Despite Israel Hamas Conflict, Recession, Aringo Secures MBA Clients

Gilam Levy, CEO of Aringo

By Monique Lester
Israel News Agency

Jerusalem --- January 18, 2009...... As Israel continues to defend herself against Hamas terror attacks and the world economy suffers from a global recession, Israel's largest graduate MBA admissions consulting company Aringo is securing a record number of MBA clients. Aringo, based in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, works in cooperation with admissions committees at top universities around the world.

"Our solid reputation and professional MBA consultants are overshadowing both the current recession and the defensive war with Hamas in Gaza," says Gilam Levy, General Manager of Aringo.

"As a few schools now look with caution as to working with Israel in Israel during the current conflict, we are preparing students to get into the finest MBA schools in Europe and North America. And all of these MBA student candidates share another goal in common - returning to Israel to put their knowledge to work for businesses in Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Haifa, Jerusalem, Hadera, Ashkelon and Rishon Lezion.

Aringo MBA consulting professionals have the opportunity to make a difference in the careers of some of Israel’s most talented individuals says Levi. "We help them gain entrance to the world’s top 10 business schools including Harvard and Stanford. Aringo has a very proud track record of securing placements in the most elite MBA schools. And many Olim who have made Aliya to Israel come to us seeking professional positions and we assist them here in Israel in providing employment."

Most of Aringo's clients return to live in Israel within a few years after graduation. They bring professional knowledge and contacts that strengthen the Israeli economy.

Aringo was founded by Gilam Levi. Gilam was accepted to the Harvard, Wharton and INSEAD business schools, received a full scholarship to Wharton and graduated with honors. He was also a member of the Wharton admission committee. In 1998 he decided to help Israeli candidates to get into the top programs and in 2002 this hobby turned into a full-time professional occupation. Gilam dedicates most of his time to researching and supervising the Aringo services, communicating with admission committees all around the world and forming the Aringo process for the next application season.

Since its foundation Aringo has helped hundreds of students to get accepted to the best business schools and MBA programs around the world.

Aringo deals with the top MBA programs in the US and Europe such as Harvard, INSEAD, Wharton, Stanford.

The coaching which Aringo provides is individual for each MBA student candidate. Each candidate has a personal guide which Aringo calls an "editor".

"Our process is the most thorough process in the world and it creates a significant advantage in creating the resumes, application essays, recommendations and interview preparation. The editors are proficient in the MBA application documents and are supported by Aringo experts ("content analysts") in specific types of essays and by a school requirements specialist. Gilam is in charge of the research and the development of the process every season," says Levi.

Aringo editors spend much of their time writing and editing. In addition, they work personally with MBA student clients, interviewing them to help them prepare all the documents stated above.

Due to the ethical requirements of the universities, Aringo doesn't write essays for clients. They write recommendation drafts, edit essays and help clients with pre-writing brainstorming and outlining.

Aringo is a small company with about 10 editors plus a few more employees who provide the administrative network.

Aringo seeks native English speakers who have an academic degree, strong analytical skills and great interpersonal relations. Writing, editing, translating and other freelancer experience and traits are great benefits. "We see great potential in anyone who recently made Aliyah from the US, the UK, Canada, South Africa - any English speaking country and are willing to give her a chance to go through our recruiting process," says Levi. Levi also states that due to increasing enrollment, Aringo is expanding their professional staff.

The full process includes four steps – an initial resume screening, a writing audition and a general information questionnaire and two interviews which simulate the actual work with the client. Each of these stages is relevant for a different aspect of the position. Aringo personally contacts the candidates who passed the first stage and update them constantly about their status. They know this process might seem a bit intimidating, but the payment for those who eventually join us is highly competitive.

Aringo editors work from home. Some of them conduct meetings with their clients at their homes and some work only via the phone and the e-mail.

Aringo's professional staff work as independent services providers which allows them flexibility and easy involvement in other projects in parallel to their work with Aringo. There's also an option to join Aringo as an employee and get all the legal benefits, but the payment in that case is lower.

During the first 6 months with Aringo, editors undergo on-the-job, paid-for training of around 100 hours.

Since Aringo works according to the MBA programs application deadlines of the universities the hours vary during the year. The average case of the yearly breakdown of working hours goes as follows: During July-mid January: it's our high season – the editors work around 30 plus weekly hours (possibly more in September-October, possibly less in November-December). During February-June: around 5-15 weekly hours, it's a good time to take a vacation.

Since the job is done from home the hours are very flexible.

"Our clients might prefer to talk to us in the evenings or on weekends, but there are special rates to work which is done after hours so you're rewarded accordingly. For this reason the job is perfect for housewives who look for some occupation during the day or to freelancers who enjoy to work from home and be in charge of their own schedule, without the demanding atmosphere of working in an office," says Levi.

Aringo works together with the MBA applicant clients either in-person or by phone on the documents. This takes up about 25% - 50% of the total work hours. Significant parts of the work are also carried out over the phone or via e-mail.

 

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