Anna Nekrasova(SKOLKOVO MBA): Though SKOLKOVO MBA graduates get their job offers all over the world (during the projects run in China, Russia, US, India and with companies owned by SKOLKOVO founding partners), upto 50% of SKOLKOVO MBA graduates start their own business and set a residence in SKOLKOVO Business Incubator, 40% choose the path of corporate entrepreneurship and 10% of SKOLKOVO Alumni build their career in a social or public field. Foreign students who would like to work in Russia are provided career development services through SKOLKOVO Career Development Office.
Anna on Networking Opportunities at SKOLKOVO MBA
Oh, I wish I would have written a book about our networking opportunities. SKOLKOVO is known for its unique networking opportunities as it has been built for business and by business.
Our founding partners, 18 world renowned international and Russian companies, and Entrepreneurs (such as Credit Suisse, Troika Dialogue, SunGroup, Ruben Vardanian, Roman Abramovich) combined their efforts in this great initiative. They mentor the students and provide individual sessions on a regular basis. Each academic class is supplemented by live cases of well-known guest speakers and industry experts. Our Campus was visited by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Condoleezza Rice, Royal Prince of Dutch and many other outstanding leaders. Student cards have been given out by the likes of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and the Founding father of Singapore Republic - Lee Kuan. I would say that SKOLKOVO is an eco-system of amazing business opportunities and I encourage young ambitious leaders and entrepreneurs to make full use of them.
About Anna Nekrasova
Anna Nekrasova works in SKOLKOVO as Executive Consultant being responsible for client relationship with applicants and provides consultations to those who are interested in pursuing an MBA degree. Anna helps candidates to define their needs, set priorities and gives a piece of advice for the admission process. In SKOLKOVO strong attention is paid to the client relationship side, as every student is placed in the middle of the process and therefore gets maximum of attention and support. Prior to SKOLKOVO, Anna worked and lived in Spain, founded her own business and then moved to Moscow and worked for the local Ministry.
About the Author
I am Atul Jose, Founding Consultant of F1GMAT, an MBA admissions consultancy that has worked with applicants since 2009.
For the past 15 years I have edited the application files of admits to the M7 programs: Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Wharton School, MIT Sloan, Chicago Booth, Kellogg School of Management, and Columbia Business School, together with admits to Berkeley Haas, Yale School of Management, NYU Stern, Michigan Ross, Duke Fuqua, Darden, Tuck, IMD, London Business School, INSEAD, SDA Bocconi, IESE Business School, HEC Paris, McCombs, and Tepper, plus other programs inside the global top 30.
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