As strong and active alumni

I have found out that an MBA qualification delivered by a business school without a strong and active alumni really isn't worth the enrollment fees.

When you enrol in a second or third tier business school you really need to undertake a cost/value analysis. As strong alumni tends to be associated with the top business schools across the world.

Business schools such as Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia or Chicago Booth in the US or Insead, IE Business School, ISLE or Said in Europe all attract strong candidates and have strong and active alumni networks.

Recruitment from these schools is strong, recruiters will actually approach these business schools seeking talent. An active alumni is important, there is a sense of shared ownership and the connections to business is invaluable.

Finally, the business school I undertook my MBA got an online alumni up and running but it didn’t help me when I graduated as it wasn’t up and running then. This is unfortunate as Torrens University is a new university but since it is part of the Laureate Network, they should have already invested in such resources.

The two year degree in the US includes internships where candidates work on projects, I guess according to their majors. This employer network is certainly a recruiting tool for both candidates and firms seeking top talent, this is certainly a strong selling point to attract the best candidates.

Universities are really defacto recruitment firms in many respects, internal networking within the MBA group should lead to potential entrepreneurial ideas, potential recruitment and investment. The best business schools have the most strong and active alumni and the second and third tier business schools should emulate these networks.