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What credentials will make me more attractive in the Finance industry, beyond my MBA?

My MBA (which I'll get in December) will be from a mid-tier school, not a Top-10 school like Harvard, Wharton, or NYU. What do I need to do to compete in the job market with graduates of those schools? Get my CFA license? Go back for a PhD at a Top-10 school? Just work my way up through a company and do a lot of networking? Or something else that I haven't even considered?

Public Comments

1. Most credentials don't impress me at all.
2. Experience is the way forward
3. Experience and certifications never hurt because it'll show an employer what you can do. You may want to even consider volunteering your services part-time to get a good reference. I don't think *where* you received your education is nearly as important now as what you're able to show you can do with it, so don't sweat getting your degree from a "mid-tier" school. If you're confident that you can employ your education, that should show in an interview, and someone will eventually see that - you may need to interview for 10-15 different positions (just throwing out a number) before you get an offer, but the rejections don't necessarily mean that you were beaten out by someone from Harvard. Good luck. : )
4. Probably learning another language would be better for you. Because that gives you a better reference as a professional in the area. And of course the experience that you can achieve as a MBA. You don't need to be graduate from the Top-10 schools. It's your work that gives you the opportunity.