{"id":203,"date":"2010-01-06T05:00:44","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/?p=203"},"modified":"2009-12-21T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T00:45:27","slug":"is-an-mba-right-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/2010\/01\/06\/is-an-mba-right-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Is an MBA right for you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Posted by Anne Lapour, Career Counselor<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-204\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/files\/2009\/12\/business-school-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"business-school\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/277\/files\/2009\/12\/business-school-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/277\/files\/2009\/12\/business-school.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Yes, we&#8217;ve heard.\u00a0 The economy is less-than-stellar these days.\u00a0 Maybe you&#8217;re struggling a bit with the job search.\u00a0 You wouldn&#8217;t be alone if you are.\u00a0 But we promise&#8230;there <em>are <\/em>jobs out there.<\/p>\n<p>However, many students are considering graduate school in light of our economic woes.\u00a0 The decision to attend grad school may be a great option for you, but it&#8217;s important to consider whether it&#8217;s the right fit&#8211;for any program.\u00a0 But let&#8217;s take MBA school for starters.\u00a0 An MBA may be a logical and really advantageous step, but it also might <em>not <\/em>be.\u00a0 <strong><a title=\"Is an MBA right for you?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gottamentor.com\/viewgeneraladvice.aspx?g=235&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NL_TheRoadtoanMBA_111010\" target=\"_blank\">Check out this helpful list of considerations<\/a> <\/strong>when you&#8217;re making the decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by Anne Lapour, Career Counselor Yes, we&#8217;ve heard.\u00a0 The economy is less-than-stellar these days.\u00a0 Maybe you&#8217;re struggling a bit with the job search.\u00a0 You wouldn&#8217;t be alone if you are.\u00a0 But we promise&#8230;there are jobs out there. However, many students are considering graduate school in light of our economic woes.\u00a0 The decision to attend&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/2010\/01\/06\/is-an-mba-right-for-you\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":443,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1487,1092],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-graduate-and-professional-school","category-post-grad-plans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}