I’m Helping to Build Affordable Housing in the Bay Area
“The UC Davis MBA opened more doors for me than I could have ever imagined.”
Ananta Sen MBA 19 shares how the Career Development team helped prepare her to land an exciting new role at Riaz Capital.
Advice from the Cloud: MSBA Alum's Path to Amazon Web Services
Lesson learned: “Be patient. You have to wait for the sweet spot.”
Five questions for Abhinav Chatterji about his new role at AWS, his advice for graduating students and lessons learned from his job search.
The Deal We Didn't See Coming
Relationships matter, career lessons from two GSM alumni
Is it too late to restart your career in your 50s? Should you coast into retirement, or play “Start Me Up” by the Rolling Stones and get ready for a new adventure?
That’s the decision Dard Hunter MBA 04 and I faced recently, and it all started with
Tips for Acing Interviews with Top Accounting Firms
Take advantage of MPAc program resources for student interviews
Only four months into the UC Davis Master of Professional Accountancy program (MPAc), and I already know where I’ll be going next. After graduation in June, I’ll start a full-time position with Deloitte—a Big Four international accounting firm.
Launch your Entrepreneurship Journey with a Big Bang!
UC Davis business competition celebrates 20 years of preparing innovators
"When I first came to the Graduate School of Management, I had one mission in mind: to transform industries, and I did that through the Big Bang! Business Competition," says MBA student Samantha Contreras.
A Social Impact Lens for Entrepreneurship
Insights from Warby Parker CEO Neil Blumenthal and Blackstone Group President and COO Jon Gray
I come from a household of six people and 24 eyes—everyone in my immediate family, including my four-year-old sister, wears glasses.
Growing up, my frames were usually purchased from the optometrist office and had price tags in the hundreds; they
From the Marines to MBA: Making the Military Transition
My journey from military to business leadership
Marine veteran now MBA student Luke Bergman blogs on his transition from military to business leadership, offering tips for veterans.
MSBA Students Hit the Ground Running with Foundation of Analytics Bootcamp
Short course gives you all the tools needed to succeed in the MSBA program
It’s a three-week workout for your brain. That’s how I’d describe the UC Davis Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) Foundations of Analytics short course offered to new students before entering the program.
But unlike those intense, 4-hour
MSBA Alumna Shares How She Nailed Interviews for Top Tech Firms
Mei Yang’s advice: Overcome rejection to succeed
M.S. in Business Analytics alumna Mei Yang shares five interview tips that helped her land a position at Google.
Five Lessons from My MBA Summer Internship
"Ask questions, take risks and make the most of every day."
MBA student Stephanie Borgstein made the most of her summer internship with Blue Shield of California.
Purpose-Driven Isn’t Always People-Driven: 3 Ways to Change
Creating purposeful work for your employees
Purpose only gets you so far to a great workplace and employee fulfillment. It shouldn’t be a veil for other practices.
I’ll avoid the cliché lecture about a need for “authenticity” in a purpose-driven business, and will be more specific.
Here are
#CrazyForTillamook – My MBA Summer Internship
My three months immersed in cheese and spreads
I have long known that I wanted to work in the food industry, and recently I had the chance to explore that dream with a summer internship at Tillamook.
As a food connoisseur, and someone who’s passionate about the farm-to-fork revolution, this was
Building a Network at Work
Folsom’s PRO Unlimited attracts growing team of UC Davis MBA students
As a Sacramento Part-Time MBA student, it’s been refreshing to enter an educational atmosphere that encourages collaboration, relationship building and elevated thinking.
The same can be said of PRO Unlimited in Folsom, where I work as a business
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
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
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.
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
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.
Gr
Finding a Passion for Accounting
Undergrad accounting courses at UC Davis paid dividends
My undergraduate experience at UC Davis was a confusing time. I didn’t know who I was or who I wanted to be, but I knew that I was in the right place. Through my courses, I discovered that I had an interest in accounting. What drew me in was that
Old School Sales Tactics Still Work
Editor's note: Alumnus Chris Jackson, a founder, CEO and chief technology officer for several firms, contends we rely too much on digital outreach vs. calls and personal touch.
Working a Phone Will Generate More Sales Than an Email Campaign
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