Sep 15 2015, 07:21 PM
QUOTE(tryhardboy @ Sep 15 2015, 06:22 PM)
Hi everyone,
I've followed the thread for a while now. I would like to seek some advice regarding my future here. I just graduated from pharmacy course this August and currently waiting for government's call for placement in the hospital to undergo my Provisionally Registered Pharmacist (PRP) training. Unfortunately, due to the saturation of pharmacy graduates in our country, it will take around 9-12 months before we can actually start our training.
I am a highly ambitious person and I always try my best to achieve my goals. It has been my target for a while now that I wanted to get a MBA after my pharmacy degree for myself and then work at a prestigious pharmaceutical company. Initially, I planned to take MBA full time only after 2 years of my PRP training. But right now since I'm having so much of free time myself due to waiting for government's call for placement, I'm thinking of doing MBA right away. I've done some research myself, institutions which offer MBA program that do not need any working experience in our country now are UPM and UKM. Now, you will say I do not have any working experience, can I really benefit from having MBA degree so early? For your information, during the last two years pursuing my degree, I have worked tirelessly as a freelance part timer almost every weekend. I have done various kinds of jobs which require different sets of skills and I am not afraid to challenge myself and push myself to the limit. I know the working experience that I have right now does not even remotely close in comparing to the 'relevant' working experience that most institutions need in pursuing their MBA program, but I do hope it does illustrate my determination to excel in my field in the future.
I'm 24 years old now and I do not wish to use one full year to stop working and just study for MBA. To me, it is gonna be a stagnation if I want to flourish in my future career. If I have the chance to do my MBA right now, I'm ready to take it. I know there is a lot of debate about which school offers the best MBA program in the country, but currently there are only UPM and UKM that will deem myself as eligible for their MBA programs, do you guys think I should go for it?
Thank you all very much for reading my lengthy post. And I really appreciate any insights that you all can offer me.
Hi thereI've followed the thread for a while now. I would like to seek some advice regarding my future here. I just graduated from pharmacy course this August and currently waiting for government's call for placement in the hospital to undergo my Provisionally Registered Pharmacist (PRP) training. Unfortunately, due to the saturation of pharmacy graduates in our country, it will take around 9-12 months before we can actually start our training.
I am a highly ambitious person and I always try my best to achieve my goals. It has been my target for a while now that I wanted to get a MBA after my pharmacy degree for myself and then work at a prestigious pharmaceutical company. Initially, I planned to take MBA full time only after 2 years of my PRP training. But right now since I'm having so much of free time myself due to waiting for government's call for placement, I'm thinking of doing MBA right away. I've done some research myself, institutions which offer MBA program that do not need any working experience in our country now are UPM and UKM. Now, you will say I do not have any working experience, can I really benefit from having MBA degree so early? For your information, during the last two years pursuing my degree, I have worked tirelessly as a freelance part timer almost every weekend. I have done various kinds of jobs which require different sets of skills and I am not afraid to challenge myself and push myself to the limit. I know the working experience that I have right now does not even remotely close in comparing to the 'relevant' working experience that most institutions need in pursuing their MBA program, but I do hope it does illustrate my determination to excel in my field in the future.
I'm 24 years old now and I do not wish to use one full year to stop working and just study for MBA. To me, it is gonna be a stagnation if I want to flourish in my future career. If I have the chance to do my MBA right now, I'm ready to take it. I know there is a lot of debate about which school offers the best MBA program in the country, but currently there are only UPM and UKM that will deem myself as eligible for their MBA programs, do you guys think I should go for it?
Thank you all very much for reading my lengthy post. And I really appreciate any insights that you all can offer me.
First and foremost, congratulations to you on your graduation!
I would like to share my 2cents, being in the industry myself (not selling anything here though, don't worry!) Many MBA prospects have asked the same question you're asking, why does an MBA require a certain number of work experience? So let me share what I have observed around.
1. Most reputable MBA (and almost all European MBA), requires this. If you check from the FT Global MBA ranking, go through some of the university's requirement, you can see that work experience is part of it. So there must be a valid reason for this. Better still, check on triple accredited business schools, and compare the requirements with non accredited business schools, you will learn the difference.
2. Studying for an MBA is totally a different experience from your undergraduate level. It requires you to be able to match the theory you learnt to the practical aspect in your career. Therefore having some managerial experience is essential for you to relate to what is being taught.
3. You'll be going through a number of case studies based on real situations. Having past experience in such situation will benefit you (and your group members) more.
4. All of the students in reputable MBA programmes has at least 3 years managerial work experience, it doesn't make any sense to have someone without any work experience in the group as this person may not be able to contribute to the discussions and assignments. You can't be riding on the others without sharing some experience of your own.
Here's some articles you can read, related to your question:
http://www.find-mba.com/mba-blog/2009/10/3...ork_experience/
https://whichmba.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/a...ork-experience/
And personally, I have been at the stage where you are right now, recently graduated and eager to learn something. I did my research on the MBA programmes available and finally decided that I will wait for few more years before embarking into one. When you have the plan for an MBA, don't do it for the title. You might as well make sure that it is worth investing. Make sure that the quality is assured.
I believe you will be a very good candidate for an MBA programme when the time comes
Cheers & happy Malaysia day!
P/S: you don't need to quit your work for a year to study for an MBA. There are plenty of part time MBA programmes around that you can check, some offer weekend classes, others are weekdays. Again, make sure that it is globally recognized (having triple accreditation is most preferred) and world ranked (at least listed in FT Global MBA ranking).
Regards, Edahani
Strathclyde MBA Malaysia
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