Top Tips for Executive MBA Candidates

If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to apply for an EMBA program at one of the world’s top business schools, QS TopExecutive has some top tips to help make it happen.

1. Start your research now!

The thing about New Year resolutions is that we say we’ll start them in the New Year. Well, not this one. Make the most of the festive break and start researching Executive MBA programs around the world now.

2. Sign up to the QS World Executive MBA Tour

Twice a year, the QS World Executive MBA Tour travels the world, bringing with it admissions directors and alum of some of the world’s top business schools right to your doorstep, so you can ask them directly why their EMBA program is right for you. Find out when the QS World Executive MBA Tour touches down in a city near you.

3. Browse this website

It’s a big decision to study for an Executive MBA so you want to ensure you have all the information you need at your finger tips while you’re weighing up the pros and cons. Right here on the QS Top Executive website we have articles on EMBA admissions, interview techniques, how to get the most out of a fair, what to ask admissions directors, securing finance, getting support from your employer and whether or not the Executive MBA is the right program for you. So take some time to look around the site and if you can’t find what you’re looking for, just drop us a line. We’ll be happy to help out.

4. Get the latest news

Sometimes it can be hard to find the time to browse through websites looking for the information you need. Wouldn’t it make life a whole lot easier, not to mention help with your time management, if the news came to you? Well it does – in the form of the QS TopExecutive quarterly newsletter. Each edition has the latest news and features on Executive MBA admissions advice, career trends, alumni interviews and regional developments affecting EMBA applicants, students, and alumni. You can sign up here.

5. Know your enemies

A number of factors may be racing around in your head while you’re considering an Executive MBA: the cost of tuition fees and travel, time away from the workplace, family sacrifices, the extra workload, the extra stress! Don’t be put off. These are obstacles that every EMBA candidate faces – and every EMBA alum overcomes! The admissions directors of business schools around the globe also acknowledge these as major challenges for potential EMBA candidates, so they’ve provided you with some top tips to deal with them.

6. Follow us on Facebook

QS Top Executive has its very own Facebook page, bringing you updates on EMBA programs, interesting articles on EMBA issues, videos of real live business school classrooms and the complete A-Z of the Executive MBA. It’s a handy tool if you’re considering studying for an Executive MBA, so ‘like’ us today!

7. Stock the cupboards

The festive season brings with it lots of rich, indulgent and sugary food and no matter how good it tastes, it’s not really all that good for us. Studying for an Executive MBA will challenge your brain, so stock the shelves with food that will help you think. Read our list of brain foods for business executives.

8. Top reading recommendations

What better way to spend the festive season than curled up with a good book. And now that the Harry Potter series has finished (we know you loved it), you may be looking for a recommendation. Well, what better recommendation of a good read than from business school admissions directors themselves? For interesting insight into new management practices, leadership skills, decision making techniques and your own personal career plan, check out these top reading recommendations.

9. Get a copy of the Spring 2012 Top Executive Guide

To coincide with the QS World Executive MBA Tour, the team here at QS Top Executive puts together the QS Top Executive Guide with articles and information on the latest trends in the industry. There’s expert comment on EMBA finance, the application process, employment issues and the must have technology for the EMBA classroom, as well as detailed profiles of all the business schools that travel with the Tour. The Spring 2012 edition comes out in February, but if you can’t wait that long, check out a past edition today.

10. Spread the word

Don’t keep it a secret! Tell everyone about your desire to study for an Executive MBA. The more people you tell, the more people you’ll have to answer to. But it’s also a way to widen your support network so when that first day in the business school classroom rolls around, you’ll have plenty of people wishing you well.