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2001 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
York University
Schulich School of Business

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Address: Schulich School of Business, Room 106
4700 Keele Street
Toronto , Ontario M3J 1P3
Canada
E-Mail: admissions@schulich.yorku.ca
Web site: www.schulich.yorku.ca


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   95%
Graduates who received their first job offer by graduation 92%
Graduates who received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 95%
Graduates who were company sponsored, or already employed (2) n/a
Graduates who were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 2%
Graduates who were starting a new business (4) n/a
 
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 323

(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. TD Financial Group 14
2. Scotiabank 13
3. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 10
4. RBC Financial Group 7
5. KPMG 6
6. CIBC World Markets 5
7. Scotia Capital Markets 4
8. TD Securities 4
9. IBM 4
10. Telus 4
11. Merrill Lynch 3
12. American Express 3
13. Cap Gemini Ernst & Young 3
14. PricewaterhouseCoopers 3
15. General Mills 3


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

n/a n/a$57,000
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001

n/a n/a$51,000
Average first-year signing bonus

n/a n/a$6,800
Median first-year signing bonus

n/a n/a$6,400
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

n/a n/a23%
Graduates receiving other guaranteed compensation (2)

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

-- --10%

(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 13%
Finance/Accounting 46%
General Management 3%
Human Resources 4%
Marketing/Sales 18%
MIS 6%
Operations/Logistics 9%
Other 1%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following industries:
Financial Services 46%
Government (federal, state, local, military) 4%
Manufacturing 24%
Nonprofit (trade associations, religious organizations, charities) 4%
Other Services 7%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa n/a
Asia 2%
Central/South America, Mexico 3%
Eastern Europe 1%
Middle East n/a
North America
 (Canada: 85% / U.S.: 15%)
90%
Oceania n/a
Western Europe 4%

Within North America:
Canada 85%
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: 68

Top 15 recruiting firms:
FirmInterns Hired
1. Celestica 4
2. Griffiths & McBurney 4
3. Scotia Financial Group 4
4. TD Financial Group 4
5. Goldman Sachs Asia 3
6. IBM 3
7. CIBC & CIBC World Markets 3
8. RBC Financial Group 3
9. Imperial Oil/Exxon 2
10. PricewaterhouseCoopers 2
11. American Express 2
12. Manulife Financial 2
13. Procter & Gamble 2
14. Kraft 2
15. General Mills 2


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

-- --96%
Average internship compensation

n/a n/a$11,500
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
New York (Wall Street)

Sept. No
New York (Wall Street)

Nov. No
Orlando, Florida

Nov. No
Silicon Valley

Feb. No


TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: No

School's investment in technology over the past three years: $1,827,000

Technology changes made over the past three years:
1. Added on-line materials and software to support classes, including NewMindsets software, an integrated, interactive and self-directed learning tool. 2. Extended email services to alumni. 3. Extended network connectivity and renewed workstations.


ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes

Alumni networking Web site:
www.netdirectories.com/~ssb/

Current MBAs given access to alumni database? No

The B-school has awarded 12,694 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 12,430 living MBA alumni, and 17 MBA club(s) in 9 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 received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $20,000,000

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Paul Pivato


 
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