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2005 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management
Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management — MBA in International Management
Address: Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management
15249 N 59th Avenue
Glendale, AZ 85306
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Web links: B-school Web site

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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Most recent graduates who...
...were seeking employment 1 70%
...were not seeking employment 23%
...provided no information regarding employment 2

7%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed 3 37%
...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 10%
...postponing their job search 19%
...starting their own businesses 5 18%
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6

15%
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation 40%
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation 17%
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation 24%
...did not report having received an offer

19%
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities 37%
Graduate-facilitated activities 63%
No response provided by the graduate

0%
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 642

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination Month offered Amount paid by school
San Francisco Dec. Full
Los Angeles Dec. Full
Chicago Mar. Full
Boston Mar. Full
NSHMBA Oct. Partial


Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Intel 11
2. Johnson & Johnson, Int'l. 9
3. LG 5
4. AC Nielsen Bases 4
5. American Express 4
6. Citigroup 4
7. DHL 4
8. Honeywell 4
9. RCI, Int'l 4
10. AT Kearney 3
11. Hilti 3
12. KPMG 3
13. Samsung 3
14. Cisco 3
15. The Dial Corporation 3

Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported):
2005200420032002
Graduates who provided usable base salary informationn/an/an/an/a
Average starting-base salary 7 (excluding bonuses)$72,395$66,755$60,111n/a
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)$73,000$66,500$70,000n/a
Average first-year signing bonus$10,760$8,678$9,694$12,982
Median first-year signing bonus$10,000$7,500$10,000$10,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus54%49%49%53%

(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 12%
Finance/Accounting 23%
General Management 12%
Human Resources 1%
Marketing/Sales 34%
Management Information Systems 2%
Operations/Logistics 10%
Other 7%

Graduates accepting in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 2%
Manufacturing 41%
Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) 3%
Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) 54%
Other 1%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 17%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 7%
Latin America and the Carribean 4%
Middle East 2%
North America
 (Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
69%
Oceania 3%
Western Europe 6%

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada 0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 3%
Midwest U.S. 5%
Northeast U.S. 15%
South U.S. 18%
Southwest U.S. 15%
U.S. Possessions and territories 3%
West U.S. 14%

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 197

Top 15 recruiting firms for internships:
FirmInterns Hired
1. n/a
2. n/a
3. n/a
4. n/a
5. n/a
6. n/a
7. n/a
8. n/a
9. n/a
10. n/a
11. n/a
12. n/a
13. n/a
14. n/a
15. 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) 13

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 n/a MBA degrees since its founding. It has 35,134 living MBA alumni, and 127 MBA club(s) throughout 63 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past academic year, 16% 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. $158.

The school has received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since June 2002.

The B-school endowment is U.S. n/a

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by James Scott

 
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