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To: epony
תודה על השיעור, יש לי תואר בכלכלה
עבור רבים מאיתנו, שם המשחק הוא החזר הגיוני בשנים הספורות שלאחר התואר ומבחינה זו הלוואה ארוכה לוקחת… NPV זה נחמד אם יש לך מזומן.
To: All
סוף סוף דוגמה לחיבור קבלה רציני. מישהו מרים את הכפפה?
http://treebeard31.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/hugh-gallagher-his-essay/
To: austinpowers_2
I was just kidding, I don't see LBS and INSEAD as close alternatives to one another due to program length, academic focus, and class characteristics. It's just that – not that I place much importance on rankings – #6 on BW!?!?
My take is not exactly business as usual since the MBA job market is extremely dynamic and you never know what will happen when you apply. Examples: many MNCs recruiting people for work in their own home countries (McKinsey, L'Oreal), INSEAD increasing (deliberately or not) the Israeli "quota" from ~5 to ~13, the positive trend in the Israeli hitech market, talks about putting limits on HSMP and more…
Good luck in your job search!
To: austinpowers_2
Oh I get it, you're trying to win points for LBS on my narrow back
.Some of us got offers and chose to come back anyway, some of us didn't plan on staying, some didn't find anything. I would guess that more Israelis come back home straight after INSEAD than after other top schools for any combination of the following reasons:
– A one-year program is less of a financial burden and allows people that want to go back to go through with the adventure – self selection
– Students might be a bit older and family is a big issue when you talk about 2 relocations in one year
– Getting visas on the continent is not easy unless you're multilingual and continuing in the same industry (ie have specifically relevant and not just transferrable skills) – especially since there is no internship for Julys
– In many ways the hitech sector here is more exciting than Europe (which only has one hitech giant – SAP – vs. countless American ones). That means there's not a huge choice of corporate jobs like in the US – more sales and local mktg which again goes to language issues.
– INSEAD is strong in consulting, pharma and not many Israelis take that route – goes back to points on visa, age, and hitech
– I know this may sound weird but it's not clear cut that Europe is a better financial decision than Israel in the first years after graduation (taxes, costs etc). I made an analysis for France and Netherlands and it was surprising
BTW the largest alumni community in London is INSEAD's for many of these reasons.
Not directed at you of course, but as in any case, candidates should really do research on their target schools. That doesn't mean reading a few posts on BW but talking to alumni and recruiters, going over data, and constantly questioning their impressions and choices – like MBAs should do. I'm mentioning this b/c many of my co-students (non-Israelis) woke up too late and had their unrealistic expectations (eg from Indian engineer to L'Oreal brand expert) shattered.
