MBA student Jessica Fong profiled in Metro News

My MBA experience

Jordana Divon, Metro News Vancouver

Name: Jessica Fong

School: Simon Fraser University

Current city: Vancouver

Position: Online Marketing Specialist at SFU Business School

Pre-MBA I had a BA in economics. After graduation I wasn’t exactly sure what I wanted to do, so I took an administrative position and got to do some accounting. I’ve always wanted to pursue my MBA, but I was never motivated.

However, I wasn’t too happy with my job. I was doing OK, but I wanted to have more opportunities and also learn more about business in general. SFU had the one-year program, and it was the best decision I ever made.

Because it’s a one-year program, your classmates become like your family.

And what separates SFU is that the staff really cared about their students careerwise. They have a career centre where they go over your resume with you. They give you training on business etiquette, dining etiquette, what’s OK to wear to interviews, what’s not OK.

During my last semester, I volunteered to help the Master of Finance program with their marketing, because I was really interested in that. Now I have a co-op position with SFU business doing their online marketing.

During the program I was able to figure out what I really wanted to do and what I was interested in. I couldn’t be happier!

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