3 essential factors employers say make business school graduates highly competitive

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According to more than 1,000 corporate recruiters and staffing firms worldwide, business schools are on the right track with the skills they are developing among their students—with some exceptions. For more than two decades, the Corporate Recruiters Survey from the Graduate Management Admission Council™(GMAC™) has provided the world’s graduate business schools and employers with data…

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Exploring Students’ Preparedness: Insights from the 2023 EFMD Annual Conference

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Do today’s students feel future-ready and adequately prepared? In a direct, rapid-fire format, talent representing EFMD schools around the world challenged panellists at the recent 2023 EFMD Annual Conference to respond to the most difficult questions on talent’s minds today. On 12 June 2023, Highered’s Chief Talent Officer, Dr. Amber Wigmore Álvarez, moderated “The student…

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Types of cover letters every student needs to know about

Cover Letters Every Student Needs to Know About

For every student, there will come a time when you will need to prepare a cover letter. Whether that be to launch a career in your chosen field, build your resume with experience through internships or volunteering, or simply apply for a temporary position while you work your way through school. A cover letter is…

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How to show your best attributes in an interview

best attributes in an interview

The interview process can be daunting, as candidates are put in the uncomfortable situation of having to talk themselves up. But to give yourself the best shot at success, you should view the process as an opportunity to show off a little and leave the interviewers with no doubt that you are the right person…

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The October EFMD Global Fairs by Highered went hybrid

EFMD Global Fairs by Highered

The October edition of the EFMD Global Fairs by Highered has come to a successful close. The event, which was created initially in the virtual space, went hybrid and was hosted by EAE Business School Barcelona (Spain) from October 18-20. In the words of EFMD Global’s Manager of the Virtual Career Fair Series, Jean-Alexis Spitz,…

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Challenging the value proposition: do career services prepare students for today’s working models?

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Amber Wigmore Alvarez, PhD, Chief Talent Officer, Highered EFMD Upon successful conclusion of the 2022 EFMD Annual Conference, I reflect upon an invigorating experience moderating the breakout session entitled “Challenging the value proposition: Do career services prepare students for today’s working models?”. Panellists Dasha Karzunina, Skills Transformation Consultant, EMEA (Coursera, UK) and Jaromír Staroba, Prague…

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Connecting with careers at the 2022 CPDI

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By Maria Moragianis, Head of Career Development & Community Engagement, Highered. This year’s CPDI (Career Professionals Development Institute), graciously hosted by EADA Business School in Barcelona was the first in-person EFMD careers event since the Covid-19 outbreak and the energy was high among the 20 careers professionals participating. After two years of online connecting, it…

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