CareerLeader® Assessment

CareerLeader® is a valuable self-assessment tool available from the Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®) to help you measure your interests, skills, and values before you invest in an MBA.

This interactive online tool provides a customized report of your unique profile and benchmarks you against more than 14,000 other business professionals. CareerLeader also provides valuable information on all the major business careers.

Benefits

Self-assessment via CareerLeader will help you answer the following important questions:

  • What post-MBA careers fit my personal strengths, interests, abilities, and work-related values?
  • What kinds of business schools, companies, and corporate cultures seem to suit me best?

 

After the assessment, you'll not only know how the MBA degree program will meet your career goals, but also have a good sense of what to look for in a school. The CareerLeader profile prompts you to open up meaningful conversations with schools. It helps you ask the right questions of admissions staff to determine whether their school has what you need.

For instance, many candidates don't realize that all MBAs are not created equal. Most programs, in fact, are unique. Schools offer different programs that are known for different strengths.

Equally important, schools have recruiting relationships with certain types of companies. This means that you should also make sure the schools you apply to can help you secure an internship and ultimately a job in your chosen field.

Because most top MBA schools utilize CareerLeader, the assessment will also help you stand out in the MBA admissions process as someone who is properly motivated. Just as you look for the schools that suit your goals, admissions officers look for applicants who are a "good fit" with their programs. This will help you to get into not only a top, but also the right type of, MBA school.

Take the time now to define realistic career goals and learn as much as you can about the career you wish to pursue. By doing so, you'll make better-informed decisions and simplify many choices throughout the process of getting MBA. Ultimately, you'll be more satisfied with the outcome of your degree and successful in your career after you graduate.

CareerLeader is priced at $95 for two uses over a period of five years. Click here to purchase CareerLeader.