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Prospects for MBA graduates are better than they were just a year ago, but connecting students with positions has career centres at business schools operating in overdrive. The efforts seem to be paying off. At Harvard, 85 per cent of graduates looking for jobs had offers by graduation. At Chicago, nearly 80 per cent of graduates had an offer two weeks before graduation.
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Essay Mistakes You Want to Avoid
Linda Abraham - 02-10-2009
Take a few buzzwords like synergy, global village, e-commerce, empower, diversity. Season with acronyms B2B, B2C, IPO, M&A, VC. Stir in generous platitudes about “forces that molded you into the person you are today” and “the top-notch faculty, diverse student body, and outstanding alumni network” at the schools to which you are applying. And voila! You have an MBA application essay. No, you may have a recipe for rejection.