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2004 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Universidade de Sao Paulo
Faculdade de Economia, Administracao, e Contabilidade - FEA/USP — Master of Sciences
Address: Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 908
Cidade Universitária
São Paulo, SP 05508-900 Brazil
E-Mail: ppgafea@org.usp.br
Web links: B-school Web site
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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Most recent graduates who...
...were seeking employment 1 10%
...were not seeking employment 90%
...provided no information regarding employment 2

80%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed 3 70%
...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 6%
...postponing their job search n/a
...starting their own businesses 5 14%
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6

10%
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation 20%
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation 0%
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation 30%
...did not report having received an offer

50%
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities 10%
Graduate-facilitated activities 20%
No response provided by the graduate

70%
Companies that recruited employment-seeking MBA students for full-time positions on campus in past academic year 14
Companies that posted full-time job offers on the school's job boards in past academic year n/a

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
n/a


Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:
n/a

Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported):
200420032002
Graduates who provided usable base salary information2%n/a8%
Average starting-base salary 7 (excluding bonuses)$30,765n/a$33,000
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)$28,917n/a$29,600
Average first-year signing bonusn/an/a$10,250
Median first-year signing bonusn/an/a$17,308
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonusn/an/a30%

(1) Seeking full-time professional, MBA-level employment.
(2) No information available includes those graduates who may be seeking employment or who may not be seeking employment, but for whom the school has no reliable information
(3) Includes graduates whose studies were financially sponsored by their employers and are intending to return to those employers, or who were employed while a student and will continue working for that employer.
(4) Enrolled/will enroll in further graduate studies.
(5) Starting a new business as owner. Does not include students accepting jobs with a salary in a new (startup) business.
(6) Other reasons for not seeking employment are those reasons defined by the graduate.
(7) 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 36%
Finance/Accounting 1%
General Management 1%
Human Resources 1%
Marketing/Sales 1%
Management Information Systems 1%
Operations/Logistics 2%
Other 57%

Graduates accepting in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 25%
Manufacturing 12%
Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) 0%
Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) 57%
Other 6%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 0%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 0%
Latin America and the Carribean 94%
Middle East 0%
North America
 (Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a  )
6%
Oceania 0%
Western Europe 0%

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 internship-seeking MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a

Companies that posted internships for MBA students on school's job boards during past academic year: n/a

Top 15 recruiting firms for internships:
n/a

Internship compensation:
Paid internships n/a
Average internship compensation (per week) n/a
Median internship compensation (per week) n/a
Average internship length (weeks) n/a

Career services Web site

ALUMNI AFFAIRS

University offers placement services for MBA alumni? No
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? No

The B-school has awarded 4,634 MBA degrees since its founding. It has n/a living MBA alumni, and 1 MBA club(s) in 1 country, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past academic year, 25% of MBA alumni gave to the school's fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $55, and a mean gift of U.S. $55.

The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since June 2002.

The B-school endowment is U.S. $0


ADDITIONAL SCHOOL COMMENTS

USP is a state-owned institution free of tuition. Some graduate students apply for a scholarship mainly in two governmental foment agencies: CAPES and CNPq. The data regarding present students´ forgone salary and work experience were extracted from a sample representing 16% of the total actual full time MBA students.

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Leila Di Natale

 
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