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15 Leadership Certificate Programs to Boost Your Career
Professor Kimberly Elsbach's eight-week online leadership course named among the top 15 certificate programs to boost your career by CIO.com. Program begins Oct. 16.
5 Questions with Engage3 Data Scientist, Practicum Lead
MSBA team partners on machine learning models for retail pricing
The backbone of the Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) program at UC Davis and the primary reason I joined the program is the client practicum experience.
It’s a year-long engagement between students and industry partners, and it’s
Navigating Your Business Analytics Job Search
Panelists from Google and People.ai offer advice, tips, lessons learned
Following our inspiring Commencement ceremony at UC Davis in June, my M.S. in Business Analytics classmates and I are preparing for our next big step as we kick-off our careers. Some grads have already received offers, while others continue to
Building Beautiful Algorithms for Walmart
My journey with Engage3 led to a new role with Walmart
Earlier this month, I was offered an exciting opportunity to work as an advanced analytics specialist at Walmart eCommerce in San Francisco. Fresh from the Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) program, I’ll now have the opportunity to offer
Should Investing Be Left to Machines?
Understanding biases can help investors improve decision-making and identify irrationalities. Professor Brad Barber says such bias can cost investors up to 4% annually.
Breaking Down Barriers to an MBA
Plan ahead as you begin your graduate business education journey
“Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself.”
— Denis Waitley, The Psychology of Winning
Advancing your personal and career journey takes more than just desire. It requires the
Open Sesame: One-on-One with Alibaba’s Shanxing Gao MSBA 18
Advice, lessons for success after graduation
We had the opportunity to meet with Shanxing Gao, a Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) alumnus of the charter class in 2018. He spoke about his work experiences, his takeaways from the MSBA program and job and interview tips.
After
5 Job Search Tips: What it's "Like" at Facebook
“Practice your skills, network and don’t stress,” says MSBA alumnus Sharad Jain
In a Q&A with MSBA student Rohan Ranshinge, alumnus Sharad Jain shares advice from his career search and landing a role as a data specialist at Facebook.
How Our MBA Team Put Six Sigma to Work
Partnership with Gemini Bio-Products brings coursework to life
The best way to learn is by doing—applying your new knowledge in a real-world situation.
As a Sacramento Part-Time MBA student, I benefited from this maxim nearly every day as I put what I learn in the classroom into practice in my work at the
Faces of Metro EDGE (F.A.M.E.) – Anna Palmer
Meet alumna Anna Palmer MBA 17, our Sacramento MBA associate director of admissions and member of Sacramento Metro EDGE, which we support as the Platinum Sponsor.
Crying at Work is Uncomfortable, and That’s OK
Professor Kim Elsbach explains her research around crying at work, what co-workers think when they see you cry, how to save face and why a good work cry is so stigmatized in the first place.
How Faculty Encouraged My Ph.D. Pursuit
Finding career mentorship through MPAc
Two years after I graduated with a UC Davis Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) degree, I was working in the San Francisco Bay Area as a senior associate at KPMG—a Big Four accounting firm. Going to UC Davis helped me land that opportunity.
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