[flamesbball84]

I'm not interested in an MBA. I was just saying that, as a general rule, it seems MBA programs have higher standards, but that I meet the standards of non-MBA programs.

Depends on where you go, some schools have fairly laughable admission standards for the MBA.

[TDDance234]

VCU and ODU both have great Sports Leadership/Management masters programs.

[flamesbball84]

VCU and ODU both have great Sports Leadership/Management masters programs.

Don't know anything about the ODU one, always hear really good things about the VCU program though.

[horrez]

Good luck. I know what you're going through isn't easy. On one hand, you're happy to graduate. On the other hand, it's like... "Ok, what now?". I'll be praying for you.

[ToTheLeft]

Thanks man. I appreciate it.

[ToTheLeft]

Things are just getting more overwhelming, with no more answers than I had weeks ago. Not trying to steal attention, I just need to rely on God for this, and could use all the help I can get with that.

[horrez]

Keep the faith. I'm praying for you.

[Sly Fox]

Praying for direction for you right now in Texas.

[JDUB]

I am in the same position. Graduating with a Finance degree. I have a part time job that pays the bills, but obviously would like a full time with benefits position.

MBA is not an option as all good programs require some post grad experience before applying.

TTL, I think most of us seniors are in the same boat right now because the economy just sucks.

[Cider Jim]

How about pursuing a master's in Communication? Ever businessman needs to be a good public speaker. And if you are a GSA, LU would pay for it. Or, there is always seminary.

[Sly Fox]

Look at CJ selling his longtime school.

Another possibility would be to bite the bullet financially and go into a corporate management training program. If you are not making money, you might as well be setting yourself up for a great job a year down the road.

[ALUmnus]

Look at CJ selling his longtime school.

Another possibility would be to bite the bullet financially and go into a corporate management training program. If you are not making money, you might as well be setting yourself up for a great job a year down the road.

This is always a great way to start, especially if you're not married. You will not regret it once it's over. I wish I had the opportunity when I graduated.

[JDUB]

I looked into corporate training positions but I think I missed the deadlines for all of those. If not I would be very interested in one of those, but every place I've checked has closed applications.

[JK37]

Some schools (including my place of employment) have one-year MBA's. A one-year master's is STELLAR! Mine has taken 3 years, and I finish next week. Uggh!

[JDUB]

Most good schools require 2 years postgrad work experience as an entrance requirement. I am looking into taking the GMAT though in case I find one I'm interested in.

I have looked at UNCW international MBA, which is pretty cool because you study a semester in Germany and its a 1 year program.

[flamesbball84]

LC has a one year master's program in the MBA. Well actually 14 months, of course you get zero time off, other than the holidays and winter break, from when you start until you finish. They started the 14-month route this year after earning accreditation.

[pcguy09]

Anderson University,in Anderson, SC has an online MBA degree. I am pretty sure you don't have to have any post grad work experience. I have a friend who graduated from Charleston Southern last may and started his MBA at AU in the fall of 09 on campus, which probably means they don't have the post grad work requirement. I think AU has had their MBA program for 3 years, might be wrong though.

[whmatthews]

I was in the same position coming out of LU. I wanted to stay at Liberty and had a job lined up at the DLP office and was planning to work a semester and then do grad school the next and get married. Then my dad was diagnosed with cancer so I came home and the only thing around here I could find was part-time. Then about two weeks before I got married I got a full-time job that paid less than 20k, but I had some insurance and more money than I had part-time. I was enough money to pay for rent. After my wife graduated LU she came here and couldn't find a job. She finally got something part-time at Social Services as an office-assistant. Right when we began running out of money less than a year into our marriage, she was offered a full-time Child Support enforcement agent. I also was offerend a position where I had worked part-time to come back as full-time. And since then I have become a bi-vocational youth pastor and am going to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary to get my M.Div.

Said all that to say that God will provide! I had a hard time seeing that, but every time God came through in what I thought was the nick-of-time, but really it was just His timing.

Praying for you in whatever you decide to do.

[JK37]

I could not agree more. I came out of LU in '07, and while I was content to keep my job at that time (which I LOVED) and get my masters from LU, I had this extreme desire in my heart to move onward and upward. Logically, it seemed like perfect timing. I'd spent two years where I was, I couldn't do much more there, and I was graduating. So, I sent out 238 resumes...and waited.

After nothing but negative or non-respondes for about 6 weeks, I started to get frustrated. It seemed to me that God had placed this overwhelming desire in my heart, only to do nothing about it. One day, my girlfriend (now my wife) and I sat in the Reber-Thomas DH, and I shared with her my frustrations. We decided to pray more about it that night. I went home and prayed more fervently in a night than ever in my life - maybe an hour or more. The next day at lunch - same place - I was still feeling somewhat frustrated, but resigned to give it up to the Lord. In one hour, sitting right there with my wife, I received three phone calls from interested employers! Now, none of them was overly enticing, but it was kind of like God's way of saying "I got you. Now, relax!"

After another 3 weeks, I hadn't been contacted by anyone with much of an inviting proposition. I had resigned myself to stay where I was and get my degre. I had even gone so far as to tell the people with whom I worked that I'd be back for another year. Then, I received a call from a woman in Charleston, SC. Through a whirlwind four weeks, she offered me the job over the phone, I took a trip to Chas during which I accepted the job, and I've been working alongside a Christian staff for three years now. I've also married that girl from LU (a-MA-zing woman!), and received a raise after my first year, right before our wedding, of nearly double my salary. Also, in less than a week, I'll complete my MBA from LU Online, the first in my family ever to receive a post-graduate degree.

Hang in there current grads...God is GOOD!

[4everfsu]

It is great to hear how God has provided for recent LU graduates following graduation.
After I graduated from LBC many moons ago, I moved back home to my hometown Tampa. First and only job I could find at the time was at the Rodeway Inn on I-50 and Columbus ave if I remember the address correctly.
I was the official dishwasher for their restaurant. To see where I am today and where God has placed me in my current job is nothing short of a miracle.
God is faithful, even when we are not, He will provide.

[Sly Fox]

Let the record state, that even during the frustrating times God can also perform amazing things in our lives. It was following a day when my wife & I were both laid off together ... we went from two incomes to zero in an instant ... God used some financial suffering to force me out of my comfort zone of TV sports to begin to move me into communications consulting. If not for the layoff 5 years ago, I would probably still be working in TV sports as that industry is going through a major crisis right now. I would have been ill-prepared to support my family today if he hadn't have pulled the rug out from under me for my own benefit 5 years ago.

Bottom line, God doesn't let us struggle without a purpose. Take hold of the lessons being taught under tough circumstances.

[BJWilliams]

I am 100% in agreement with what Sly said...that's partly how I ended up getting my freelance gig with the News and Advance...and there is a possibility of a major boost in workload for me come this summer

[JDUB]

thanks for the encouragement guys, its good to hear stories like that from recent grads

[SuperJon]

In my own situation, I'm currently talking to three different places and just got a call from another about an hour ago. Some are full-time. Some are internships. It's just a matter of finding the right fit. The biggest thing for us right now, with the way the economy is, is that we've got to be willing to take a job/internship that doesn't pay as much or have great benefits to wait it out and get some experience until a better opportunity comes along.

[JK37]

And the problem too often is that college grads or those in their early to mid 20's aren't willing to do that. I spoke to a girl graduating here last week, and she was interviewing for a position that offered $35k/yr + benefits + commission. And she told me she wasn't sure she would take it if/when they offered, because she didn't think it was enough! I told her I's slap her if she turned a job like that down - in her field, no less (business, finance).