<p>I have been researching a lot on B-schools and was curious about the work experience issue. What kind of "experience" are the B-schools (The good ones) looking for. Can it be working at any type of corporation or does it necessarily have to be related to "business". I would love it if anyone could give me an example of the kind of job that one could do after college. Thank you.</p>
<p>When they talk about work experience, usually they mean full-time work post college. So if you had a work study job in college that doesn't count. It doesn't really matter what your job is, as long as you can explain why it was meaningful.</p>
<p>There are lots of jobs that people do right after college. Highly popular tracks that will get you into B-school are, in no particular order are:</p>
<p>*Engineer/computer scientist
*Consultant (i.e. Management, IT, Engineering, marketing, financial, political, etc.)
*Investment banking analyst or other such related financial analyst
*Accountant
*Salesman
*Military officer (highly prevalent at B-schools like HBS and MITSloan)
*'Business staff' jobs like marketing, public relations, business development, operations, and the like</p>
<p>Furthermore, it doesn't necessarily have to be related to 'business'. Like I said, one of the most common tracks for getting into B-school is to be a military officer, something that is obviously not 'business-like' (but definitely leadership-like). Other people who have experience working for the government or for non-profits can also be successful in getting into B-school. Some of the more unusual cases that I know of are a Catholic priest getting into HBS and a professional basketball player (in the Euro leagues) getting into MITSloan.</p>
<p>thank you. that certainly cleared up things.</p>