An MBA in recession time does it really make sense??

Absolutely! For a working executive, at various stages of career; there is a requirement to enhance skills in terms of academic knowledge. A MBA is a wonderful eye opener that provides vision about various aspects of business and management; thereby, useful for many professionals. If pursuing a MBA makes logical sense and requirement for a professional under normal circumstances, then it make all the more greater sense during recession. This can be taken as an opportunity to prepare oneself for diverse and challenging roles in future and build an advantage over peers who will also be competing for those roles, as and when they are available.

Anyday, its better to channelize one's energy in right direction than idle with thoughts of recession.

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I strongly support doing MBA is far better than trying to get job this time. those who lack MBA degree should go for MBA this time and who are having some experience in related field and an MBA degree should opt for Executive MBA which will hone their skills. Reccession is short lived so dont waste this God given time.

Dear Mr. panda, you have taken up an interesting topic though. It is a great idea to get back to studies for a while. One can dive onto an executive MBA or any other industry recogised certification progam which will be quite helpful for the future. Recession must be taken a s a blessing in disguise for a simple reason that one would have time to look back and evaluate his career options and take progressive steps to make it better when the time is ripe.

Deeksha Singh

WCH Training Solutions

According to me one should go for MBA, but then with the economic crisis and recession that is there, even though one having MBA is finding it difficult to get job, it is not easy out there and they have stopped recruiting freshers and may be experienced candidates will have a look-in. But MBA is necessary, by the time he or she comes out with the degree may be the market would be stable and will return back to the old days..So still MBA is a better option than others.