Dean Erika James on Whether You Should Get Your MBA

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Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

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🗓️ 18 August 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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We heard from a lot of you that you have questions about whether to pursue your MBA or another business degree. So we asked an expert. Erika James is the dean of the Wharton School at UPenn, the oldest business school in the country. So she’s got tips on how to know if you’re ready to get that degree - and how to know if an MBA isn’t the right path for you. Plus: she tells us the do’s and dont’s of the application process. In this episode, Dean James shares: How to evaluate if you’re ready for an MBA How to know if an MBA isn’t the degree for you How to make your application stand out (and what not to include) Whether you should get an MBA if you think you don't have “quantitative skills” What you learn from an MBA program Her perspective on how business leadership has changed

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0:30.0	All right, let's get into the show.
0:35.2	The NBA degree is quite popular. There is a perception that it creates a certain type of
0:41.8	professional in the world. And so I think people make choices based on that perception
0:46.0	without really asking themselves, what is it that I want to gain or learn from business education?
0:52.3	I'm Carly Zaken and I'm Danielle Weisberg. Welcome to 9 to 5ish with The Skin. We've run into so
0:59.4	many questions over the years and had so many moments where we needed advice and we got it
1:05.6	from women who'd been there. And that's what we're bringing you with this show. Each week we're
1:10.4	helping you get what you want out of your career by talking to the smartest leaders we know,
1:15.2	because we know your work life is a lot more than 9 to 5. All right, let's get into it.
1:23.6	Today our guest is Erica James. She is the Dean of the Warrant School of the University of
1:28.4	Pennsylvania, which is the oldest business school in the country. When she became the Dean last
1:33.3	year, she became the first woman and the first person of color to lead the school in its 140-year
1:39.1	history. Before joining Wharton, Dean James was the Dean of the Business School at Emory.
1:44.9	Dean James, thank you so much for joining us today. Welcome to 9 to 5ish.
1:50.0	Thank you, Carly. Excited to be here. Very excited to have you. So before we jump into the
1:55.6	conversation, we're going to start with a quick lightning round. Quick questions, quick answers,
2:00.6	are you ready? I'm ready. All right, first job on your resume. Burger King.
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