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2001 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Manchester Business School
Manchester Business School

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Address: MBA Centre, Manchester Business School
Booth Street West
Manchester M15 6PB
UK
E-Mail: mba_admissions@man.mbs.ac.uk
Web site: www.mbs.ac.uk


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   80%
Graduates who received their first job offer by graduation 60%
Graduates who received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 17%
Graduates who were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 10%
Graduates who were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) n/a
Graduates who were starting a new business (4) 8%
 
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 45

(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. A T Kearney n/a
2. Eli Lilly n/a
3. Johnson and Johnson n/a
4. Arthur Andersen n/a
5. Andersen Consulting n/a
6. ABN Amro n/a


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

n/a n/a$80,000
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001

n/a n/an/a
Average first-year signing bonus

n/a n/a$18,000
Median first-year signing bonus

n/a n/an/a
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

n/a n/a59%
Graduates receiving other guaranteed compensation (2)

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

-- --20%

(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 28%
Finance/Accounting 18%
General Management 7%
Human Resources n/a
Marketing/Sales 13%
MIS 2%
Operations/Logistics 7%
Other 25%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following industries:
Financial Services 23%
Government (federal, state, local, military) n/a
Manufacturing 7%
Nonprofit (trade associations, religious organizations, charities) n/a
Other Services 42%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa n/a
Asia 18%
Central/South America, Mexico 9%
Eastern Europe 3%
Middle East 3%
North America
 (Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a  )
8%
Oceania n/a
Western Europe 59%

Within North America:
Canada n/a
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

-- --98%
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:
n/a
TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: Yes

School's investment in technology over the past three years: n/a

Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school has added provision of £5video conferencing facilities, granted lap tops to every full-time student, and increased lap top network points across library study spaces and throughout the building.


ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes

Alumni networking Web site:
www.mbs.ac.uk/alumni

Current MBAs given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 6,000 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 6,000 living MBA alumni, and 11 MBA club(s) in 25 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past 12 months, n/a 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. n/a. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is U.S. n/a

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Jane Gardner


 
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