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What is the best salary for a fresh MBA/ Sales?

If I get an MBA will it improve my chances of getting a good job, even thought I have no work experience?

  • Currently I hold a BA in Political Science from a university in the top 100 and I can't find a job anywhere: - sales positions won't hire me on a salary system, - management positions don't want anything to do with me, - government jobs just say they didn't accept me, - teaching and administrative positions say they found better candidates. I have some part time work experience in customer service but that doesn't seem to do anything for me. However, my undergrad GPA is 3.5 and if I score well on my GRE I can go to a good business school, such as USC, but my problem is that I have no "professional" work experience, so will an MBA still have any use to me without any "professional work experience? Will I still be able to start out with $70K or more without work experience?

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    Pretty sure USC's mba program (and all other highly rated mba programs) list "professional work experience" as a requirement for admittance. Even if you get your MBA you would not start out making 70k because you lack experience. It may even put you in a tougher position because some employers will view you as overqualified for the entry level positions (which by your experience is the only thing you're qualified for) but you lack the experience necessary for higher up positions. Im in a similar position (non business degree but looking to get into the business world) except I'm going back for a MS in Accountancy instead of an MBA. The MS in accountancy is soon to be required (well, 150 credit hours which is basically a masters) to sit for the CPA exam so its become more common for accounting students to get their masters right after. Some schools even just offer accounting as a 5 year dual degree program. I read a lot of things about how the MBA is perceived and one negative thing that came up often is that earning an MBA without any real corporate experience. Many employers don't look very favorably upon that.

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You will have to prove to an employer you're more than an academic. You have to tell them you're a team player, you get along with people and make them like you (a lot) in the interview, if you ever get that far. Take any job you can just to get some work experience. It might be better NOT to mention your MBA or put it on your resume unless the job specifically asks for one. Take any job, Wal Mart greeter, even flipping burgers in this economy. Downplay your smarts. Just be efficient, friendly and professional. You sorely need work experience. Keep trying for local or federal jobs. Apply to the CIA or FBI. Good luck.

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MBA programs prefer students with 2-3 years work experience after the first degree. Some accept students right out of college if they have good grades and a high GMAT score. Some MBA programs are designed specifically for new college graduates without work experience. But in those programs you don't get the benefit of learning from other students who have work experience. A lot of valuable learning takes place through class interaction. Also when you graduate your job offers will be about the same as a business undergraduate gets because you have no work experience, and you've been two years out of your undergraduate field so it's hard to get work in that area. A good source of information about MBA programs is the Official MBA Guide. It's a free public service with loads of information about the MBA and it has a good search engine for finding the program that fits you best. It contains all the best schools but almost none of the low-quality for--profit MBA programs. It is the most respected MBA Guide, created by the dean of Florida's #1 MBA school, and provided free since 1997.

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The MBA is the debased coin of the realm, because there are now too many mediocre MBA schools turning out too many mediocre students. By some measures, a full-time MBA in a non-elite MBA school does not pay off. A part-time MBA in an AACSB-accredted school may pay off if tuition is covered by an employer. Do NOT start an MBA without several years "progressive, promising" work experience. Only mediocre MBA schools would accept you, and, after graduation, employers would not. It was a really dufus decision to get a BA in PoliSci.

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