Bill Gates once said, “A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is worth 10,000 times the price of an average software writer.” We live in the age of the superstar because one’s production is no longer (or at least less) tethered… Read more »
Online MBA
Kelley Direct Faculty Q&A Series: Ernest O’Boyle
Ernest O’Boyle is the Dale. M. Coleman Chair of Management and an associate professor in the Management and Entrepreneurship Department, teaching Leading Organizations, Leadership and People Management, and co-teaching Designing High-Performance Organizations. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job? Seeing course concepts applied to someone’s career. I love that in Kelley Direct, students… Read more »
Network to Support Your Job Search
WHY NETWORK? Most of us don’t need to be convinced of the importance of networking. We know it’s likely we’ll land our next job through people that we know or we’ve met, and that most jobs are filled by contacts that come from personal relationships. If you are starting a job search, a practical way… Read more »
How to Prepare for an Unknown Future Economy
By: Terri Cramer, Associate Director with Kelley Graduate Career Services The Greek philosopher Heraclitus wrote, “Change is the only constant in life.” It’s a potent quote to apply to your work life these days as a growing percentage of the workforce suffers job losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether it’s the market, your… Read more »
Making the (Career) Switch with Kelley Direct
By: Courtney Tam, MBA’20 The motivation to obtain my Master of Business Administration (MBA) changed as I progressed in my career. At first, it was because I wanted to become a better manager and advance my business knowledge. Ultimately, I realized that I had a greater interest in the entrepreneurial and technology realms, with the… Read more »
An Immersive Experience to Help Solve the Unemployment Crisis
By Damien Potocnik, MBA’20 My first experience in the Kelley Direct Online MBA program—one of two on-campus Kelley Connect Weeks—was both eye-opening and exhilarating. I was out of my comfort zone, realizing how much I leaned on my technical knowledge to be effective in my current role, with little to fall back on when preparing… Read more »
Get the Most Out of Your Online MBA Graduate Career Services
By: Stephanie Gray, Associate Director of Graduate Career Services, Kelley Direct The Top 5 questions you should be asking when narrowing down your online MBA search Planning for your future career and how to make yourself the most marketable in your industry has never been more important. During times of economic uncertainty, we often… Read more »
The 10,000-foot View of Business
By Jenica Acome, MBA’20 I initially began my online MBA program to advance my career at my current company. I knew that for at least the short-term I’d be staying put but had looked around and seen some of my peers advancing a little more quickly than I was. The online MBA helped me… Read more »
The Best Choice for All the Wrong Reasons
By Carrie Hoefer, MBA’19 When starting an online MBA program there are a lot of personality tests you take. I personally love these tests and I take them for fun. Some of my top traits are “Woo” and “Competition.” In fact, there is always the joke that I woo people in, just to beat them… Read more »
My online MBA experience with Kelley Direct
By Jeremy Zurawski, MBA’18, MS’19 In July of 2016, I received an exciting package in a big red box: my Kelley School of Business acceptance letter and a new branded backpack to mark the occasion! The Kelley Direct (KD) Online MBA program through Indiana University was the ideal fit for me. I had originally… Read more »