Beyond Rankings: 5 Aspects for Choosing Top B – School…

Most applicants to Business school, or any school for that matter, may have plan to apply for Top schools in their interested field of choice. And the only explanation for their plan is that these are the best business schools. While a particular school or program’s ranking is important, as that reputation will extend to you after earning a degree, ranking should not be t he only factor to consider when applying for an MBA. Think about scholarship options and your career goals too.

1. Knowing your Post-Graduation goals well can help you choose the best business school to match these goals. If you aim to work in a particular organization or industry, many schools/programs are ‘feeders’ into these. You should find out the companies that usually recruit from the school you are applying to, and make a decision accordingly.
2. If you see yourself living in a certain place in the future, earning your MBA from a school in that area, or closer to it can be helpful as alumni contacts and school reputation can often be more meaningful in certain localized areas.
3. Depending on your career-goals, you may want to decide on a school based on whether they offer a full-time or part-time program. If you want to stay employed while you are in business-school, you need to look at schools offering part-time or evening classes.
4. If you have to move your entire life to a completely different part of world just to be able to enrol in a high-ranking program, that can be a large process and could significantly impact your life as well of those dependent on you. While this may not be a problem for some, others may want to look at good schools nearer to their location, or at schools offering a program taught primarily online.
5. How you plan to pay for your tuition is also a huge factor when choosing a B-school. Whether you pay for schooling out-of-pocket, or plan to apply for MBA scholarships, grants or loans, those costs have to be considered.

All of the above details have to be considered and properly researched, so that you can put together the best overall plan. GIBS, one of Top Business schools in Bangalore offers you a plethora of opportunities. You can find out more details about their program and tuition costs from their website.

Beyond the MBA Classroom- What you get to learn in GIBS…

As we live in competitive world, we all definitely look forward for an institution which creates an environment which ultimately gives a platform to be part of a community of successful business leaders & when we select an MBA program, we are not just choosing our learning rather it is fortunate opportunities which are ladder to climb into a corporate world.

Don’t you think we really need more information and interactive way of knowledge as well as communication skills which led us to believe that we can survive…? As a Top B School in Bangalore GIBS has started wonderful theme of learning“Thought Leadership & Experiential Learning (TLEL), where students will be encouraged & taught theoretical knowledge in a practical manner which seems to be surprisingly awesome.

Students at GIBS are encouraged to build their interests by creating a forum, Clubs and Committees for professional growth beyond classroom teachings. GIBS Placement & Internship committee encourages communications between students and the recruiters. Students do get to develop strategic recommendations and apply the academic skills they have gained in the classroom.

GIBS Social Foundation will motivate candidates to know their role in “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), globally which is real essential to know one’s responsibility towards the society. Where in GSF inclusion of public interest into corporate decision-making, and teaches you in several ways to have an accurate idea about people, planet, and profit.

GIBS Sports academy is eye catching here with lots of fun where you get to be active in events that takes place throughout the academic year and you gets to hang-out with everyone in the game. The sports academy purpose is very clear to keep the MBA students fit physically as well as mentally meantime sports events provides great networking opportunities as being played in team.

Well let’s give little attention to the Cultural & Events part also which often conducts in GIBS Residential campus; This will certainly boost up the students confident level, and helps to come out of the stage fear which allows one to face people easily in the society…Moreover artistic and cultural activities in Top B School will have key to a cultural and social value that creates a positive environment in everyone’s life…

Here in GIBS, Events is not only includes cultural & enjoyment it could be conferences also or organizing Events or meeting up top business icons also under Global Business Forum (A Great platform to the corporate world) which helps students to have a wonderful & enthusiastic, experienced opportunity to improve their excellent communication skills and they can be self motivated, they can build networking in respective field, they can have an idea that how to work in a group of people from different sector, over all they will be packed up with the great knowledge which is a ultimate platform for their career…

So as mentioned above many other things you will get to learn in GIBS Residential campus which is beyond the classroom. “GIBS teach you that faculties can expand your mind and that leaning extends you to learn beyond the classroom…”

Blood Donation Camp @ GIBS, Bangalore

Blood Donation is the act of giving life…

#GIBS aims to meet the requirement of precious Blood by organizing voluntary “Blood Donation Camp” at #Global Residential Campus on 28-09-2016. The camp was jointly organized by “#CSR initiative Global Social Foundation” & in Association with “Narayana Hrudalaya". The dedicated motivated student #team along with 86 donors spread the message of the goodness in donating blood by extending their arm to contribute towards the #society and saved lives. The College received a certificate of appreciation for their service to humanity.

Five minutes of your time + 350 ml. of your blood = One life saved.

#Sharealittle #Carealittle #DonateBlood #NarayanaHrudalaya

2 Days Workshop @ GIBS on “Auditing” conducted by Mr. Md. Zabi Baig - Senior Audit Associate, KPMG.

#GIBS students had a delightful Certification Workshop on the Topic “Auditing” on 24th Sep

2016 conducted by Mr. Md. Zabi Baig - Senior Audit Associate, KPMG. Mr. Zabi has shared hands-on experience on the way to learn #business#skills & guided how to build one’s network and get into real #financialworld. #Auditing

Ms. Rajat Rashmi - An Certified Corporate Trainer & Senior Professional at Oracle was in GIBS Global Campus on 23-09-2016

Ms. Rajat Rashmi - An Certified Corporate Trainer & Senior Professional at Oracle was in GIBS Global Campus on 23-09-2016. Delivered a guest lecture on “Nitty Gritty of Corporate Culture”, enlightened #GIBS students on how does the management team create and sustain company #innovationin #corporate culture of real work scenario in corporate world.

HR internship at Stepping Stone Solutions – Kiran Eshwar from GIBS

About the Author: Kiran Eshwar, a student of Global Institute of Business Studies (GIBS), shares his enriching experience as an HR intern at Stepping Stone Solutions.

As a Talent Acquisition intern at Stepping Stone Solutions, I had an enthralling experience in learning the essentials of recruitment. The biggest takeaway from my internship is the lessons I’ve learnt, both as a recruiter and as a fresher joining the job for the first time.

I along with 20 of my friends attended the interview for this position in May. We had two rounds of selection starting with a group discussion (GD) and ending with a face-to-face interview with the HR head of Stepping Stone. We had a great time in the GD round because the topic we got was a very good one. We were asked to discuss “3 idiots” movie. 13 people were arguing that it was a good movie with a lot of life lessons to be learned from and a few were arguing against the movie. I was speaking on the usefulness of the movie. I believe, I registered an important point by saying that students have the right to choose their career. I was countered by one of my colleagues who questioned me about considering the career suggested by parents and relatives who wish for a student’s success. I kept my calm and conveyed that parents and relatives should make sure that the student actually likes the field and chooses a specific career only after researching about all the pros and cons. If they find that their child doesn’t have a real interest in that field or doesn’t have clear knowledge about it, they can intervene.

In the face-to-face interview, I met with one of the toughest stress interviews I have ever faced. It was the exact opposite of GD round which was easy. I was asked about why I chose MBA & HR and also why I jumped from technical background to management. I was also questioned about my previous small-scale business which I was running and why I quit that to join MBA. I kept my calm and answered all the questions. Finally, I had the offer letter in my hand!

At the first day of my work, I was trained to use TimesJobs and Naukri portals. I was also briefed about the clients they had from various industries. I was given few requirements straight away and was asked to work on them. I was perplexed. They had not given me any quality training but they wanted me to speak with people who had to 12-15 years of experience! I was dejected. I even thought that I had made a mistake by choosing such a small company which does not have standard procedures. I started making calls and stumbled a few times. Then, my HR head intervened. She taught me the most important lesson of recruitment. She told me to spend quality time on screening each profile, understanding the job description thoroughly, and doing the right search before making any calls.

If she had told this to me beforehand, I might not have stumbled but I would not have realized the importance of it too. I understood why they didn’t teach me that in the beginning itself, and so I started to approach my work with confidence. This went on for the first 2-3 weeks. I was given hands-on experience and I also got their support whenever I had a difficulty .This made me feel like an expert in 3 weeks’ time in recruiting. I started enjoying my work and thanked my stars for getting this opportunity. I worked for both IT and non-IT requirements and for both junior and senior level positions. I learnt how to speak with an experienced candidate and a fresher. I also had interview experience when I was allowed to take initial screening interviews for a few freshers. Also, I learnt the importance of maintaining relationships with both selected and unselected candidates because a recruiter doesn’t know when a previously unselected but a prospective candidate might become useful.

I successfully hired 5 people during my tenure as an intern, out of which three were for Stepping Stones and two were for other clients. I would like to suggest the future HR interns to choose a small company/startup which doesn’t have standard procedures but which lets you learn the art to become an expert much faster than the large sized companies. It is a proven fact that people starting their career with smaller companies get to learn more as they get hands-on experience straight away which further help them in their career growth.