How long until my MBA does something for me, and will it ever?

[vobrodrew]

I very recently finished my degree with WGU. I received an MBA at the beginning of February. I have a B.S. Business admin from COSC and an Associates in Accounting from a community college. I have been working as a quality engineer for 2 years now. I am wondering if there is anyone out there that has ever been in a similar situation? I am also wondering what the best way to market myself would be, and how do I leverage my MBA?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

[cookderosa]

I very recently finished my degree with WGU. I received an MBA at the beginning of February. I have a B.S. Business admin from COSC and an Associates in Accounting from a community college. I have been working as a quality engineer for 2 years now. I am wondering if there is anyone out there that has ever been in a similar situation? I am also wondering what the best way to market myself would be, and how do I leverage my MBA?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

how would anyone know what you have to offer? That's a semi-rhetorical question. In other words, now that you have your MBA, what are you doing to let companies know what you can do for them?

[Ideas]

I think you'd have to know what you're interested in. If there's no role in your company to move up to, then do you know what role(s) you would like most? Do you want to stay in quality engineering but just be in charge of (more) people? 

Are you opening to moving, and how far? 

Do you already have the certification(s) the jobs want or are you willing to get it/them? I guess anything else that can help you look best.

I think LinkedIn is pretty important for higher-level jobs, so I would get your profile looking great, and resume.

[Marcus Aurelius]

I also have an MBA, and it's my opinion that the MBA alone is no longer "good enough" in most employers' eyes. It's an issue of market saturation. Too many people have MBAs these days. It's now vitally important to distinguish yourself in some way.

My recommendation...

Since you work in the field of engineering, I would concentrate on earning the PMP credential. It's a credential that's in-demand and the average PMP salary is somewhere around the six figure mark.