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2004 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST)
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST)
Address: SZABIST
90 & 100 Clifton
Karachi, Sindh 75600 Pakistan
E-Mail: info@szabist.edu.pk
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

5%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed 3 5%
...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 7%
...postponing their job search 21%
...starting their own businesses 5 10%
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6

8%
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation 15%
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation 70%
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation 14%
...did not report having received an offer

1%
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities 50%
Graduate-facilitated activities 47%
No response provided by the graduate

3%
Companies that recruited employment-seeking MBA students for full-time positions on campus in past academic year 10
Companies that posted full-time job offers on the school's job boards in past academic year 60

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination Month offered Amount paid by school
UniLever Pakistan Mar. None
GEO TV Sept. Full


Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. ABN-AMRO Bank 16
2. United Bank Ltd 8
3. Click Marks Inc 6
4. Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corp 5
5. Union Bank Ltd 5
6. Oxford Univesity Press 4
7. NDLC-IFIC Bank Ltd 4
8. State Bank of Pakistan 3
9. Pakistan State Oil 2
10. Standard Charterd Bank 2
11. Jahagir Siddiqui & Co Ltd 2
12. Sarah Patricio 2
13. Bank Al Falah Ltd 2
14. Invest Cap. 1
15. Etilize Pakistan 1

Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported):
200420032002
Graduates who provided usable base salary information80%75%75%
Average starting-base salary 7 (excluding bonuses)$5,000$4,500$4,000
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)$4,000$3,800$3,400
Average first-year signing bonus$5,000n/an/a
Median first-year signing bonus$4,000n/an/a
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus80%n/an/a

(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 10%
Finance/Accounting 30%
General Management 15%
Human Resources 8%
Marketing/Sales 20%
Management Information Systems 5%
Operations/Logistics 5%
Other 7%

Graduates accepting in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 8%
Manufacturing 25%
Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) 10%
Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) 35%
Other 22%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa n/a
Asia 100%
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 internship-seeking MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: 40

Companies that posted internships for MBA students on school's job boards during past academic year: 60

Top 15 recruiting firms for internships:
FirmInterns Hired
1. ABN-AMRO Bank 18
2. United Bank Ltd 16
3. Citibank Inc 6
4. Pakistan State Oil 6
5. Daily Times 5
6. Union Bank Ltd 5
7. UniLever Pakistan Ltd 5
8. Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd 4
9. Standard Chartered Bank 4
10. Siemens Pakistan Ltd 3
11. Lakson Group of Companies 3
12. ICI Pakistan 2
13. Pakistan International Airlines Corporation 2
14. British Petrolium Pakistan Production and Exploration Inc 2
15. Shell Pakistan 1

Internship compensation:
Paid internships 100%
Average internship compensation (per week) $25
Median internship compensation (per week) $24
Average internship length (weeks) 6

Career services Web site

ALUMNI AFFAIRS

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

The B-school has awarded 424 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 424 living MBA alumni, and n/a MBA club(s) n/a countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past academic year, 10% of MBA 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 since June 2002.

The B-school endowment is U.S. $50,000


ADDITIONAL SCHOOL COMMENTS

In Pakistan, an MBA is another graduate course, a next step to a job. So work experience comes after the MBA.

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Anwar Haq

 
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