Category Archives: Employment and Business School Trends

MBAs are finding jobs once again, but they may not be where you'd expect. Increasingly, they're headed to growth industries rather than Wall Street. Read More »

OnlineMBA.com will host a Twitter chat delving into mastering a virtual job fair on Tuesday, April 16 at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT. Please join us and featured guests Hannah Akers, social media coordinator Read More »

As industries get savvier about connecting with future employees virtually, MBA students need to know how to tackle the virtual job fair. Read More »

Many older MBA applicants can make some of the best candidates if they know how to prepare for getting into business school. Read More »

If you're savvy, you can use social media to help you get into business school. Read More »

As U.S. business becomes more globalized, it's important for students to delve into other cultures; studying abroad is the perfect way to do that. Read More »

Why are the big-name schools still divided on the idea of online MBAs? Read More »

These are our suggestions for celebrating Fun at Work Day; try them out just for one day, or every day! Read More »

Jennifer Mackin, president and CEO of The Oliver Group, a business consulting firm and Vanderbilt University MBA, offers this advice for budding leaders. My Advice Mackin: “The best advice I received Read More »

Here are some fields where apprenticeships offer the chance for students to learn those essential and in-demand skills, training them on the job as well as in the classroom. Read More »

These are a few of the ways that we'd like to see top business schools step things up a notch. Read More »

Over the generations, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has evolved from ethical business tactics to protecting the environment and helping communities thrive. As more individuals become aware of Read More »

Negotiations take place every day, in the business world and beyond, but they don't always work out, as seen in history's biggest negotiation failures. Read More »

Few taxpayers actually enjoy preparing their tax return, but the processes can be considerably more complex for small business owners. For starters, employers are required to send W-2 tax forms to all Read More »

Dr. John Shufeldt has done a little bit of everything, or at least it seems this way. He earned his BA in Sociology and Criminology from Drake University in 1982, his MD in Medicine from the Rosalind Read More »

Is the recession over or is it still in progress? Is it the end, the middle, or about to start up again? Wherever it stands, the middle of 2007 saw one of the worst financial crises in U.S. history in Read More »

Take on these resolutions for your business, and make 2013 your best year yet. Read More »

There is an old proverb that says “eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow you may die.” As right as that feels, there is something intrinsically wrong with it. Marcos Cordero, cofounder of Read More »

Take heart in the stories of these 10 business-savvy seniors, and remember: you're only as old as you feel. Read More »

Traditional academia has long been criticized for its reluctance to respond to change, but online education has the advantage of quickly adapting to market demand. From social media to sustainability Read More »

Where has this product been? This is probably the question most people will be asking after they try bcalm wellness drink, or at least this is what Dan Rumennik, founder of Good Life Beverages and the Read More »

Growing up, most people had life coaches – they were called parents. Giving you advice, teaching you from right and wrong, and lending a helping hand at every turn. As adults, the “life coaches Read More »

Many companies brew up creative, innovative approaches to supporting a plethora of important causes, like animal shelters and busting up human trafficking rings, like these. Read More »

From social media to standardized tests to veteran entrepreneurship, these five stories have a lasting impact in 2013. Hult Prize/Clinton Global Initiative A global business case challenge, open to traditional Read More »

After spending my fall cramming for the GMAT, crafting my application story, and securing recommenders, all the while sacrificing many nights and weekends, I’ve made the tough decision to defer my business Read More »

Matt Wilson and co-founder Jared O’Toole have taken an undergraduate passion into a thriving dot-com business. Upon graduation from Bryant University in Rhode Island, Wilson and co-founder Jared Read More »

Since Kickstarter's inception there have been hundreds of successes (and failures) with valuable lessons for using the site and funding a business in general. Read More »

Marcos Cordero is the co-founder and CEO of Gradsave and is also the founder of Green Business Bureau. Cordero has always found himself working for the future – not just his own, but everyone’ Read More »

Read on as we take you through the basics, discuss the pros and cons, help you get started, and offer some useful suggestions for reading material all about cloud-based business. Read More »

Enrollment for the newly designed Kelley Business of Medicine MBA starting Fall 2013, has begun. . Launched by the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, the hybrid MBA program to provide practicing Read More »