LUISS Business School, Johnson & Johnson and Korn Ferry International Call for Female Prospective MBA Candidates to Participate in the GROW FAST Initiative
(Part of the Programme GROW – Generating Real Opportunities for Women)
DESCRIPTION
GROW (Generating Real Opportunities for Women) is a programme initiated in LUISS Business School to promote, support and improve personal and professional growth of its female students.
GROW FAST (Financing and Supporting Talents) is an initiative that is part of GROW, designed and launched in a joint effort by:
- Johnson & Johnson, a Fortune 500 multinational company manufacturing medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and consumer packaged goods;
- Korn Ferry International, an organisational and people advisory firm, the world’s largest provider of executive search;
- and LUISS Business School, an internationally accredited provider of business education, based in Rome (Italy).
The GROW FAST initiative offers to a selected group of outstanding women:
- direct access to organisations eager to support talents in the development of their potential;
- an internationally accredited MBA at LUISS Business School, which provides a culturally relevant and professionally memorable experience in the heart of Rome;
- a fully sponsored accelerated track into the world of business with leading companies that pursue diversity and inclusion as key strategic assets.
The initiative consists of four main steps:
- selection of talented women;
- initial 3-month internship in Johnson & Johnson starting in July 2017, with a reimbursement of expenses of up to EUR 1,000 per month;
- 1-year MBA programme at LUISS Business School starting in October 2017, the tuition fee of EUR 27,000 + EUR 13,000 of living expenses being covered by a study loan;
- 2-year employment contract in Johnson & Johnson starting in October 2018, with a previously agreed salary + an extra that covers the repayment of the study loan within the term of the employment contract.
The selected participants will be continuously mentored, starting from the initial internship until the end of the GROW FAST initiative.
ELIGIBILITY
Female candidates with:
- Bachelor’s degree;
- at least 2 years of work experience;
- professional working proficiency in English.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Applicants must provide:
- copy of the degree certificate;
- fully-completed MBA application form;
- Curriculum Vitae;
- copy of passport or ID document;
- digital photo;
- essay explaining why they qualify for the GROW FAST.
ThE selection of candidates is divided in two core phases
1. ADMISSION TO THE MBA PROGRAMME
LUISS Business School:
- receives and processes all the applications;
- organises the admission tests, consisting of a logics and English test in order to evaluate the admission of the potential candidates to the MBA programme (logics test can be omitted, if proof of a valid GMAT or GRE certificate is provided, and English test can be omitted, if proof of a valid TOEFL or IELTS certificate is provided);
- provides a guarantee for a study loan, covering the tuition fee of EUR 27,000 + the above-mentioned living expenses.
Korn Ferry International provides strategic support in the process of search and selection of the candidates.
2. EVALUATION TO PARTICIPATE IN GROW FAST
Based on the admission test results, motivational interview(s) with selected candidates and representatives of Johnson & Johnson and LUISS Business School will be organised.
Candidates will be considered and evaluated on the basis of merit and regarding the quality of their admission application and interviews.
At the end of the evaluation process a ranking of the candidates will be finalised, and up to three candidates will be offered the opportunity to participate in the GROW FAST initiative. Other candidates who pass the LUISS MBA admission tests, but who have not been selected as participants in GROW FAST, are welcome to enrol in the MBA programme, following the indications and deadline given to them by the Admissions Office of the LUISS Business School. If the candidate does not proceed with the necessary steps within the given deadline, her status will automatically decay from the right of immediate enrolment.
DEADLINES AND CONDITIONS
- Applications for participation in the GROW FAST initiative must be submitted by April 15, 2017 to mba23@luiss.it.
- The pre-selected candidates will be contacted approximately two weeks after the above-mentioned deadline, to invite them to the admission tests.
- The interviews with the candidates selected based on the admission test results and with Johnson & Johnson will be held in May 2017, and the final decision will be taken in June 2017.
- The final selected candidates must confirm their participation in the initiative within 5 working days after reception of the notification, signing the MBA Regulations and the agreement with Johnson & Johnson.
- If a candidate fails to confirm her participation, next candidates in their merit order in the waiting list will be considered, and the renounced candidate loses her right to participate in the GROW FAST initiative.
- In case of withdrawal from the MBA programme or exclusion of it for any reason, the participant will not be offered an employment contract at Johnson & Johnson and she is required to refund the total loan and other administrative charges.
- In case the participant completes her MBA studies and does not sign the employment contract with Johnson & Johnson or leaves Johnson & Johnson before the term of the 2-year employment contract, she is required to refund the total loan and other administrative charges.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at mba23@luiss.it, (+39) 06 85 22 5577 or (+39) 06 85 22 5064.
10/02/2016
