HEC in the press

Despite the resilience of the MBA job market, the current economic climate makes securing a job after an MBA a bit more difficult than usual. Business schoools' career servies are here to guide MBA students. Director of employer engagement at HEC Paris Tony Somers confirms to Find MBA: "Students who take full advantage of what we have to offer will achieve the career transformation they envisage."

As the world faces extreme challenges such as climate change and war in Europe, business forecasts are becoming equally hard to predict. To diminish the impact of these unexpected events, Itzhak Gilboa, professor at HEC Paris, has developed an approach -which he details in an op-ed for Forbes- combining maths, intuition and... humility.

Among the many tips she gives in Executive Courses on how to maximizing the benefits of an executive course, Executive Director Business Development for Executive Education at HEC Paris Business School Cecile Arragon urges participants to "be present and make the most of the time to step back, learn, network, and imagine the future with an open mind. Leave your job, computer, and smartphone at the door."

Interviewed by S&P Global on his latest HEC-DowJones Large Buyout Ranking, strategy professor at HEC Paris Business School Oliver Gottschalg highlights the persisting outperformance of firms with a tech-heavy portfolio in 2022 despite tumbling valuations across the sector.

Among several tips Sophie Dimich-Louvet, director of recruitment for the masters program at HEC Paris Business School, gave to MiM Guide on how to curate the ideal application to business master’s programs, she insisted on: "Above all, be yourself and not the one you think we want you to be."

What is the ultimate competitive advantage which enabled BYD to overtake Tesla? According to professor at HEC Paris Business School Veronique Nguyen in an op-ed published in Forbes, agility is key. In order to anticipate and survive the inevitable changes within a sector, she advocates for the use of the Bamboo Strategy.

As Executive Courses reflects upon the prevalent role that online courses new play in business schools post-pandemic, Cecila Arragon, Executive Director of Business Development at HEC Paris Executive Education, details: "We have noticed that our participants look forward to coming back to the classroom. Now we are working on blended programs that offer more flexibility and human contact at the same time. This combination enables us to really have very diverse and international cohorts and to leverage face-to-face time for value-added networking, experiential and vision-building sessions."

Personnel Today mentions a study led by professor at HEC Paris Business School Ekaterina Netchaeva which suggests that corporate unspoken rules expecting employees to go beyond assigned tasks can cause stress, pressure and, potentially, burnout.

Convinced that business is the key factor to world peace, HEC Paris Business School launched a scholarship program for students coming from war countries: "HEC Imagine Fellows". In an article, Bloomberg introduces the scholarship through two awardees and their journey.

With 66 percent of the MBA class securing employment outside of their home countries within three months of graduation, HEC Paris Business School's MBA program ranks among the ten business schools offering the best global mobility according to Find MBA.