received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
90%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
75%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
n/a
were starting a new business (4)
13%
postponed their job search
n/a
did not seek employment for other reasons
12%
Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
20
Companies that recruited second-year students via job boards in past academic year
20
(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. Johnson & Johnson
n/a
2. Nestle
n/a
3. AT Kearney
n/a
4. IBM
n/a
5. KPMG
n/a
6. British Nuclear Fuels
n/a
7. Cinergy Corporation
n/a
8. Citibank
n/a
9. Liberata
n/a
10. Procter & Gamble
n/a
11. Abbey National
n/a
12. Jaguar Cars
n/a
13. Cadbury Schweppes
n/a
14. CAP Gemini
n/a
15. Bain & Co
n/a
Prospects for 2003 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
n/a
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
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 function areas:
Consulting
n/a
Finance/Accounting
n/a
General Management
n/a
Human Resources
n/a
Marketing/Sales
n/a
Management Information Systems
n/a
Operations/Logistics
n/a
Other
n/a
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa
n/a
Asia
n/a
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
n/a
Latin America and the Carribean
n/a
Middle East
n/a
North America
(Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a )
n/a
Oceania
n/a
Western Europe
n/a
Graduates accepting jobs 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
Companies that recruited first-year MBA interns via job boards during past academic year: n/a
Top 15 recruiting firms:
n/a
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
95%
Average internship compensation (per week)
$555
Median internship compensation (per week)
$555
Average internship length (weeks)
12
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 developed a database-driven corporate Web site giving access to WBS research, expertise and the teaching portfolio, and, for staff and students on all programs a state-of-the-art Web-based teaching support tool (my.wbs) which delivers personalized information and services. It includes messaging for administrative and pedagogic communication, learning resources, discussion boards both tutor-driven and student-managed, virtual study groups, chat rooms, assignment submission, contextualised results delivery, personal timetables, student feedback, analysis for staff, and much more. This has recently been completely re-architectured to create a flexible tool capable of supporting virtually any communication and information requirements, and is now being used to implement an expanded Intranet for staff and students, and to support research needs. Background database tools are currently being enhanced to facilitate a much higher level of technology usage for all activities. Support structures are also being reorganized, with the addition of new Technology Integrator posts to take a lead in creating a more proactive support environment. WBS has recently outsourced its LAN provision to the University as part of a multi-million pound re-engineering of campus network services. Internally, the school is implementing filestore strategies which will support an anticipated move to much wider laptop provision for research-active users, including centralized file-store offering automatic synchronisation with connected systems.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? No
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 6,388 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 6,004 living MBA alumni, and 10 MBA club(s) 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 fund-raising 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 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 Rachel Killian
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