Thank you for your participation!
The 2009 Universum Student Survey MBA Edition is now closed. Universum's University Relations team wants to express a huge "thank you" to the thousands of MBAs who participated. Look for the results to be featured in BusinessWeek and Fortune and on your WetFeet Career Resource Site this spring.
Brand Thyself!
By Sally Hogshead
Target and Chipotle enjoy cult-like brand stature. But so, perhaps, did your favorite high school teacher. How? Read on to learn how to make your work self as exciting as NASCAR and as memorable as "Got Milk?"
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Top Ten Things Interviewers Want to See
By The Editors
Want to know what interviewers are thinking when they’re reviewing your resume? Take a trip into the mind of an MBA recruiter by hearing what these recruiting insiders told us they want to see reflected in a resume...
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Why Your Resume Gets Tossed
By Sara Goldsmith
The average recruiter sees 5,000 resumes a year. Any legitimate reason she finds to make one disappear makes her life that much easier—and yours that much harder. Here, top-level recruiters reveal how candidates blow their chance to get a foot in the door.
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Recipe for an I-Banking Cover Letter
By The Editors
In cooking, basic ingredients form the start of a good dish. But the way you combine the ingredients also affects the outcome. The same is true for your cover letter. Careful choice of words, tone and aesthetics are essential to creating a pleasing product. Combine these ingredients to create the kind of professional, effective I-banking cover letter that'll get you in the door.
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Rules of Engagement
By Sally Hogshead
You’re at a cocktail party, standing at the cheese platter. A guy approaches you, and by way of introducing himself, shouts “Tufts, class of ’91! MBA from Vanderbilt! Corner office and company car at age 33!”
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