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Originally Posted by Go_Win

Hi,
I want to know about the sort of activities the various student clubs(esp Business Technology Club and Sales and Marketing club) at ISB are involved in.

1.What I understand is they organise various seminars on the respective functional/domain areas...or are there things other than seminars that
they are involved in?

2.Can a student be involved in any club of his interest,irrespective of the electives/area of specialisation he chooses?

3.Does the students get involved in the clubs from the start of the academic process or does the club formation and activities start after a few terms?

Hi Go_Win,
1. Clubs are involved not only these things but also there are other small initiatives taken up by different club depending on their respective domains, such as various competitions, different events (e.g. internal consulting projects- by Consulting club), speaker series etc.

2. Any student can be part of any no. of clubs.

3. People get involved by the start of session, although presidents are elected by end of term one and the club bodies are formed subsequently.

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Originally Posted by Go_Win

Whats FIRP?...I guess I missed out on it on website/info session...
Can you please explain that

Thanks in advance

its Faculty Initiated Resaerch project.

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Originally Posted by isb2011

Hi, do guys looking for concentration in Finance also get allotted an alum mentor? Wow, this sounds such a nice idea!

Hi isb2011,

yes it is very true, people get alloted Alum Mentors for all the feilds.

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Originally Posted by overlord

Hi Team,

Could u please let me know how exactly the bidding system works???? and what % of people gen get the subjects that they want......i'm interested in Consulting n marketin so wanted to know generally how tough the competition is for those subjects......I do understand that this depends on a lot of factors but how is it in the present batch????

Hi overlord,

Bidding system is a bit complex to explain here but i can give you stat that u get 85% of courses of your choice ( and thats a very conservative no.) so virtually there is no compitition.

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Originally Posted by ISB_CONNECT

Hi shimmering.star,
Yes you have made a good and comprehensive assessment, I would like to add that these things are valued by the industry and companies.

Thanks for your prompt reply..

[strongbow]

Hi,
I would like to know roughly how much % of the class has a work ex of more than 10 years. I have about 12 years of work ex. Also based on past students placement would you know if it's easy to change domain/industry with this level of work experience behind you.

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Originally Posted by strongbow

Hi,
I would like to know roughly how much % of the class has a work ex of more than 10 years. I have about 12 years of work ex. Also based on past students placement would you know if it's easy to change domain/industry with this level of work experience behind you.

6% of our class has 8+ years of work experience
(http://www.isb.edu/PGP/classof2010-graphs.shtml)

It is difficult to comment on your question related to 10+ years students changing industry. Usually, students with a lot of experience in a particular industy do not shift industries. However, there are exceptions. Domain shifts are common

Sunil, Co 2010

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Originally Posted by ISB_CONNECT

6% of our class has 8+ years of work experience
(http://www.isb.edu/PGP/classof2010-graphs.shtml)

It is difficult to comment on your question related to 10+ years students changing industry. Usually, students with a lot of experience in a particular industy do not shift industries. However, there are exceptions. Domain shifts are common

Sunil, Co 2010

Just wanted to add that most of the people with significant experience donot themselves want to switch careers. They come to MBA to jump few levels in their industry or go to some other function in the same industry. If you are keen on switching careers, then be prepared to take off several years of your workex because the other industry would only value the experience that is directly relevant to the job role in the new industry.This is common at all top schools in the world. For instance both at ISB or at Wharton etc, if you are coming even after 15 years of workex in tech R&D and end up in goldman sachs london, you would be given the same Ibanking associate role as somebody with lets say 2 years of workex in IT.

Vishal

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ISB students get a chance to spend a day with top CEOs

ISB launches 'CEO auction' for its students

[mohan123]

Can you please elaborate on Careers in Finance (i-bank, PE, Equity Research, others) ?

Number of Placement Offers in each category, International Offers, Salaries, etc ?

Is prior finance experience a must for the above jobs ?

What skills can I learn till April 2010 to be better qualified for such a job ?