Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Social Networks Impact on Job-Searches and Recruiting

Recently a few reports have surfaced with some interesting facts on social networks. These stats depict the importance of social media and how it will and is changing the world of job-hunting and recruiting:

  • Average ages of social media users Twitter 31, Facebook 33, LinkedIn 39, MySpace 26
  • 226 million job related searches on Google EACH MONTH
  • 2/3 of the global internet population use social networks today (just recently eclipsed email as the top activity online)
  • 300 million user profiles on FB (100 million new profiles in 6 months)
  • 45 million user profiles on LI (1 million new users in 12 days)
  • 200 million blogs on the internet (1 new blog every second)
  • YouTube is now the #2 search engine on the web behind Google (not Bing, Yahoo, AskJeeves)
  • 100 million videos viewed on YouTube every day (each person watches about 5 videos per month)
  • 11% of the US population uses Twitter (3 million "tweets" per day)
  • 100k+ employment websites on the internet

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Recruiter Update on Resume Book Release Dates

Here are the available MBA resume books for each graduating class (get started by clicking on the MBA programs below or by copying this link into your browser - https://www.mbafocus.com/orders/):

Class of 2009 Resume Books:
Many of our partner schools have added their graduates from last year's class directly into the experienced-recruiting alumni resume book - Order Now

Class of 2010 Resume Books:
All schools have released their 2nd-year MBA student books - Order Now

Class of 2011 Resume Books:
Releasing Soon:
Columbia - Columbia Business School - 11-18-09
UCLA - Anderson School of Management - 11-19-09
Univ of Western Ontario - Ivey School of Business - 11-24-09
UC Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business - 11-25-09
CUHK - MBA Programmes - 12-01-09
Erasmus Univ - Rotterdam School of Mgmt - 12-15-09

Available Now:
Babson College - F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business
Boston College - Carroll School of Management
Cardiff Business School
Cornell Univ - The Johnson School
Carnegie Mellon - Tepper School of Business
Dartmouth - Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Duke Univ - The Fuqua School of Business
Emory Univ - Goizueta Business School
Georgetown Univ - McDonough School of Business
Harvard - Harvard Business School
IESE - IESE Business School
Indiana Univ - Kelley School of Business
LBS - London Business School
Louisiana State Univ - E.J. Ourso College of Business
MIT - MIT Sloan School of Management
National Univ of Singapore Business School
New York Univ - Stern School of Business
Northwestern Univ - Kellogg School of Mgmt
Stanford - Graduate School of Business
Syracuse Univ - Whitman School of Management
The Ohio State Univ - Fisher College of Business
Tulane Univ - Freeman School of Business
UC Berkeley - Haas School of Business
UCSD - Rady School of Management
Univ of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Univ of Connecticut School of Business
Univ of Houston - Bauer College of Business
Univ of Iowa - Tippie College of Business
Univ of North Carolina - Kenan–Flagler Business School
Univ of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Univ of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Univ of South Carolina - Moore School of Business
Univ of Virginia - Darden School of Business
Univ of Washington - Foster Business School
Univ of Wisconsin-Madison - School of Business
USC - Marshall School of Business
UT at Austin - McCombs School of Business
Vanderbilt Univ - Owen Graduate School of Management
Washington Univ in St. Louis - Olin Business School

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW thousands of first-year MBA students are looking for summer internships around the globe? Below is the number of available summer interns and their geographic preference:
  • 4,102 in NYC
  • 2,474 in Nebraska
  • 2,141 in London
  • 1,627 in Paris
  • 1,490 in Alberta
  • 601 in Kazakhstan
  • 534 in Kuwait
Plus thousands of other MBAs looking for summer work in hundreds of other places around the world.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Wharton, Booth, Kellogg and Stanford MBA Resume Books Available This Week!

Thousands of first-year MBAs are looking for summer internships all around the globe! What are your MBA recruiting plans? Do they include summer interns? If so, MBA Focus has the 1st-year MBA candidates that will make a difference for your company! Start searching these class of 2011 MBA resume books today! Or pre-order these soon-to-be released books and contact the candidates the moment they become available to employers:

MBA Intern Resume Books Releasing Soon:
Univ of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - 11-10-09
Univ of Chicago - Booth School of Business - 11-11-09
Northwestern Univ - Kellogg School of Mgmt - 11-13-09
Stanford - Graduate School of Business - 11-13-09
National Univ of Singapore Business School - 11-13-09
Cardiff Business School - 11-15-09
USC - Marshall School of Business - 11-16-09
Indiana Univ - Kelley School of Business - 11-16-09
MIT - MIT Sloan School of Management - 11-16-09
Columbia - Columbia Business School - 11-18-09
UCLA - Anderson School of Management - 11-19-09
Univ of Western Ontario - Ivey School of Business - 11-24-09
CUHK - MBA Programmes - 12-01-09
Erasmus Univ - Rotterdam School of Management - 12-15-09

MBA Intern Resume Books Available Now:
Babson College - F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business
Boston College - Carroll School of Management
Cornell Univ - The Johnson School
Carnegie Mellon - Tepper School of Business
Dartmouth - Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Duke Univ - The Fuqua School of Business
Emory Univ - Goizueta Business School
Georgetown Univ - McDonough School of Business
Harvard - Harvard Business School
IESE - IESE Business School
LBS - London Business School
Louisiana State Univ - E.J. Ourso College of Business
New York Univ - Stern School of Business
Syracuse Univ - Whitman School of Management
The Ohio State Univ - Fisher College of Business
Tulane Univ - Freeman School of Business
UC Berkeley - Haas School of Business
UCSD - Rady School of Management
Univ of Connecticut School of Business
Univ of Houston - Bauer College of Business
Univ of Iowa - Tippie College of Business
Univ of North Carolina - Kenan–Flagler Business School
Univ of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Univ of South Carolina - Moore School of Business
Univ of Virginia - Darden School of Business
Univ of Washington - Foster Business School
Univ of Wisconsin-Madison - School of Business
UT at Austin - McCombs School of Business
Vanderbilt Univ - Owen Graduate School of Management
Washington Univ in St. Louis - Olin Business School

Get started by clicking on the elite MBA programs above or by copying this link into your browser: https://www.mbafocus.com/orders/

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Hire MBA Interns from Harvard, Chicago, New York, Kellogg & more

More companies have made the strategic decision to hire MBA students through summer internships the past several years. This year is no exception. MBA Focus has been helping these companies identify and attract high-potential interns from the world's top-ranked MBA programs by using resume books powered by MBA Focus.

What are your MBA recruiting plans? Do they include summer interns? If so, MBA Focus has the 1st-year MBA candidates that can make a difference for your company!

MBA Intern Resume Books Releasing Soon:
Cornell Univ. - The Johnson School- 11-06-09
UC Berkeley - Haas School of Business
- 11-09-09
Carnegie Mellon - Tepper School of Business - 11-09-09
Univ. of Chicago - Booth School of Business - 11-11-09
Northwestern Univ. - Kellogg School of Mgmt - 11-13-09
Stanford - Graduate School of Business - 11-13-09
Univ. of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - 11-13-09
MIT - MIT Sloan School of Management - 11-16-09
Columbia - Columbia Business School - 11-18-09
UCLA - Anderson School of Management - 11-19-09

MBA Intern Resume Books Available Now:
Babson College - F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business
Boston College - Carroll School of Management
Cardiff - Business School
Dartmouth - Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Duke Univ. - The Fuqua School of Business
Emory Univ. - Goizueta Business School
Harvard - Harvard Business School
IESE - IESE Business School
LBS - London Business School
Louisiana State Univ. - E.J. Ourso College of Business
New York Univ. - Stern School of Business
Syracuse Univ. - Whitman School of Management
The Ohio State Univ. - Fisher College of Business
Tulane Univ. - Freeman School of Business
UCSD - Rady School of Management
Univ. of Connecticut School of Business
Univ. of Houston - Bauer College of Business
University of Iowa - Tippie College of Business
Univ. of North Carolina - Kenan–Flagler Business School
Univ. of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
Univ. of South Carolina - Moore School of Business
Univ. of Virginia - Darden School of Business
Univ. of Washington - Foster Business School
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison - School of Business
UT at Austin - McCombs School of Business
Vanderbilt Univ. - Owen Graduate School of Management
Washington Univ. in St. Louis - Olin Business School

See the entire list of schools and release dates here: http://www.mbafocus.net/resumepricesdates

Get started by clicking on this link or copying into your browser: https://www.mbafocus.com/orders/