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http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,197522,00.html?
MBA grads of NUS land jobs
By Celine Lim
April 01, 2009
RELIEVED: Ms Aditi Mehra found a job in a month. TNP PICTURE: CELINE LIM
The Indian national, 30, recalled: 'People in my programme had started to panic. There was uncertainty... Will I get a good job?
WHEN the economic downturn started last year, Ms Aditi Mehra was just about to graduate from NUS Business School.
'I wondered if I should extend my MBA, take an extra module, to buy time.'
It was a good thing she went ahead with her job-hunting plans last October.
Within a month, Jones Lang LaSalle had offered Ms Mehra the position of Asia Pacific knowledge manager of its business development marketing team.
No wonder then that NUS Business School was ranked third in Asia Pacific in the recent survey, QS Global 200 Business Schools 2009: The Employers' Choice.
The list of business schools that international employers preferred to recruit from was topped by Insead Singapore, followed by Melbourne Business School.
The rankings were compiled from an annual survey of human resource managers in charge of recruitment for companies around the world.
About 70 per cent of Ms Mehra's cohort have also secured jobs within three months of their graduation, said a school spokesman.
Impressive candidates
The companies that have hired NUS Business School graduates include Synovate Business Consulting, 3M, Bloomberg and business research & consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
Ms Judy Lee, an international recruitment consultant from Johnson & Johnson, said she could see why NUS Business School has climbed three spots from its previous ranking the year before.
She said: 'I can tell that most of the NUS MBA candidates have international exposure in terms of work experience in the way they present themselves.
'Their attitude and presentation, and the quality of their interview answers are very impressive.
'I think the school is giving them proper guidance and organising appropriate workshops for them.'
Ms Mehra said she is thankful for the help that the school's career services department gave her during her job search.
She said: 'Career Services gave me a few job leads, including ones with Standard Chartered and KPMG.'
She said the workshops organised by the school, like how to approach an interview or to write a resume, were helpful.
The school also arranged networking events for MBA students with banks, consultancy firms and other multinational companies.
Ms Mehra's job is 'not very conventional' as it requires her to wear many hats, such as coordinating the knowledge management for Jones Lang LaSalle's offices in 13 countries in the Asia Pacific region.
She is also managing internal projects concurrently while providing global business development support.
But she said: 'I had a solid foundation from the NUS MBA as it was very academic and we had lots of projects and case studies to work on.
'We were really prepared for the workplace.'
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,197522,00.html?
MBA grads of NUS land jobs
By Celine Lim
April 01, 2009
RELIEVED: Ms Aditi Mehra found a job in a month. TNP PICTURE: CELINE LIM
The Indian national, 30, recalled: 'People in my programme had started to panic. There was uncertainty... Will I get a good job?
WHEN the economic downturn started last year, Ms Aditi Mehra was just about to graduate from NUS Business School.
'I wondered if I should extend my MBA, take an extra module, to buy time.'
It was a good thing she went ahead with her job-hunting plans last October.
Within a month, Jones Lang LaSalle had offered Ms Mehra the position of Asia Pacific knowledge manager of its business development marketing team.
No wonder then that NUS Business School was ranked third in Asia Pacific in the recent survey, QS Global 200 Business Schools 2009: The Employers' Choice.
The list of business schools that international employers preferred to recruit from was topped by Insead Singapore, followed by Melbourne Business School.
The rankings were compiled from an annual survey of human resource managers in charge of recruitment for companies around the world.
About 70 per cent of Ms Mehra's cohort have also secured jobs within three months of their graduation, said a school spokesman.
Impressive candidates
The companies that have hired NUS Business School graduates include Synovate Business Consulting, 3M, Bloomberg and business research & consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
Ms Judy Lee, an international recruitment consultant from Johnson & Johnson, said she could see why NUS Business School has climbed three spots from its previous ranking the year before.
She said: 'I can tell that most of the NUS MBA candidates have international exposure in terms of work experience in the way they present themselves.
'Their attitude and presentation, and the quality of their interview answers are very impressive.
'I think the school is giving them proper guidance and organising appropriate workshops for them.'
Ms Mehra said she is thankful for the help that the school's career services department gave her during her job search.
She said: 'Career Services gave me a few job leads, including ones with Standard Chartered and KPMG.'
She said the workshops organised by the school, like how to approach an interview or to write a resume, were helpful.
The school also arranged networking events for MBA students with banks, consultancy firms and other multinational companies.
Ms Mehra's job is 'not very conventional' as it requires her to wear many hats, such as coordinating the knowledge management for Jones Lang LaSalle's offices in 13 countries in the Asia Pacific region.
She is also managing internal projects concurrently while providing global business development support.
But she said: 'I had a solid foundation from the NUS MBA as it was very academic and we had lots of projects and case studies to work on.
'We were really prepared for the workplace.'
