MBA Opens Doors to More Than Just Wall Street
April 21, 2009
By the My MBA Career Content Team – Find Top MBA Degree Programs
For some, the Wall Street crisis was a blessing in disguise.
Many MBA students, finding the road to Wall Street blocked, are turning the skills they learned in their MBA programs to other uses, widening their options to pursue a future in business more to their own liking, according to an article in The New York Times.
"There was a real herd mentality to get into investment banking,” Jessica Levy, a senior, told the Times. With the crisis reducing the expectations and pressure of getting to Wall Street and nothing else, "there was suddenly permission to pursue something you were interested in that your parents three years ago would have said absolutely no to."
Levy is pursuing a job with the State Department. A colleague of hers is pursuing his love of music by looking into opening a jazz club. According to the article, another senior, Katie Shea, has founded a shoe company that designs and imports shoes that collapse small enough to fit into a pocketbook for women to wear while walking to work.
An MBA degree offers many options for a fulfilling career beyond investment banking. If you have a dream you want to pursue, maybe it is time to look into getting into an MBA program.
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