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2001 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
HEC Montreal
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Address: 3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Montreal , Quebec H3T 2A7
Canada
E-Mail: mba@hec.ca
Web site: www.hec.ca


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   81%
Graduates who received their first job offer by graduation 33%
Graduates who received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 54%
Graduates who were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 12%
Graduates who were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) n/a
Graduates who were starting a new business (4) n/a
 
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year n/a

(1) Seeking full-time professional employment.
(2) Includes graduates whose studies were financially sponsored by their employers and are returning to those employers, or who were employed while a student and will continue working for that employer.
(3) Enrolled/will enroll in further graduate studies.
(4) Starting a new business as owner. Does not include students accepting jobs with a salary in a new (startup) business.

Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past 12 months and the number of students hired:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Bombardier 8
2. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 7
3. Deloitte Consulting 6
4. CN Railways 5
5. Bell Canada 4
6. Nortel Networks 4
7. Procter & Gamble 4
8. GE Capital 4
9. National Bank of Canada 3
10. Innovatech 3
11. Ernst & Young Corp. 2
12. Microcell Communications 2
13. Merck Frost 2
14. L'Oreal 2
15. Accenture 2


U.S. Non-U.S.Total
Graduates
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001

n/a n/a$39,770
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001

n/a n/a$35,740
Average first-year signing bonus

n/a n/a$4,000
Median first-year signing bonus

n/a n/a$3,900
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

n/a n/a19%
Graduates receiving other guaranteed compensation (2)

n/a n/an/a
Graduates that found jobs through their first-year internships

-- --n/a

(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.
(2) Benefits and perquisites (company cars, equipment, membership, etc.) are not equated to cash and are not included in compensation. May include other taxable payroll compensation such as a guaranteed annual bonus, and guaranteed "overtime" compensation.



CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following fields:
Consulting 20%
Finance/Accounting 17%
General Management 14%
Human Resources n/a
Marketing/Sales 23%
MIS 10%
Operations/Logistics n/a
Other 16%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following industries:
Financial Services 17%
Government (federal, state, local, military) n/a
Manufacturing n/a
Nonprofit (trade associations, religious organizations, charities) n/a
Other Services 63%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa n/a
Asia n/a
Central/South America, Mexico n/a
Eastern Europe n/a
Middle East n/a
North America
 (Canada: 87% / U.S.: 13%)
87%
Oceania n/a
Western Europe 13%

Within North America:
Canada 87%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. n/a
Midwest U.S. n/a
Northeast U.S. n/a
South U.S. n/a
Southwest U.S. n/a
U.S. Possessions and territories n/a
West U.S. n/a


MBA INTERNSHIPS

Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a

Top 15 recruiting firms:
n/a

Internship compensation:
U.S. Non-U.S.Total
Graduates
Paid internships

-- --n/a
Average internship compensation

n/a n/an/a
Median internship compensation

n/a n/an/a


B-SCHOOL SERVICES

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination Month offered Paid for by B-School
Silicon Valley, CA

Apr. No
Wall Street, NY

Aug. No
Toronto, Canada

Mar. No


TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: No

School's investment in technology over the past three years: $15,000,000

Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school developped an infrastructure to support about 4000 students with laptop computers. It also installed 7200 network ports in all 70 classrooms, work areas, and
on-site technical repair centers. The school implemented the PeopleSoft ERP to manage student records, built an Intranet to support distribution of course material and communication between students and professors. All video and data projectors have been replaced in the classrooms to keep up with the technological progress of the Faculty's laptop computers.


ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes

Alumni networking Web site:
www.reseauhec.qc.ca

Current MBAs given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 3,700 MBA degrees since its founding. It has n/a living MBA alumni, and 5 MBA club(s) in 2 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past 12 months, 15% of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. n/a, and a mean gift of U.S. $62. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $15,000,000

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Kathleen Grant


 
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