最佳入读商学院的年龄 The Best Age to Go to Business School

JonFrank

sharon.shi1023 发表于 2016-4-4 15:24
Hi John,

My name is Sharon, a new comer in CD.

Hello Sharon,
Good to hear from you.Well to make a successful career switch, the most important things are: 1. to go to a good program 2. to network like all hell 3. to prepare yourself as much as possible for that specific career (meaning knowledge and skills). Overall I think either degree can work, although I’d lean slightly towards the MBA with real estate specialization as you can leave your options open and get more managerial experience.

Best,
Jon Frank

sharon.shi1023

Hi John,

My name is Sharon, a new comer in CD.

I majored in accounting but wanna switch my career to real estate. I have worked for a big four firms for 2 years, and nI am ow in financial advisroy field for more than a year.

I am planning to go to US for a master in real estate or a MBA specialized in real estate to change my career. Any good advice from you?

Thanks much.

Best,
Sharon

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sheva527

Hi！Jon

I have read a lot of your articles posted on CD Forum, I really appreciate your professional experience and profound analysis about MBA issue.

I here hope i am not venturing to ask for your advice. I have been wondering whether a MBA degree should be taken into account under my circumanstance.

My backgroud information is as following:

Male, 34 years old, married

Degree obtained: Master in Manangment(Major in Stratigic Manangement and Supplychain Manangement, GPA 3.2/4.0), Bachelor in Management(Major in Management Information System GPA 3.1/4.0)

10 years' working experience in China: 4 years in Ernst Young as a senior acccountant(Leading audit teams to serve Fortune 500 companies listed in China and Hongkong), and 6 years in a local financial group (with a  asset scale of 40 billion RMB, a revenue scale more than 2 billion RMB) as invesment business department manager(Leading a business team of about 10 people with PE/VC/MA business, contributing more than 50 million RMB revenue every year).

My wife is a Canadian citizen, and so is my son, while I am a Chinese citizen. Recently, we have been discussing moving back to Toronto next year for a better edcuation for our boy. I am planning to apply for a Canadian PR when i land in Canada and meanwhile look for a job there.

But i concerned more about my career in Canada because i don't bear a recognised degree or any work experience in Canada. I can't afford to pursuing a full-time degree either for i have a family to feed.

Does a Canadian MBA degree make sense to an old man like me? or should I just only look for a job with my current background in Canada?

Looking forward to your kind reply and enlightening adivice. Thx!

Yours sincerely.

Gavin

JonFrank

sheva527 发表于 2017-8-13 22:26
Hi！Jon

I have read a lot of your articles posted on CD Forum, I really appreciate your professiona ...

Dear Gavin,
Well you ask a difficult question, and not one I can answer entirely because a lot of them have something to do with personal decisions, which of course I can’t make for you, and you should discuss with your family. I also don’t know much about the immigration system in Canada nor really how you can get papers. But my tendency is to say try anything that seems reasonable or possible. It seems to me that you aren’t that excited about doing an MBA and don’t really need one to continue your career. You have your 10 years of career history in China, which should be good enough to land you a good job (Although it may not be easy at first).

If you DO want to do an MBA and it has advantages it can be an option for you (of course you will have to do the GMAT and all that first), but you might also have other good options - just looking for a job, doing a part-time MBA, doing another type of Masters, or some sort of studies. Since your wife is Canadian you might also have some options to study for free, which might be a better choice to allow you to take some time off without incurring costs that are too high.

These are all thoughts and options, but in honesty I don’t have a concrete answer for you. But definitely explore all options including an MBA.

I hope these thoughts have been helpful for you,
Best,

Jon Frank