Change Careers with Regular MBA? 27-year-old Engineer Seeking Advice

Ans: An MBA would be a good means to mke the shift.

Ans: Thank you for sharing your career dilemma to me. It is quite natural to feel that way when it comes to career decision that can affect your personal and professional life. It is honorable that you are looking for new opportunities & challenges through self development even with responsibilities at home.

I recommend you should join the Executive MBA program which will help to open new career opportunities in corporate world. Most of these programs focus on providing you training in strategic sales management, leadership, digital marketing, operations, and networking options along with senior leaders who are also looking for opportunities to strengthen their professional growth with others and it may help you achieve high-level positions in the future.

However, you should do extensive research on the curriculum, costs, pedagogical experience, alumni network, and placement opportunities track record ahead of choosing a particular program before making a commitment. Otherwise, the Executive MBA may not help you and you may not achieve the expected results. You can also take the initiative to engage on social networking sites like LinkedIn to interact with alumni - officials and gain insight into the value and impact of the program on your career that can help you.

To sum up, a choice of executive MBA as a path to career advancement requires a thorough assessment which should be done before you take a step forward. Having a career mentor can be very helpful as well and can be considered as one of the major factors of success on your career journey.

Ans: I believe instead of looking for 2 year full time MBA course, try for Executive MBA course from some of the top IIMs or XLRI or ISB. You would have to write the GMAT which requires less amount of preparation as compared to CAT. Minimum work experience required for doing Executive MBA is around 5 years. So the others would also be of similar age.

Ans: It is advisable to write GMAT and try to do Executive MBA from one of the good IIMs or XLRI. These colleges do have good placements and it could help your career. Usual requirement for these courses is minimum 5 years of work experience