Saturday, August 16, 2014

For MBAs, Job Hunting Comes Before Class

Traditional on-campus recruiting is no longer enough. Companies are looking for more pre-screened candidates and students are expressing interest in employers with small HR functions and limited recruiting resources.The MBA job hunt now begins well before students even arrive on campus for orientation.

Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business reported a 65% increase in the number of tech firms hiring its MBAs this spring.

This year University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business plans to conduct “career kickoff” meetings—45-60 minute advising sessions covering the job-search process and available resources—with two-thirds of its incoming first-year class by the end of the week. That school’s new-student orientation begins Aug. 18.

The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business has added four days of career services programming to its orientation, including networking lunches, resume reviews and alumni panels on consulting, corporate finance, marketing and other job functions.

“Students think they have two years to explore what they want to do next,” says Damian Zikakis, director of career services at Ross. “In fact, they have like two days.”

For more information please see the Wall Street Journal story. 


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