Access MBA Tour arrives in Geneva next week, on 4 October

: Published: 24 September 2014

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Sign up before 30 September for one-to-one meetings with Admissions Directors at the world’s top business schools

The prestigious Access MBA Tour will take place in Geneva this year at the Beau Rivage Hotel on 4 October. With a ground-breaking One-to-One event concept, Access MBA helps business professionals tap into the global leadership pool by matching them with international business school programs. A pioneer in the organization of One-to-One educational events, the Access MBA Tour features over 125 business schools and visits more than 65 cities per year. The Tour gives candidates the unique opportunity to meet Admissions Directors from some of the world’s best business schools during individual, face-to-face meetings.

One-to-One meetings: The first step to admission
Access MBA is based on a simple and original concept: a candidate has twenty minutes to illustrate his or her suitability for admission, as well as to objectively evaluate which MBA program is the best for his or her career and aspirations. Upon registering online for a One-to-One event, candidates are hand-selected, contacted over the phone, and matched to the best business schools for them by their team of expert consultants.

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Four out of five global companies plan to employ MBA degree holders in 2014
According to information supplied by Access MBA to knowitall.ch, 80% of corporate recruiters plan to employ recent MBA graduates in 2014. This percentage is up seven percentage points from last year and 30 percentage points from 2009, in the heart of the economic crisis, when just half of employers hired MBA graduates. The outlook is even better in the United States where 86% of U.S. employers said they plan to hire MBA graduates in 2014, up from an already impressive 81% in 2013.

When asked by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) for their reasons for hiring business school graduates in this year’s Corporate Recruiters Survey, employers say that the degree holders bring “the ability to think outside the box", ”have the leadership potential needed", ”provide a strategic focus, acumen, and proven ability to perform", and tend to have a “short learning curve and ambition",

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Value for money
The findings in the 2014 GMAC Alumni Perspectives Survey Report indicate that nine out of ten (91%) business school alumni from 2010–2013 consider their graduate management education of good to outstanding value. Additionally, 79% of the surveyed MBA alumni reported that their expectations for financial return on their investment (ROI) were met or exceeded.

There is no question that the cost of MBA education is a considerable investment in terms of both time and money. Today, getting the degree is not just about getting the education per se, but includes additional, rather costly program-related expenses such as travel and various social events. However, these MBA-related “lifestyle expenses”, as a New York Times article refers to them, prove to be the most effective for MBA graduates in landing extraordinary jobs, due to the unmatched networking opportunities that they provide.

Book your place on this year's Access MBA event in Geneva to see for yourself the benefits of an MBA education. In summary, the event will allow you to: