Mission: As a marketer and business professional, I consistently strive to meet new challenges, improve upon and learn new skills, and expand my educational toolbox.
Determining an industry and career path where your skill set, passion, and true talent lies is instrumental to success.
As an experienced M.B.A., I had the opportunity to work within the private industry and government sector for several years. However, the non-profit industry is extremely intriguing provided social goals, operating challenges, and altruism. At the conclusion of graduate school, most M.B.A. students move forward into the private industry to fulfill exhilirating careers within finance, marketing, or consulting.
Entering the non-profit sector as an M.B.A. is a non-traditional career path, but extremely rewarding. The non-profit sector is symmetrically similar to the private industry in terms of skill set and business experience to successfully flourish. For example, according to Careers in Marketing (http:www.careers-in-marketing.com/npskill.htm) the skills which are comparable to the private sector success include the following: social, communication, sales, critical thinking, and creativity. Additionally, the transition from the for-profit sector to the non-profit industry is smoother than initial non-profit experience into the for profit industry.
I sincerely believe an M.B.A. education provided refined business analysis, decision making skills, and international business experience. Additionally, the M.B.A. experience vastly broadened the cultural element and vast business skill set enter the private industry and non-profit successfully. It is the choice of an M.B.A. to determine where their strengths lie in deciphering if they feel truly fulfilled within the private or not-for profit industry.
