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2002 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
ESADE
ESADE Business School

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Address: Av. Pedralbes, 60-62
Barcelona E-08034
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E-Mail: mba@esade.edu
Web site: http://www.esade.edu


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   95%

Graduates who:
received their first job offer by graduation 60%
received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 25%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 3%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 0%
were starting a new business (4) 4%
postponed their job search 1%
did not seek employment for other reasons 0%
 
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 70

(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. Novartis 3
2. CitiGroup 3
3. Bayer 3
4. PWC 3
5. L'Oreal 2
6. General Electric 2
7. BBVA 2
8. Accenture 2
9. Nike 2
10. Deloitte&Touch 2
11. Intel 2
12. Danone 2
13. Dupont 2
14. KPMG 1
15. Frank Russell 1


Prospects for 2002 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002

$57,000
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002

n/a
Average first-year signing bonus

$3,200
Median first-year signing bonus

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

15%

(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.



2002 GRADUATES REPORT

Editor's Note: Based on responses to BusinessWeek's 2002 survey of graduates.

Median starting base-salary

$49,000
Median signing bonus

$5,000
Median other compensation

$13,500
Median MBA loans

$30,000
Average number of job offers at graduation

2.0
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program

$29,567
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment

32%


CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following fields:
Accounting/Auditing 2%
Banking/Mortgage (Investment banking, etc.) 7%
Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical 7%
Construction, Mining and Trades 2%
Consulting Services (management consulting, strategic planning, product management, etc.) 15%
Education, Training, and Library 2%
Engineering 5%
Finance/Economics 10%
Financial Services 13%
Human Resources 3%
Information Technology 3%
Internet/E-Commerce/New Media 3%
Legal 2%
Manufacturing/Operations and Production 2%
Marketing 18%
Sales 3%
Telecommunications 3%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa n/a
Asia n/a
Central/South America, Mexico 17%
Eastern Europe n/a
Middle East n/a
North America
 (Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a  )
5%
Oceania n/a
Western Europe 78%

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: 40

Top 15 recruiting firms:
FirmInterns Hired
1. Novartis 4
2. Colt Telecom 3
3. Uralita 3
4. Banc Sabadell 2
5. L'Oreal 2
6. Terra Networks 2
7. Procter&Gamble 1
8. Unilever 1
9. Ficosa 1
10. CitiBank 1
11. Axima 1
12. Agilent 1
13. Eli Lilly 1
14. Mercer Management 1
15. Diamond Cluster 1


Internship compensation:
Paid internships 100%
Average internship compensation $3,200
Median internship compensation n/a


B-SCHOOL SERVICES

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination Month offered Paid for by B-School
HR Gardens

Mar. Yes
School Visits to Companies in Europe

Feb. Yes
Hobsons Forum

Dec. Yes


TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: Yes

School's investment in technology over the past three years: $3,611,367

Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school added a Wave LAN around all its student campus. New intranet services in were added to Career Services, the Library, and Academic Services. The school also added SMS notification and access to disks server space through Internet and to qualifications through WAP.


ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes

Alumni networking Web site:
http://www.aaaesade.net

Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 4,376 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 4,354 living MBA alumni, and 18 MBA club(s) in 6 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. As of Jan. 2000 the B-school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million, and the B-school's total endowment is U.S. n/a

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Ṃnica Rius


 
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