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The average shopper can't remember a time when fixed prices weren't the norm. After all, it's been well over a century since rounds of haggling was the way goods and services changed hands. Fixed prices were introduced in the early 1800s as an attractive new feature that could save consumers time, money, and emotional energy, and were a great benefit to mer . . . Continue Reading

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Graduation day has the potential to be a financial windfall for the most fortunate of MBA graduates – those who leave business school with both high-paying jobs and large signing bonuses.

MBA employers award signing bonuses to job applicants to entice them to sign employment contracts. When an MBA program's graduates receive hefty signing bonuses, that is a sign that its alumni have marketable skills, experts say.

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Reported by Karen Gonsalves - Dongrila Inc. Editorial Board

If you're applying to business school because you want to make a career change, you are not alone.

In a recent survey of MBA applicants, nearly half those applicants – 48 percent – said a desire for a new career was one of their primary reasons for pursuing an MBA, according to the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants.

MBA students often use business school to catapult into a job unlike any they'd had.

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Reported by Karen Gonsalves - Dongrila Inc. Editorial Board

If you're anxious about a gap in employment history in your MBA application, take heart. The admissions committee members are human beings who will empathize with someone who has faced a layoff or firing and lived to tell the tale.

You should address an employment gap lasting longer than three months in the optional essay and in the application data forms, if requested. Ideally, you’ll show that you did more than just look for a job during that period and demonstrate what you lea . . . Continue Reading

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During the MBA essay-writing process, prospective business school applicants get to praise themselves, brag, point out their understanding of complex issues and generally portray themselves as the ideal human. But to balance out the admissions karma, they also need to critique their own skills, motivations or shortcomings. The key is knowing how to address your weaknesses in a way that shows self-reflection and a dedication to improvement.

Everyone goes through difficult periods in life and makes . . . Continue Reading