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1. Get ahead in your career faster

Your will give you business and leadership skills that you can immediately apply to your job, which increases your chances of being considered for promotions and help you move up the corporate ladder. Plus, earning your MBA shows employers that you鈥檙e serious about investing in yourself and your career.

2. Gain new technical skills, while building your soft skills

The Haskayne Accelerated MBA gives you the opportunity to build your technical business knowledge, with classes covering topics like entrepreneurship and innovation, management, and organizational behaviour. Dig deeper into the topics that appeal most to you by choosing from eight degree specializations, including Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, Marketing, Finance, Management Analytics, and Global Energy and Sustainable Development.

Not only will your Accelerated MBA help you build technical skills, but you鈥檒l also build soft skills, which are vital for success in the workplace. Your MBA will help improve your interpersonal skills like communication, teamwork, critical thinking, leadership and work ethic.

3. Save a lot of time鈥�

Because you鈥檙e coming into the program with an existing business education, the Haskayne Accelerated MBA makes you eligible for nine course exemptions. This brings your total MBA course requirements down from 20 to just 11 courses, allowing you to finish your MBA in as little as 12 months.

4. 鈥� And save a lot of money

Your course exemptions don鈥檛 only mean you鈥檒l be saving time on your MBA. They also mean you鈥檒l be saving money. The Accelerated MBA costs about 45 per cent less than an Evening or Daytime MBA.

5. Expand your network

Through your Haskayne Accelerated MBA, you鈥檒l gain a diverse and connected network of mid-career professionals from various backgrounds, industries, and companies. Plus, you鈥檒l have access to mentors and leaders in the business community through the Haskayne Career Development Centre, the Haskayne alumni network, and other programing exclusive to Haskayne.

贬补蝉办补测苍别鈥檚 in-person learning allowed me to build lasting relationships with my classmates.

鈥� Tyler Spring, MBA鈥�20, Director, Growth at Shaw Mobile

6. Make a career pivot

Feeling stuck? Your MBA gives you the opportunity to make a career pivot, whether it be to a new industry or to a different business function. Tyler Spring, MBA鈥�20 used his Haskayne Accelerated MBA as a catalyst to pivot out of his technology development role at Shaw and transition into new customer acquisition. "After being at the same company for nearly nine years, I was looking to complement the knowledge I gained in the telecommunications industry with diverse perspectives on business and disruptive ways of thinking, which I knew an MBA could help kickstart," says Tyler.

7. Stand out to employers

Your MBA can help bring your r茅sum茅 to the top of an application pile. It can increase both the quality and quantity of job offers. Employers know that your MBA is an investment into yourself and your career. It鈥檚 more than just three letters 鈥� it demonstrates all of the valuable knowledge you鈥檝e learned, the experiences you鈥檝e had, and the soft skills you鈥檝e actively developed.

8. Get involved in 不良研究所鈥檚 rapidly growing tech sector

The Haskayne School of Business is proud to be home to (CDL-Rockies), which brings together science and technology-based startups with experienced entrepreneurs, leading scientists and investors to help startups reach their full commercial potential. Haskayne MBA students have the opportunity to work with these startups and learn from the industry leaders through 贬补蝉办补测苍别鈥檚 partnership with CDL-Rockies.

For Danielle Gifford, MBA鈥�20, the opportunity to work with CDL-Rockies was a big part of why she chose to move to 不良研究所 and enroll in her Accelerated MBA at Haskayne. 鈥淭hrough CDL-Rockies, I was able to work hands-on with a startup,鈥� says Danielle. 鈥淚t was real, tangible experience that you just can鈥檛 get anywhere else.鈥�

After completing her Accelerated MBA, Danielle went on to lead operations in developing artificial intelligence at AltaML, before moving into her current position as Executive Director of Movement51, which provides early-stage investing programs to female and gender-diverse investors.

If you want to work in tech, the time is now. The Haskayne MBA is the perfect entrance into the tech ecosystem. It will connect you directly with early-stage tech startups and mentors, allowing you to get first-hand experience.

鈥� Danielle Gifford, MBA鈥�20, Executive Director at Movement51

9. Build your leadership skills

贬补蝉办补测苍别鈥檚 gives MBA students the opportunity to develop their leadership skills through programming like the BMO Mentorship Program, the Learning with Leaders series, and a range of guest speakers from the business community. Haskayne Accelerated MBA students can also build their leadership skills through the Rocky Mountain Wilderness Retreat. This six-day elective retreat is an unconventional learning experience that combines outdoor activities, personal growth challenges, team building, self-reflection, and cross-cultural learning.

10. Increase your earning potential

Our graduates tend to see an increase in their earning potential as a result of earning their MBA. In our 2020 graduate survey, Haskayne MBA alumni reported an average increase of 16% in the short time since graduating. The average salary for recent Haskayne MBA grads was $97,465 and salaries were as high as $250,000 annually.

My Haskayne MBA gave me the confidence to apply for a bigger role and to negotiate a significant salary increase. As a result, I was promoted to Global Marketing Communications Manager and making nearly $20,000 more.

鈥� Paige Greenhough, MBA鈥�20, Global Communications Manager at Hatch