Hello everyone,

First of all, thank you for taking your time to read my post.

To give you a bit of context, I hold a Master's degree in business management from a French business school and another Master's degree in HR (with distinction) from a top UK university. I have 3 years of work experience and I am currently working in a HR position.

That being said, I realized that, at some point in my career / life, I would like to work in the academic world, more precisely, I would like to teach... which means getting a PhD.

That being said, this is very new for me... I have been researching (since last week during my free time) on some PhD opportunities in business administration, with a touch of HR... and consulted different / ressources, among which this great forum!

My questions are the following ones:

Q1 - what general advices would you give to someone who is starting to think of doing a PhD?

Q2 - wouldn't it be too much for me, considering my situation? (2 Master's degree... I know that some people are getting 2 PhDs or 1 MBA + 1 PhD... so I guess it is never too much ahah)

Q3 - while searching for some PhD opportunities, I have seen many PhD in business administration in great US institutions? not sure about other countries...

Q4 - in general, what are the odds of getting a full scholarship? (in a PhD in business administration)

Q5 - I am currently 28 years old - but by the time I get accepted (if I eventually get accepted), I will be turning 29... Assuming it will take me 4 years, I will complete my PhD at 33. Isn't a bit unusual? it is just that I know a guy who graduated from his PhD at 25 and another guy who is 28 (my age) with 2 PhDs... doesn't mean much I guess!

Anyway, thank you for your time and help in answering whatever questions you can :)

Best!

Be careful. be sure you want to do a PhD. Be ready for dedication

Yes. I think it is too much. In particular in business administration, I think experience is more valued than academic qualifications. Having a Master and looking for HR position could already be marked as "over qualified". If you want academia, you have to start looking for jobs in academia right away after finishing a PhD.

US is top at business administration. You can google for other countries. UK is also a destination for the field

Seeing a great institute and a great position is something, and getting accepted is totally different. Everyone wants to go to US to do a PhD. It is not easy at all. The chances will get higher for non English speaking countries.

This is really funny. I know and you know people at their 60s and they accomplished nothing. So you see 28 years as very old? Why you care about people who got Nobel prize at 20? what does it have to do with you?