career advice
"You learn more from your mistakes then your successes,” Bain Consulting national partner Mark Gottfredson told students during his Feb. 2 VIP Distinguished Speaker Series talk.
Experts say that when faced with a tough job market MBAs need to have key skills that go beyond the degree. Associate Dean Eric Hirst told the Huffington Post that character and creativity are vital traits for success.
Dr Pepper Snapple Group CEO Larry Young spoke on Nov. 14 as part of the Undergraduate Business Council's VIP Distinguished Speaker Series. He emphasized both hard work and balance.
Amber Travis-Ballinas offers her advice to an MBA alum and current law student looking for opportunities in the corporate world. Do you have burning career questions? Email us at alumnewseditor@mccombs.utexas.edu.
In honor of Boss' Day, we collected these eight tips on how to be a management rock star. In other words: how to avoid being the Mr. Burns or Michael Scott of your workplace.
From a sexy IRS agent to embracing unemployment to selling good ideas, there is something for everyone in these new titles from the McCombs community.
They lurk around cubicle corners and infiltrate mission statements. Proverbs and old marketers’ tales that have for years colored the way many of us do business, whether we care to admit it or not. We take a close-up look to see what really works.
Michael Froehls, MBA '90, discusses how the recently unemployed can make an otherwise hard situation beneficial, and his book "The Gift of Job Loss- A Practical Guide to Realizing the Most Rewarding Time in Your Life."
We asked you to share your worst summer job stories, and boy did you deliver. Readers recounted truly horrendous tasks, but also showed those dog days proved to be a valuable training ground for a sunny life and career.
Always a bookworm at heart, Stephanie Barko, BBA ’93, went from high tech marketer to literary publicist.
