JB: Your MBA ended last September. What are you up to now?
RH: I am working in London in a large NHS Foundation Trust in a strategy development team - so a mix of business and clinical knowledge is proving handy!
JB: What has been the best thing about entering the professional world with a Cambridge MBA?
RH: It is so lovely to be paid again! It is good to be able to understand what the finance team is talking about, and also being able to open an excel document and not pass out through fear is proving useful. Handy to have a broad bass of knowledge, without the burden of having to be the expert.
JB: How well did the Cambridge MBA equip you for post-MBA life?
RH: I think it is not so much the ability to run an NPV - I have pretty much forgotten how to do that! It is more about knowing that you can if you have to, and this belief in your ability is what I have taken away from that amazing year.
JB: What was your favorite part about Judge Business School? Your favorite part about Cambridge?
RH: It is all about the people and the adventures that you had togther - both good and bad.
My favourite part of Cambridge is down by the weir. I am also a huge fan of Grantchester - although not technical Camrbidge.
JB: Looking back, what would you have done differently and why?
RH: Nothing - it was brilliant, I did just about everything possible.
JB: What advice would you give to a current MBA student at Cambridge or anywhere else?
RH: It is going to be the hardest you have ever worked and played - and you will truly get out what you put in (you have to love a cliche!). Do absolutely everything - you can and will sleep after.
I would also say that after the MBA is as much of a change as the first few weeks of the MBA. I say this for a number of reasons. All of a sudden you are back in a hierachy, there are people who are not use to or comfortable with 'management practice' moments as we called them in our year. And all of sudden all of the people you have lived, worked and played with are spread all over the world. Which is sad - so good to be prepared for that.
JB: What advice would you give to prospective MBA students, especially women?
RH: Don't be intimidated. You have been through a highly selective process - so trust the people who know! And talk to everyone - as guaranteed they will be feeling as overwhelmed as you in first term.
Thanks so much, Robyn! If you are a JBS MBA alumna and would like to be featured here, email us at jbswomen08{at}gmail{dot}com!
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