If you are smart enough to earn an MBA, you are smart enough not to pursue one
I don't want to be a downer but there is a Malaysian girl in one company I know of who studied MBA in Australia just to land a job as purchasing executive in a SME, being paid (God forbid) less than SGD4k per month.Utsav wrote:What is my chance of getting through INSEAD & getting a job in Singapore only?
Background: Age 31,will be 32 in January 2015 if I were to get in. GMAT Score 680. I've got a Masters in Finance & Accounting followed by a CPA. I've worked in two of the big four & now work in a bank.Career & salary are stagnating for the last two years hence I hope an MBA from INSEAD will help me land a high paying job. I won't do consulting as there's no life but something high paying will be good.
What are my chances? Also if I do my MBA how easy or difficult will it be for me to return to Singapore with a high paying job?
I hold an EP, btw my PR application has been rejected thrice, my salary is around SGD 100000.
I'd start by asking your bank if they will support you on the course and if it will fast-track your career? But it's also worth bearing in mind that finance jobs are traditionally lower paid than other functions within a bank....Utsav wrote:What is my chance of getting through INSEAD & getting a job in Singapore only?
Background: Age 31,will be 32 in January 2015 if I were to get in. GMAT Score 680. I've got a Masters in Finance & Accounting followed by a CPA. I've worked in two of the big four & now work in a bank.Career & salary are stagnating for the last two years hence I hope an MBA from INSEAD will help me land a high paying job. I won't do consulting as there's no life but something high paying will be good.
What are my chances? Also if I do my MBA how easy or difficult will it be for me to return to Singapore with a high paying job?
I hold an EP, btw my PR application has been rejected thrice, my salary is around SGD 100000.
I had my thoughts and you confirmed it!Addadude wrote:Not to be too kaypoh (nosey), but I'm pretty sure the OP's wife started a related thread about a month ago.
Said thread got totally out of hand and was subsequently locked with some knuckle rapping from our esteemed mods.
Might want to be diplomatic with this one!
Inferences:Utsav wrote:What is my chance of getting through INSEAD & getting a job in Singapore only?
Background: Age 31,will be 32 in January 2015 if I were to get in. GMAT Score 680. I've got a Masters in Finance & Accounting followed by a CPA. I've worked in two of the big four & now work in a bank.Career & salary are stagnating for the last two years hence I hope an MBA from INSEAD will help me land a high paying job. I won't do consulting as there's no life but something high paying will be good.
What are my chances? Also if I do my MBA how easy or difficult will it be for me to return to Singapore with a high paying job?
I hold an EP, btw my PR application has been rejected thrice, my salary is around SGD 100000.
Say what you really think next time!rajagainstthemachine wrote:Inferences:Utsav wrote:What is my chance of getting through INSEAD & getting a job in Singapore only?
Background: Age 31,will be 32 in January 2015 if I were to get in. GMAT Score 680. I've got a Masters in Finance & Accounting followed by a CPA. I've worked in two of the big four & now work in a bank.Career & salary are stagnating for the last two years hence I hope an MBA from INSEAD will help me land a high paying job. I won't do consulting as there's no life but something high paying will be good.
What are my chances? Also if I do my MBA how easy or difficult will it be for me to return to Singapore with a high paying job?
I hold an EP, btw my PR application has been rejected thrice, my salary is around SGD 100000.
1.You are 31 and almost middle aged and dying/dead
2. You have a bad attitude as you don't want to do consulting as there is no life... what a shame.. all those other consultants probably don't have it as good as you.
3. 100,000 yes you are stagnant, maybe you should just quit and fall and die on your sword and hang your head in shame..
4. your life is incomplete.. you haven't worked in two others out of the big four yet.
Conclusion:
you don't need an MBA, you need a carrot and someone to dangle it at the other end.
Beppi, excellent post. The key thing is to get to the stage where you are not motivated by money and that is actually a state of mind. Different people take different amounts of time to get there. Its also about being content with what you have. I am glad I have got to that state of mind now(I am aged 34 btw).beppi wrote:The best (probably only) way to advance in a career is to be good at what you're doing.
To achieve this, money is probably the worst motivator, as it always only lasts a short while before you get used to it and see others who earn even more.
A much better way is to like what you do.
So, do you LIKE to learn the methods of business administration through an MBA?
I personally thought about the same, too, and although I am quite interested in these topics, I decided that right now, I prefer to do what I am best at (and that is not studying). I can always enter an MBA course later, if I still want to (FYI: I am 47 years old, and not mainly motivated by money).
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