💼Are MBA Grads facing supply demand problem? Or is MBA dead?

With over 230,000 MBAs entering the job market every year, just holding the qualification is not potentially a competitive advantage now,” said Anil Ethanur, cofounder of Xpheno. “Skill specialisation is now the word for business and non-business grads alike.” A higher price point for MBAs is a major deterrent, experts said. “One of the major triggers for this (fall in demand for MBAs) is the cost,” said Anshuman Das, CEO of talent solutions platform Careernet. Besides, job  .. Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/fresher/specialised-skills-are-killing-it-mba-seen-losing-edge/articleshow/106602383.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Continuing with the narrative against popular belief that MBA solves all problems including but not limited to: dream job, faster career progression, work life balance, a partner with hot bod, dowry in Bitcoins, hair loss, acidity, and so on... Had a discussion (argument(?)) with one of the prospective students from IIM C, that all is rosy at IIMs and summer placements went well. Sharing publically available material to counter those "facts", starting with a frantic email sent by IIMC Placecom to alums seeking summer placement opportunities for 80 students before the final day of placements. TBC in comments...

The current scenario of MBA grads from non IIM colleges is literally so bad. They have to agree on working free of cost for SIPs just to get an experience on their resume. Unlike IT engineers they have to go to office 5/6 days a week, in cities like Mumbai. Honestly this is the most jarring part of the life. I really hope that you consider this while pursuing for MBA , going abroad is not a bad option in my opinion.

Been looking at a couple of people I know on LinkedIn going to Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg etc. It’s a bit surprising because a lot of them have been at just one traditional org for 3-4 years. Not saying it was good that mostly IIT PE/VC/Consulting folks would be the ones to go, but just surprised how there’s such a big difference in the profiles, all of a sudden? Curious if anybody else noticed this or knows more?

How are Indians pursuing a US MBA in recent times able to secure jobs and H1B visa . Isn’t the OPT after MBA just 1 year ? Is it wise to do a US MBA given the visa issues , shootings etc . How is the ROI for the same ?

After seeing current placement stats of top IITs, even after Day6 not even 50% of the batch is unplaced can we say that 2024 is the unluckiest batch? Students with good CGPA, having internships in reputed internships are not getting placed. It's worse for mediocre students. What are alternativev for these unplaced students?