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2002 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Florida State University
College of Business

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Address: Graduate Office, College of Business
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1110
E-Mail: gradprog@cob.fsu.edu
Web site: http://www.cob.fsu.edu


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   79%

Graduates who:
received their first job offer by graduation 42%
received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 21%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 0%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 17%
were starting a new business (4) 4%
postponed their job search 0%
did not seek employment for other reasons 0%
 
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. CSX Corporation 3
2. Harris Corporation 1
3. Steak'nShake 1
4. Ventiv Health Services 1
5. Nextel Partners 1
6. Cendant Mortgage 1
7. Run Florida 1


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

n/a
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002

n/a
Average first-year signing bonus

n/a
Median first-year signing bonus

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

n/a

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



CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following fields:
Consulting Services (management consulting, strategic planning, product management, etc.) 18%
Financial Services 27%
Manufacturing/Operations and Production 9%
Marketing 27%
Restaurant and Food Service 9%
Retail/Wholesale 9%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 0%
Central/South America, Mexico 0%
Eastern Europe 0%
Middle East 0%
North America
 (Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
100%
Oceania 0%
Western Europe 0%

Within North America:
Canada 0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 0%
Midwest U.S. 0%
Northeast U.S. 0%
South U.S. 100%
Southwest U.S. 0%
U.S. Possessions and territories 0%
West U.S. 0%


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:
Paid internships n/a
Average internship compensation n/a
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
MBA Consortium, Atlanta, GA

Nov. No
MBA Consortium, New York, NY

Jan. No
Florida MBA/Graduate Business Consortium

Feb. No


TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: Yes

School's investment in technology over the past three years: $1,110,500

Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school added new PCs for labs and faculty. Audio-Visual equipment was added to classrooms and technology was added to large conference rooms. A wireless network was also installed.






ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? No

Alumni networking Web site:
http://www.mba.fsu.edu

Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 2,379 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 2,339 living MBA alumni, and n/a MBA club(s) in n/a 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. $31,000,000

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Scheri Martin


 
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