We recently posted an article on the current job market for 2012 business degree holders (see “Job Market Looking Good for Class of 2012 Business Grads”). Now we’ll offer some related information from a Poets & Quants article on a report released by the MBA Career Services Council on February 4th. Here are some highlights from the P&Q post:
- In 2012, 45% of b-schools reported a boost in on-campus activity for full-time jobs. (That’s following a 70% increase in 2011.)
- Last year, 58% of programs reported an increase in full-time job postings (on top of a 68% increase the year before).
- 45% of schools also reported an increase in on-campus recruiting (the same as last year), compared to 15% that experienced an on-campus recruiting decrease.
- For schools ranked in the top 20, 47% of programs reported an increase in on-campus, full-time opportunities; 13% reported a decline.
- Among those schools ranked from 21st to 50th place, 40% reported increases and 20% reported decreases.
- 60% of b-schools ranked 51st to 100th reported increases while 15% reported a decrease.
- 30% of schools reported job increases in the following industries: consulting, consumer products, energy, financial services, healthcare products/pharmaceuticals/biotech, real estate, and technology.
- 50% of b-schools reported an increase in on-campus internship recruiting.
- 53% saw increases in internship job postings.
- For internships, the industries with the largest increases were the technology and consulting industries.
Notice that a school’s ranking bears little to no bearing on its increases in job offers.
Things are looking good!
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