5 Signs You’re Ready for an MBA
1. Advice from Professional Mentors
In your conversations with your supervisors or mentors, have they mentioned leadership development to you? Do professionals in jobs you aspire to have an MBA?
If mentors who know you well and understand the professional landscape you’re in are suggesting that an MBA might be the right next step, it’s a key indicator that this is the right degree.
2. Job postings
Are you consistently seeing that an MBA is preferred or required for jobs you’re interested in? Whether you’re actively searching or just doing research for jobs you might be interested in down the road, it’s a good way to tell if an MBA will help accelerate your career.
If the next step requires an MBA and has an “MBA-required” level salary, this is a good sign that you will use the degree and see your earnings rise.
3. Skills missing
Has your role developed into a leadership or supervisory role that you feel underprepared to do? Across all industries, students come to an MBA because they have excelled and risen to a leadership position.
Whether you’re in finance, the arts, education, or anything in between, leadership positions requires soft skills and hard skills that you may feel are missing from your toolbox. An MBA gives you the ability to apply your degree directly to your work.
4. Personal growth
Do you feel you have untapped potential and ambition to do more?
If you find yourself reading articles about challenges in the business community, engaging in conversation on business trends in your free time, and overall, are feeling hungry for new learning, then you’re ready for the challenge of taking your career to the next level. Our top-ranked MBA programs are sure to provide a challenging, yet rewarding, opportunity for personal growth.
5. Network
Are you seeking out new relationships and connections in your business community? If so, joining an alumni network of 60,000+ Carlson School graduates across the world could be a great fit for you.
Additionally, throughout your time in the program, learn from a diverse group of business leaders across different industries who will challenge you and open up new opportunities.
