03-08-2009, 11:39 PM
CFANerd,
From my understanding of the local Pakistani market, sadly enough but fortunately for you a degree with a foreign tag US, UK is always considered to be one tag over the local kind. If your degree is from a little known US Uni you will still have advantage over fresh graduates from little known Pakistani Unis (read new private Universities) although you may need to get in touch and an understanding of some of the local issues (more important if you are a marketing major, I presume you are going to be a finance major given on accountancy forum). Last but not least Top Pakistani business schools such as LUMS, IBA - Karachi etc. have very good networks (apart from good programs ofcourse) with MNCs and run programs with these companies to have their graduates in management trainee positions, so you may get good competition from them.
There must be other pluses that some one coming with a US MBA has imbibed in things like oratory skills in English and perhaps a US accent and ofcourse your own inter personal skills. And as any MBA student knows the importance of good personal networks, its time to revive them !!
Perhaps more insight and/or correction of the above from people resident in Pakistan
From my understanding of the local Pakistani market, sadly enough but fortunately for you a degree with a foreign tag US, UK is always considered to be one tag over the local kind. If your degree is from a little known US Uni you will still have advantage over fresh graduates from little known Pakistani Unis (read new private Universities) although you may need to get in touch and an understanding of some of the local issues (more important if you are a marketing major, I presume you are going to be a finance major given on accountancy forum). Last but not least Top Pakistani business schools such as LUMS, IBA - Karachi etc. have very good networks (apart from good programs ofcourse) with MNCs and run programs with these companies to have their graduates in management trainee positions, so you may get good competition from them.
There must be other pluses that some one coming with a US MBA has imbibed in things like oratory skills in English and perhaps a US accent and ofcourse your own inter personal skills. And as any MBA student knows the importance of good personal networks, its time to revive them !!
Perhaps more insight and/or correction of the above from people resident in Pakistan
