Moving from One World to Another

Moving from One World to Another

Moving from One World to Another

One of the most pleasurable parts of my job is helping our clients succeed in their chosen field after they graduate with their MBA.

About five years ago, I was coaching an officer in the Navy. He was finishing up an executive MBA program and was then going to retire from the Navy. He wasn’t sure how hard it was going to be to end his military career and start a completely new career in the civilian world.

Well, actually, there are many companies that welcome the opportunity to hire people with backgrounds in the military. Aside from recognizing them for their service, hiring managers know?veterans spend their military careers solving problems. Moreover, if they are officers, the company will get a person who received extensive training on how to lead (and be responsible for) the people who they oversee.

I coached my client to talk about his problem-solving accomplishments in the military. Interviewers saw someone who was trained and experienced to tackle any problems that arose (as they always do, no matter the business). He gave interviewers the impression that he was open to trying new ideas or processes and creating new opportunities.

It worked! Amazon hired him. After a few years, they transferred him to a related company, Amazon Web Services (AWS), as a promotion to senior manager. He’s still there today.


Another Success Story

Fortunately, I have my own successes for which I am grateful. I confess to being shy when I talk about myself, but one of the best moves I’ve made was creating the concept of online continuing education programs for marketing professionals that accelerates their careers. Of course, with the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, the use of Zoom for business conferences, teaching, social gatherings, etc., exploded. But before that, a partner and I put together continuing education courses for marketing professionals that could be taught via video conferencing.

Like most startups, we had ups and downs in the use of new digital communications technology when we first started video conferencing courses. In fact, when we began, we signed a 12-month contract with the leading video conference company at the time, but we had to buy our way out of our contract after a few months.

The tech problems were horrible.

I think over the next five years, we used six or seven video conference platforms before we found the right one.

Like any startup, we learned from our mistakes (and those of others).

In fact, I learned a great deal from the pioneering experience and decided to start another EdTech company, this time in the career development for MBAs.

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Roy Young is the CEO of the MBA Hub based in Beverly Hills, CA. The mission of the Hub is to provide career acceleration services to MBAs that help them land high-paying jobs at companies they’re proud to work for. Through online programs and personalized coaching, MBAs learn how to get in the door of great companies, clarify and communicate their value and ace interviews for a new job or promotion.

Beyond B-School, another division, provides career services support for more than 50 B-schools so they can help their students compete in the job market after they graduate.

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If you think we can help you, call Roy at 310-601-4755. Or you can email him at [email protected].


Roy Young

CEO

Beyond B-School

437 South Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212

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