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MBA from Tier III Schools vs Specialised Certifications - an ROI Analysis

MBA from Tier III Schools vs Specialised Certifications - an ROI Analysis

Getting into a good b-school is a full-time job; it requires time, practice, awareness and due diligence. But when the dust around CAT and other exams settles & you receive your scores, you are left facing a barrage of questions like, “Where will these scores get me?”, “How do I prepare for them?”, “How do I prepare for GD/PI?”, etc. Obviously, if you have a par score, getting into Tier 1 & 2 b-schools would be your goal & it has its own challenges. But if that’s not the case, going for Tier 3 b-schools has its own intricacies. So we thought we’ll talk about making the right choices after CAT.

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Why Should You Consider A Career In Corporate Finance & How To Build One?

Why Should You Consider A Career In Corporate Finance & How To Build One?

A career in corporate finance means one would work for the organization to help generate and meet its capital requirements, utilizing these resources optimally to allow organic and inorganic growth and channel the earnings in the appropriate manner as to boost further growth and shareholder satisfaction. One gets to work with the CXOs and top level executives of a large multinational company, a domestic leading group or even a relatively regional player with high growth prospects. Sounds exciting?

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What Does It Take To Earn A 7 Figure Salary | Product Management 101

What Does It Take To Earn A 7 Figure Salary | Product Management 101

Products & technologies have had increasingly higher adoption rates. Telephones took almost 100 years to reach 100 million users, mobile phones took 20 years, Facebook took less than 5 years to reach the same mark and Instagram just 2 years! With a breakneck speed in the product adoption rates, organisations all over the world are realizing the importance of the product management role in developing, adoption, growth and retention of the product in its life cycle. Companies are cognizant of the fact that they can make consumers the king by actually making the product the center of all their strategies.

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Open The Salary Hike Door By Closing The Skill Gaps

Open The Salary Hike Door By Closing The Skill Gaps

It's undeniable that the current economic & social situation has accelerated the need for upskilling. Professionals need to constantly upskill, do it more quickly than before and keep getting better in order to remain competitive & employable. Make no mistake, this trend has been noticed across industries & job roles. 

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Do Not Micromanage Your Schedule, It Will Frustrate You | 99.78%ile, IIM C

Do Not Micromanage Your Schedule, It Will Frustrate You | 99.78%ile, IIM C

Rajat Srivastava, joined IIM Calcutta this year. He graduated in 2017 from IIT Kharagpur after completing integrated Masters. He worked for ONGC for 27 months as a field officer, had 90.2% in Xth, 84.8% in XIIth, and a CGPA of 8.23 during his UG. He is also a CFA L2 candidate and was successful to score  184.52 in CAT with 99.78%ile ( VARC, 62.51, 98.69 | LRDI, 43.88, 97.14 | QA, 78.13, 99.85). Here is how Rajat’s journey to crack 99.78%ile  looked like.

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Day Zero Recruiters Want To Hear From You | InsideIIM Recruiter Survey

Day Zero Recruiters Want To Hear From You | InsideIIM Recruiter Survey

Whether you’re an MBA student, alum or aspirant, the campus recruitment process impacts all of you in a pivotal way. Which is why, every year at InsideIIM, we conduct the Recruitment Survey Series! This survey empowers you - the MBA aspirant, student or alum, with the chance to tell your campus recruiters what you think about them! Fill the survey form right now, here. Historically, the recruitment survey has revealed answers to questions like:

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