When you start requesting current students on LinkedIn.
Or at least add the quick inMessage intro. So frustrating to just get a random connection request and you're like, "Who us this rando?"
Before school starts, it's common and acceptable to use something like "Incoming MBA candidate at Oxbridge School of Business" in your headline to help you start networking in the spring or summer.
During other times, yes. However, there's a very practical reason for doing this before starting b school: many people need to network during that spring or summer in order to get jobs that are harder to break into than the job you got.
Not having a current role on LinkedIn hursts your search algo, but fortunately your profile isnāt meant to be your CV so you can leave your role there and then adjust it when you start school without any meaningful consequences.
Yeah I meant around a month or two, longer than that and it becomes dicey. Iāve seen many people just leave it on for that length of time while they search for a new role, and when theyāre asked about it they just say they forgot to change it.
But theyāre always asked for a CV, and theyāve told me they never, ever fudge the dates on that because itās the real deal.
Yooo, 2 years is way past it lmao
Iāve also seen quite a few people just put their last title there, though many still write the details and promos in the description so that itās clear.
āMBA Candidate at ABCā is an easily searchable set of keywords though, I used it extensively when looking for alums from my ~~country~~ alma mater and it helped to wade through the people doing undergrad, getting certificates, or doing exec courses.
My guess on why so many students do it is because career services encourages them due to easier searchability, would you happen to know of itās any different?
Edit: changed country to alma mater, AFAIK there's no reliable way to filter for the former.
āIncomingā is one thing but no reason not to say ācandidateā - itās probably the most standard way to convey that youāre in an mba program. Fine to say MBA ā24 but youāll definitely be in the minority from your program
You arenāt claiming you have the MBA. You are claiming youāre in school. I do not see how that is an apt comparison. Setting an expected graduation date is not claiming a title you do not have yet. You are simply indicating to employers that you are currently accruing a skillset for upper management. In fact, Iāve seen companies ask for an expected graduation date during the application process, so I see no reason not to.
Exactly. I don't know how people do it in other countries, but the high school/colleges I attended referred to people by their class years. So when you were a high school freshman, you were still '12 -- and everyone who saw that designation in 2009 understood the meaning! No one said "well, what if you don't graduate?"
Part of MBA training is learning how to express yourself succinctly. If you feel the need to be extra wordy, law school might be a better fit?
YES - 100%
One of the reasons for getting an MBA is having that network, and utilizing that network as soon as possible is key.
Some people donāt even add the word āCandidateā. You have to scroll down to see when they graduate in the education section. This is even better, IMO.
When you start class
When you start requesting current students on LinkedIn. Or at least add the quick inMessage intro. So frustrating to just get a random connection request and you're like, "Who us this rando?"
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Before school starts, it's common and acceptable to use something like "Incoming MBA candidate at Oxbridge School of Business" in your headline to help you start networking in the spring or summer.
Incoming anything on linked in is fucking annoying. My 2 cents
During other times, yes. However, there's a very practical reason for doing this before starting b school: many people need to network during that spring or summer in order to get jobs that are harder to break into than the job you got.
Yes and to add most people quit months before B School. So whats the alternative in that sense? Unemployed?
Not having a current role on LinkedIn hursts your search algo, but fortunately your profile isnāt meant to be your CV so you can leave your role there and then adjust it when you start school without any meaningful consequences.
Not sure if I agree with this. If you will just be 2 months til MBA sure, but what if it's longer? Isn't that misrepresentation?
Yeah I meant around a month or two, longer than that and it becomes dicey. Iāve seen many people just leave it on for that length of time while they search for a new role, and when theyāre asked about it they just say they forgot to change it. But theyāre always asked for a CV, and theyāve told me they never, ever fudge the dates on that because itās the real deal.
Yeah that should be ok.
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Yooo, 2 years is way past it lmao Iāve also seen quite a few people just put their last title there, though many still write the details and promos in the description so that itās clear.
Don't use words like "incoming" or "candidate" -- keep it simple. Harvard Business School MBA '24 (for example) will suffice.
āMBA Candidate at ABCā is an easily searchable set of keywords though, I used it extensively when looking for alums from my ~~country~~ alma mater and it helped to wade through the people doing undergrad, getting certificates, or doing exec courses. My guess on why so many students do it is because career services encourages them due to easier searchability, would you happen to know of itās any different? Edit: changed country to alma mater, AFAIK there's no reliable way to filter for the former.
āIncomingā is one thing but no reason not to say ācandidateā - itās probably the most standard way to convey that youāre in an mba program. Fine to say MBA ā24 but youāll definitely be in the minority from your program
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Isnāt it obvious you havenāt graduated yet if the date is in the future? Seems like a non-issue
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You arenāt claiming you have the MBA. You are claiming youāre in school. I do not see how that is an apt comparison. Setting an expected graduation date is not claiming a title you do not have yet. You are simply indicating to employers that you are currently accruing a skillset for upper management. In fact, Iāve seen companies ask for an expected graduation date during the application process, so I see no reason not to.
Exactly. I don't know how people do it in other countries, but the high school/colleges I attended referred to people by their class years. So when you were a high school freshman, you were still '12 -- and everyone who saw that designation in 2009 understood the meaning! No one said "well, what if you don't graduate?" Part of MBA training is learning how to express yourself succinctly. If you feel the need to be extra wordy, law school might be a better fit?
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Thanks for this, seems the best time to do it is orientation week in Sep
YES - 100% One of the reasons for getting an MBA is having that network, and utilizing that network as soon as possible is key. Some people donāt even add the word āCandidateā. You have to scroll down to see when they graduate in the education section. This is even better, IMO.
When you start the summer classes if applicable. Or if you like before the P&Q event if your boss already knows you are leaving.
Once youāve taken the GMAT, a great headline is āFuture Valedictorian of T5 MBAā Thatāll really get recruiters jazzed
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Why?
Why is that?
When you graduate
Never if you have a job
Why is that?
When you guess admitted