MBA Jungle B-School Survival Guide

The official handbook for B-school culture and customs, The MBA Jungle B-School Survival Guide is filled with insights on the MBA experience. It also offers practical advice with a flair and sophistication that will appeal to current and would-be MBA students. Far from your same-old sawdust-dry business-school guide, The MBA Jungle B-School Survival Guide is smart and witty, yet still manages to take business seriously. It covers a full array of topics-from determining if an MBA track is appropriate for you, to decoding curriculum needs, to parlaying classroom relationships and knowledge into job offers. It also outlines the intangibles-such as status and confidence-one can assemble by knowing B-school protocol. Drawing from interviews and focus groups with professors, recruiters, and CEOs, this is a one-stop guide for getting the most out of your MBA and getting ahead in the business world.

From the creators of the MBA Jungle magazine and website comes a hip must-read for present and future MBAs, or anyone in business who wants to learn the B-school handshake.

Library Journal

Housman is the cofounder of Jungle Interactive Media, which publishes the magazine MBA Jungle and its corresponding web site (www.mbajungle.com). He and the editors of MBA Jungle have put together this excellent guide to help prospective business students get the most from their MBAs. Chapters that cover making the decision to attend business school and choosing a business school will be of particular interest to prospective business students, while sections on networking while in school, interviewing for a job, and comporting oneself in the business environment could be of use to anyone hoping to succeed in the workplace. The guide goes into specifics in a number of key areas: it takes the reader through a typical week in the life of an MBA student, gives detailed strategies on making the recruiting dinner successful, and details an interview with four recruiters, analyzing the answers to eight typical interview questions. There is also a section on how to find an international job. An appendix includes a discussion of the importance of business school rankings. Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries. Stacey Marien, American Univ. Lib., Washington, DC Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Jon Housman is co-founder and CEO of Jungle Interactive Media, Inc., and an adjunct professor at the NYU's Stern School of Business. He is also on the board of overseers at Stern, and is a former consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he specialized in strategies for companies in the media and entertainment industry.