THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT
| 2003 graduates seeking employment (1) | | 84% |
Graduates who: |
 | received their first job offer by graduation | 64% |
| received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation | 85% |
| were company sponsored, or already employed (2) | 6% |
| were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) | 1% |
| were starting a new business (4) | 4% |
| postponed their job search | 3% |
| did not seek employment for other reasons | 2% |
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| Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year | n/a |
| Companies that recruited second-year students via job boards 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:
| Firm | Graduates Hired |
| 1. Kimberly-Clark |
6 |
| 2. Earthlink; IBM; Wachovia |
5 |
| 3. Honeywell; Delta Air Lines; Citigroup; CHEP International |
4 |
| 4. Eastman Kodak; ING; Gallup Organization; GE Capital; The Home Depot |
3 |
| 5. Pricewaterhouse Coopers; Turner Broadcasting; Procter & Gamble; Fanmats; FNX; NCR; Trammell Crow; Brighthouse |
2 |
Prospects for 2003 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
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$75,068 |
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
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$77,000 |
Average first-year signing bonus
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$12,463 |
Median first-year signing bonus
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$10,000 |
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
|
49% |
(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
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$80,000 |
Median signing bonus
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$12,000 |
Median other compensation
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$25,000 |
Median MBA loans
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$37,500 |
Average number of job offers at graduation
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1.4 |
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program
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$37,547 |
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment
|
36% |
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
| Consulting | 12% |
| Finance/Accounting | 35% |
| General Management | 12% |
| Human Resources | 0% |
| Marketing/Sales | 29% |
| Management Information Systems | 0% |
| Operations/Logistics | 3% |
| Other | 9% |
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
| Africa | 0% |
| Asia | 5% |
| Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia | 1% |
| Latin America and the Carribean | 3% |
| Middle East | 1% |
North America
(Canada: 1% / U.S.: 99%) | 89% |
| Oceania | 0% |
| Western Europe | 1% |
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
| Canada | 1% |
| Mid-Atlantic U.S. | 7% |
| Midwest U.S. | 7% |
| Northeast U.S. | 14% |
| South U.S. | 67% |
| Southwest U.S. | 0% |
| U.S. Possessions and territories | 0% |
| West U.S. | 4% |
MBA INTERNSHIPS
Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a
Companies that recruited first-year MBA interns via job boards during past academic year: n/a
Top 15 recruiting firms:
| Firm | Interns Hired |
| 1. Turner Broadcasting; Bank of America |
4 |
| 2. IBM; The Home Depot; Wachovia; Winn-Dixie; Lehman Brothers |
3 |
| 3. Deloitte Consulting; Earthlink; Honeywell; JP Morgan Chase; M.D.Hodges; GMAC Insurance; Saks, Inc.; United Way of Atlanta; Atlanta Technology Angels |
2 |
| 4. A.T. Kearney; Allconnect; Chatham Capital; Colonial Pipeline; Compu Credit; Eli Lilly; Georgia Center for Non-Profits; Georgia-Pacific |
2 |
| 5. Kurt Salmon Associates; The Coca-Cola Company; Suntory Water Group; Vision Consulting |
2 |
Internship compensation:
| Paid internships |
91% |
| Average internship compensation (per week) |
$1,083 |
| Median internship compensation (per week) |
$1,100 |
| Average internship length (weeks) |
n/a |
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
| Destination | Month offered | Paid for by B-School |
Wall Street: NYC
|
Nov. |
No |
Marketing: NJ & NYC
|
Nov. |
No |
Banking: NC
|
Nov. |
No |
Media & Entertainment: NYC
|
Nov. |
No |
Consulting, Fin., Oper., R.E., Ven Cap, Mkt.: ATL
|
Nov. |
No |
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $1,549,300
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school completed a total classroom hardware uplift; 100% hardware replacement for faculty, staff, and public computers; 100% uplift to notebook checkout pool; wireless network throughout building; walk-up kiosks for student access; added Polycom IP based videoconferencing system; added faculty/student mixed media development lab; added: 1 new Research Unix Server, 1 SQL server, 1 local Real server, 3 servers to web cluster; replaced 3 other servers; added 1.4 terabytes of storage; website redesign; and made multiple security enhancements.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Alumni networking Web site:
http://www.bus.emory.edu/cgi-bin/
index.pl?template_id=24
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 5,707 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 5,628 living MBA alumni, and 9 MBA club(s) throughout 3 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 17% of alumni gave to the school's fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. n/a, and a mean gift of U.S. $639. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million between Jan. 2001 and Oct. 2003, and the B-school endowment is U.S. n/a
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Kembrel Jones
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