Navigating the Variables that are Part of an Employer’s Total Compensation Equation: An MIT Sloan Career Development Office Q&A with Professor Peter Cappelli of The Wharton School

Q.  Similar to other top MBA programs, last year’s MIT Sloan graduates earned healthy compensation packages which included a median base salary of $170,000 as well as a median signing bonus of $30,000. [1] While salary and bonus are key …

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Chief of staff: Anatomy of the role in eight charts

Posted August 29, 2024 | Article

By Andrew Goodman
with Connor Rochford, Oliver Ramsay Gray, and Poppy Johnson

The chief of staff role has been growing in importance and popularity as the pressure on private and public sector leaders intensifies. Called upon to spearhead transformational …

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CDO: Did You Know? | Updating Your Career Central Profile Helps Your Job Search

This “CDO: Did You Know” video, “Updating Your Career Central Profile Helps Your Job Search,” highlights how keeping your profile current can help you connect with the right recruiters and opportunities.

Discover key tips on what to update and how …

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CDO: Did You Know? | How to Find Startups on the CDO Site

Did you know you can easily research startups with MIT Sloan connections on the CDO’s Career Central site? Whether you’re looking to join an innovative new company or expand your job search, Career Central can help you find your next …

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The Confluence of Biological and Data Science Revolutions Driving Innovations in Life Sciences, An MIT Sloan CDO Q&A with Mathai Mammen, CEO of Parabilis Medicines™ – Formerly FogPharma 

Given that you have led big pharma (J&J) and smaller firms (Theravance and now Parabilis Medicines), what are the career prospects and trajectory for mid-career / newly graduating students wanting to enter this vertical? What would be your advice for prospective …

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Full-Time MBA Interview Information for the Large Consulting Firms (MBB) – Fall 2024

Bain & Company

Boston Consulting Group

McKinsey & Company

Information as of August 13, 2024 and subject to change.

Check company websites directly and Career Central for current information.

Email Susan Todd at STODD@mit.edu with questions.

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Where Do Premier Executive Search Firms Fit into Top School MBAs’ Career Journeys? An MIT Sloan Career Development Office Q&A with Egon Zehnder’s Sergio Della Zassa

Q.  With 47.1.% of accepted full-time offers coming from return offers from their summer internship employers[1], MIT Sloan grads have been able to tap into the value of personal engagement to build their career paths upon graduation. Still, what …

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Which emerging technologies are providing career growth opportunities for top school MBAs?  An MIT Sloan Career Development Office Q&A with Dr. Bernard Meyerson, Chief Innovation Officer Emeritus of IBM and Co-Chairman of the Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies for the World Economic Forum

Q.  With 24.1% of last year’s MIT Sloan class entering technology roles [1], which emerging technologies provide accelerators for the career trajectories of the MIT readership?

A. (Meyerson) While AI has and continues to be a hot topic across the …

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Application Open! Blueprint Program: Turning Tough Tech Breakthroughs into Tough Tech Startups

Blueprint is a non-resident program for graduate students, postdocs, research scientists, and their teams, to explore the commercial opportunities of their breakthroughs and startup projects. The program helps the next generation of Tough Tech leaders navigate the commercialization process through …

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Fortune 500s or Start-Ups; what are the opportunities and challenges for top school business graduates to consider for the Healthcare/Pharma/Biotech vertical? An MIT Sloan Career Development Office Q&A with Jay Galeota, President and CEO of Kallyope

Q. After consulting (33.7%), technology (24.1%) and finance (19.9%), your vertical secured the next highest percentage of MIT Sloan’s class of 2023 graduates (5.8%)[1]. As you have worked across various sized firms, including your role as President of Merck’s …

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