.6 7.6 3.8 17.1 2.9 3.8 68.6 2.9 9.5 16.2 5.7
Other 33.3 10.2 7.0 10.2 13.4 31.7 16.7 15.6 10.8 2.7 4.8 12.4 6.5
Retail/Wholesale 45.5 9.7 6.2 9.0 13.1 25.2 8.3 9.0 11.4 3.4 12.8 60.0 13.1
Technology 55.6 9.5 4.9 10.3 19.3 26.3 7.4 7.4 9.9 3.3 3.3 60.5 20.2
Telecoms 24.9 12.2 8.4 7.6 9.3 32.1 11.4 11.4 14.3 13.5 3.8 20.7 17.7
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The Career Switch:
Case Studies
I realized it was time to broaden my horizons. After working for a steel
company for two years, the learning curve was flat.
HEC Montral alumna
http://www.topmba.com/why-mba/mba-alumni-stories/mba-roi-not-just-higher-salary?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mbahttp://www.topmba.com/blog/five-reasons-get-mba?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=career-change-and-the-mba -
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Career switching and entrepreneurship
London Business School alumnus
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