Category: Recruiting

MBA Programs Report 2009 Placement and Salary Data

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on October 30

Our recent story on MBA salaries analyzes the post-crisis job market for BusinessWeek’s top 30 U.S. MBA programs. As a few people have pointed out in the comments, employment numbers…

For MBAs with Jobs, Recession was No Bloodbath

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on August 20

By Anne VanderMey Anyone who gets their MBA has a reasonably high expectation of coming out of the program with a higher salary than when they went in. That’s great…

MBA Job Offers, Salary Expectations Down

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on May 11

Fewer job offers, lower salaries, and reduced expectations all around—that’s the upshot of the latest GMAC surveys of graduating business school students and corporate recruiters. So without further adieu: ■…

MBA Job Market Contraction Worsens

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on May 05

By Mandy Oaklander You know all those rumors you keep hearing about the depressed MBA jobmarket? About the great upheaval businesses are undergoing just to stay above water? Turns out…

MBA Intern Pay? Zip. Experience? Priceless

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on April 03

By Anne VanderMey Internship salaries may be up this year , but that doesn’t mean everyone’s getting paid more—or at all. Even MBAs. Unpaid internships, long associated with arts…

Job Offers Rescinded for Foreign-born MBAs

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on March 11

It’s a bad time to be an MBA student—what with the the collapsing job market for business school graduates. But you really have to feel for the international students who…

No Rest for Recession-Weary MBA Programs

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on February 06

By Anne VanderMey A dismal job market with no end in sight is forcing career services departments at MBA programs to shift into overdrive. Between seminars on interviewing and workshops…

BU business students launch private networking site

Posted by: Alison Damast on January 06

Boston University School of Management students wary of conducting any professional student networking on Facebook have come up with their own solution. With the help of the school, they have…

In Case of Rescinded Offer…

Posted by: Phil Mintz on November 18

What do you do if a company reneges on a job offer? So far, we haven’t heard of many going companies — as opposed to the Bear Stearns and Lehmans…

Financial Fallout on MBA Career Planning

Posted by: Phil Mintz on September 26

Fewer investment jobs and more competition for those that are available. That’s what’s facing the current crop of MBA job-seekers, according to Lynne Sarikas, director of the MBA Career Center…

Meltdown on Wall Street: The Impact on Recruiting

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on September 16

With big Wall Street firms falling like dominoes, and business schools bracing for the fallout, BusinessWeek wants to gauge sentiment among job-hunters. So where is your worry meter pointing? Is…

Fallout from Lehman, Merrill begins at business schools

Posted by: Alison Damast on September 15

The jolting news of Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy filing and Merrill Lynch’s acquisition by Bank of America has made for an anxious start to the new school year, especially for those…

Fallout From Lehman, Merrill

Posted by: Phil Mintz on September 14

It’s been a dramatic weekend on Wall Street, and by the time markets open Monday it looks like the venerable names of Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch will be on…

Interviewing With Troubled Companies?

Posted by: Phil Mintz on September 10

First Bear Stearns imploded and was swallowed by JPMorgan Chase. Now Lehman Brothers, another landing place for MBAs, is struggling to shore up its business. BusinessWeek’s Dan Macsai checked in…

MBA Job Market Healthy

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on June 10

With all the talk about the economy circling the drain, you kind of expect the MBA job market to be taking it on the chin. But the results of a…

Ga Ga for Google

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on May 28

A new survey by Universum Communications finds that Google is once again the most coveted company for MBA students, with nearly one out of four listing it among the the…

No Recession for MBAs?

Posted by: Phil Mintz on May 15

How’s this for a headscratcher? Despite huge layoffs in the financial services industries, more recruiters are planning to hire MBAs this year than a year ago, according to a report…

What You Think Is Important…Isn’t

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on May 14

That’s the upshot of some new research by Gregg Schoenfeld. Schoenfeld surveyed graduate b-school students and the recruiters who love them (or hire them at least) trying to determine what…