Phil Jefferies
"Melbourne Business School's close connections to the business community was a key factor in my decision to do an MBA there."
Phil Jefferies
Consultant
The Boston Cosulting Group
Philip Jefferys joined engineering services company Worley Ltd (now Worley Parsons) straight from his degree at the University of Western Australia.
For six years he did design, construction and commissioning on several major capital projects in the mining industry, before moving to GEM Consulting where he was a management consultant in strategy and performance improvement.
Melbourne Business School offers the number one MBA in Australia. I wanted to do the MBA in Australia because my career and my need for a future business network is in Melbourne, Australia.
These strong connections to the business community resulted in a job offer for me after the program with the Boston Consulting Group. During the MBA most of the big consulting groups come on campus early in the final semester as part of their recruitment drives. I was one of five students employed by Boston Consulting Group.
When I first applied for my MBA I was also lucky enough to be chosen by the selection committee to get the Rupert Murdoch Fellowship which paid full tuition plus a $20,000 living allowance.
It also required me to do one semester as an exchange student at the IESE Business School in Barcelona, which provided me with a European perspective of business, as opposed to the more U.S. focus we get in Australia. It was also an opportunity to take specialised elective courses that were not available at MBS.
Doing an MBA is worthwhile. My salary has increased 55% percent between my last role and my post-MBA role. But doing an MBA at MBS is particularly advantageous.
For example, in addition to the web-based tool Jobs Online, which serves almost 14,000 alumni, there are more than 100 separate alumni events held around the world each year covering social, professional and lifelong learning opportunities.
MBS also has a large selection of other courses, in addition to the ones we did in the MBA, that look tempting.
University previously attended: University of Western Australia
Degree obtained: Bachelor of Science / Bachelor of Engineering
Country of origin: Australia
Age: 31
