Posts Tagged ‘Job Search’
An Optimistic Look at 2011 MBA Hiring
GMAC’s Year-End Poll of Employment shows an improvement in MBA hiring in the last year and provides an optimistic look at 2011 hiring trends as well. Here are some key findings from the survey: 64% of the 210 employers who participated in the Corporate Recruiters Survey said...
MBA Hiring on the Rise on Wall Street
Banks and brokerages on Wall Street have increased their MBA hiring, reports a Fins.com article from last week. Maryellen Reilly Lamb, senior associate director of MBA career management of Wharton, explains, “Two years ago, I couldn’t get a bank to take our calls, last year they...
The State of the 2010 MBA Job Market
Almost 90% of MBAs from the class of 2010 were employed after graduation, compared to 84% from the year before, reports a GMAC press release on the 2010 job scene. The press release also points out that these post-recession graduates are “faring better than their...
Med School and MBA Admissions News Roundup
Here’s what’s been going on in the world of MBA and medical school admissions news: An Israeli news source (Globes.co.il) reports that top b-schools in the U.S. have begun recruiting seriously in Israel. This year, more than 150 Israeli students will attend MBA programs in the...
Wharton Blends Admissions and Career Services Offices
The decision to attend b-school and the concern over post-graduation job prospects have never been as closely intertwined as they are today. That’s why University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School has chosen to link the admissions and career services departments, an unprecedented decision that will likely...
GMAC Reports Steady Value of MBA through “Great Recession”
MBAs who earned their degrees during the first decade of the 21st century have fared quite well, despite the dot-com bust and the “Great Recession,” reports a Graduate Management News article. The following data was gathered from GMAC’s semi-annual Alumni Perspectives Survey: Of the 3,387 business graduates...
Money Talks: A College and MBA Admissions News Round Up
Here’s what’s going on in the world of college and MBA admissions…money-wise. Many b-school students will be returning to class this fall without having had the rosy summer internship experience they had expected—that is, if they were lucky enough to land an internship at all. The...
Haas Reports Uptick in Class of 2010 Employment
Here is yet another article to suggest that the job market is finally, and slowly, improving. A Haas School Newsroom report shares the results its graduating class’s job statistics. Result highlights: 77% of the full-time graduating class received job offers. This is compared to last year’s 74%. Students...
College and MBA Admissions News Round Up
1. A Chronicle article titled, “On Sticker Prices and ‘Wishful Thinking,’” reports that students and parents have hastily “ruled out colleges based solely on published sticker prices without considering how much financial aid they might receive.” According to a recent survey, these students and their...