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Paidos

Joined: 02 Sep 2008
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Fri Sep 12, 2008 05:56 AM
Hello,

In my class at EADA there were people from 23 different countries, 99% were not spanish. Distribution: Latin America and Europe the main groups, then north america, north africa, some asians and australia.

The career service is quite bad I must say , but we all got a job within maximum 3 months and I must say that each of us got THE JOB after two years or more. I have seen in the latest business week "20 years after survey", this is very common in the business schools

Regards
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lukeh

Joined: 24 Oct 2007
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Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:08 AM
Hi Paidos,

Overall that sounds very positive. I presume you would therefore recommend EADA to prospective MBA applicants. Just a couple of questions:

1) Do you think having an MBA from EADA gave graduates an advantage in the Spanish and Latin American job market which a degree from another school might not? Might that be a reason why some people choose to study at EADA?

2) I'm interested in the difference between the jobs people got within 3 months and those they found after two years. How would you describe each, and how does one make the transition? Is it just a question of time and experience in your opinion, or is there something else the most successful graduates are doing in their first year or two work?

3) Is there a strong alumni organisation at EADA which takes an active interest in placing EADA graduates, or is the situation more informal than that?

4) Lastly, what is it about the career service you thought was not very good? Do you think the problem(s) was (were) specific to EADA, or do they reflect something more general in MBA schools' approaches to career services?

Many thanks!

lukeh
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Paidos

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Sat Nov 08, 2008 02:03 AM
Hi Lukeh,

1. A degree from EADA in Latin America will open doors better then some degree of France, UK or unknown US, especially since in your class you will have well positioned people from latin america. Of course the top ranked spanish schools like IESE, ESADE and IE will give you even more visibiility in Latin America, but they are more expensive.

2. It is a matter of luck, attitude, growth and statystics, this happens not only in EADA but in many other, even top-notch schools

3. There is a big alumni network, but is still struggling in getting people together, I have been invited to linkedin.com where EADA has a group which I found quite useful, you can build your network in the school which will help you in finding a job

4. Career Service still need a more international projection and more resources. I know that all the MBAs we are complaining about career service of our school, but I think that EADA is excellent in organizational behaviuor, in the learning by doing, but placement is still much improvable
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lukeh

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Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:50 AM
Thanks Paidos, great answer!
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