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2004 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of Western Ontario
Richard Ivey School of Business
Address: 1151 Richmond Street North
London, Ontario N6A 3K7 Canada
E-Mail: n/a
Web links: B-school Web site
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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Most recent graduates who...
...were seeking employment 1 89%
...were not seeking employment 11%
...provided no information regarding employment 2

5%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed 3 27%
...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 23%
...postponing their job search 14%
...starting their own businesses 5 36%
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6

n/a
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation 46%
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation 22%
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation 8%
...did not report having received an offer

24%
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities 46%
Graduate-facilitated activities 45%
No response provided by the graduate

9%
Companies that recruited employment-seeking MBA students for full-time positions on campus in past academic year n/a
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:
Destination Month offered Amount paid by school
Wall Street to investment banks (2 visits) n/a Partial
Arts, Media & Entertainment Industry - Toronto n/a None
Marketing Annual Industry Mixer - Toronto n/a None
Hi-Tech Networking events - Tor / London (3 events n/a None
Healthcare & Life Sciences & Biotechnology Industr n/a None


Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Royal Bank of Canada 12
2. Johnson & Johnson Medical Products 9
3. Scotiabank 9
4. CIBC 7
5. IBM 7
6. Toronto Dominion Bank 7
7. BMO Nesbitt Burns 5
8. Deloitte 5
9. Accenture 4
10. AT Kearney 4
11. Merill Lynch 4
12. Carpedia International 3
13. Dell Incorporated 3
14. Ernst & Young 3
15. UBS Securities 3

Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported):
200420032002
Graduates who provided usable base salary information89%69%41%
Average starting-base salary 7 (excluding bonuses)$64,483$59,158$52,913
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)$59,340$57,091$48,136
Average first-year signing bonus$9,297$9,353$11,241
Median first-year signing bonus$5,934$7,612$6,418
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonusn/a29%28%

(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.


2004 GRADUATES REPORT

Editor's Note: Based on responses to BusinessWeek Magazine's 2004 survey of graduates.

Historical Graduate Data
 20042002
Median starting base-salary$62,000$60,000
Median signing bonus$5,500$10,000
Median other compensation$20,000$15,000
Median MBA loans$35,000$30,000
Average number of job offers at graduation1.71.2
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program$40,622$34,158
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment30%30%

CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting 29%
Finance/Accounting 32%
General Management 5%
Human Resources 1%
Marketing/Sales 19%
Management Information Systems 2%
Operations/Logistics 4%
Other 9%

Graduates accepting in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 1%
Manufacturing 8%
Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) 0%
Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) 71%
Other 20%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 7%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 1%
Latin America and the Carribean 1%
Middle East 0%
North America
 (Canada: 92% / U.S.: 8%)
90%
Oceania 0%
Western Europe 1%

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada 92%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 0%
Midwest U.S. 2%
Northeast U.S. 4%
South U.S. 0%
Southwest U.S. 0%
U.S. Possessions and territories 0%
West U.S. 2%

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:
FirmInterns Hired
1. Canadian Imperial Bank of Canada 12
2. Royal Bank of Canada 8
3. Deloitte 5
4. Johnson & Johnson 4
5. Toronto Dominion Bank 4
6. UBS Securities 4
7. AT Kearney 3
8. Scotiabank 3
9. Biogen IDEC 2
10. Boston Consulting Group 2
11. Dell Inc. 2
12. Ford Motor Company of Canada 2
13. Monitor 2
14. IBM 2
15. Royal LePage 2

Internship compensation:
Paid internships 100%
Average internship compensation (per week) $989
Median internship compensation (per week) $831
Average internship length (weeks) 14

Career services Web site

ALUMNI AFFAIRS

University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 11,063 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 10,797 living MBA alumni, and 70 MBA club(s) throughout 34 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past academic year, 19% of MBA alumni gave to the school's fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $77, and a mean gift of U.S. $727.

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

The B-school endowment is U.S. $24,023,558


ADDITIONAL SCHOOL COMMENTS

Ivey does not have an internship program.

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Maura Pare

 
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