| B-School Students Anticipating Hurt After Graduation |
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| Written by Nick Osinski | |
| Tuesday, 27 May 2008 01:03 | |
 With the up-coming graduation season, the pressure is mounting on graduates from business schools around the country (and the world, for that matter) to find the high-paying jobs that will help pay for those hefty school loans. Unfortunately, the economic turmoil of the past few months paints a hazy picture and after reading this article, it looks as though graduates are going to get an introduction to what they can expect as part of their graduation ceremonies. I remember when I was graduating from business school and it"s hard not to have lofty expectations. You"ve just spent a small fortune on an education that you sought purely for its ability to help boost your earnings expectations; all that, after leaving the workforce and suffering the opportunity cost of that lost income. A MBA is an expensive education, like most post-grad degrees, actually, and it"s difficult to blame graduates for desiring the six-figure salaries that they"ve been trained to seek. The reality, however, may be a shocker and in listening to keynote speakers at their graduation ceremonies, graduates will have a window on what they can actually expect to face when they return to the real world. The economy is hurting. Wall Street is laying-off thousands. Foreign markets are mounting pressure on almost every domestic sector. While getting a speaker who will motivate and inspire graduates may leave them with a warm and fuzzy feeling, it"s unlikely to set proper expectations. Having graduated during the last economic slowdown, I personally feel that getting a realistic picture is far more valuable. These are highly educated and ambitious people; they don"t need people to motivate them - they need people who will share their honest insights and it sounds as though that is exactly what they will get.
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