Monday, December 19, 2011

How many b-schools do you recruit at?

Right-size your MBA recruitment efforts now. Whether you recruit at 1, 3, 5 or 9+ schools we have a solution that's right for you.

Recruit at 5 or more schools? Global Focus is your fastest, most effective, and efficient connection to top MBAs. This comprehensive database features standardized, comprehensive student profiles for students at 24 of the world's top 25 MBA programs.

Recruit at less than 5 schools? Online Resume Books are now available for nearly 70 top-ranked b-schools! Click on a school link below to get started.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Most MBAs Expect to Earn Between $100k-$200k Next Year

Our exclusive network of MBA talent gives us access to the career profiles of over 70,000 MBA students and alumni from the world's top-ranked business schools. These career profiles tell us a lot about the demographics of the current MBA population, including industry preferences, function preferences, work experiences, geographic preferences, and salary expectations.

Surprisingly, this year's graduating class of MBA students has very similar salary expectations to their experienced counterparts already in the workforce. Roughly 50% of all MBAs, whether still in school or alumni, expect to earn between $100,000 and $200,000 next year. And a mere 5-6% of MBAs expect to earn less than $65,000.

There are some differences which shouldn't surprise you though, including a 5% jump in $300,000+ range for business leaders with post-MBA experience.

Here is the data, including charts and graphs for both populations:
  • $300k plus: 2.64%
  • $250k-$300k: 2.64% 
  • $200k-$250k: 7.45% 
  • $150k-$200k: 18.27% 
  • $100k-$150k: 30.29% 
  • $80k-$100k: 21.15%
  • $65k-$80k: 11.06%
  • $50k-$65k: 6.49% 
  • $300k plus: 7.14%
  • $250k-$300k: 4.07%
  • $200k-$250k: 9.53%
  • $150k-$200k: 20.73%
  • $100k-$150k: 31.90%
  • $80k-$100k: 14.79%
  • $65k-$80k: 6.82%
  • $50k-$65k: 5.01%
To view the complete career profile/demographic information for these top-ranked MBA students and alumni: Request your complimentary MBA career profile demographics report today.
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Monday, November 21, 2011

SF Bay, NYC, and Boston: Top 25 Locations for MBA Jobs

MBA hiring is up across the board over the past year. We saw a 103% increase in MBA-required and MBA-preferred jobs in the U.S. alone. But it's not necessarily where you'd think.

There are still plenty of MBA jobs in and around the San Francisco Bay, New York City, Boston, Seattle, and Chicago. But MBA hiring in the Washington D.C. metro area, Virginia, Ohio, and Dallas metro area are all up over 100% compared to last year.

Here are the top locations for MBA jobs in the U.S.:
  1. WEST - California - SF Bay Area
  2. NORTHEAST - New York - NYC Metro
  3. NORTHEAST - Massachusetts - Boston Metro
  4. WEST - Washington - Seattle Metro
  5. MIDWEST - Illinois - Chicago Metro
  6. MIDATLANTIC - Washington DC Metro
  7. WEST - California - Los Angeles Metro
  8. MIDWEST - Ohio
  9. NORTHEAST - New Jersey
  10. SOUTHWEST - Texas - Dallas Metro
  11. WEST - California - Orange County
  12. SOUTH - Georgia - Atlanta Metro
  13. WEST - California - Other
  14. MIDWEST - Minnesota - Minneapolis Metro
  15. MIDATLANTIC - Virginia
  16. NORTHEAST - New York - Other
  17. NORTHEAST - Massachusetts - Other
  18. NORTHEAST - Connecticut
  19. SOUTH - Florida - Miami Metro
  20. MIDWEST - Michigan - Detroit Area
  21. SOUTHWEST - Texas - Houston Metro
  22. MIDATLANTIC - Pennsylvania - Other
  23. WEST - California - San Diego Metro
  24. MIDWEST - Nebraska
  25. SOUTH - North Carolina

But here are the fastest growing locations for new MBA jobs in the U.S. (by percentage increase of jobs over last year):
  1. MIDATLANTIC - Washington DC Metro: 134.67%
  2. MIDATLANTIC - Virginia: 113.11%
  3. MIDWEST - Ohio: 111.27%
  4. SOUTHWEST - Texas - Dallas Metro: 108.45%
  5. WEST - California - Other: 98.53%
  6. MIDWEST - Nebraska: 98.00%
  7. WEST - Alaska: 97.67%
  8. SOUTH - Florida - Miami Metro: 96.36%
  9. SOUTH - Kentucky: 95.74%
  10. SOUTH - Tennessee: 93.88%
  11. SOUTH - Alabama: 93.18%
  12. MIDWEST - Missouri: 92.00%
  13. SOUTH - Arkansas: 91.11%
  14. WEST - Hawaii: 90.91%
  15. WEST - Washington - Other: 89.80%
  16. SOUTHWEST - Arizona - Other: 88.89%
  17. WEST - Montana: 88.89%
  18. SOUTHWEST - New Mexico: 88.64%
  19. SOUTHWEST - Arizona - Phoenix Metro: 88.00%
  20. NORTHEAST - Connecticut: 87.93%
  21. MIDWEST - Kansas: 87.23%
  22. MIDWEST - South Dakota: 87.23%
  23. SOUTHWEST - Oklahoma: 86.67%
  24. WEST - Wyoming: 86.67%
  25. NORTHEAST - New Hampshire: 86.54%

Here are the top locations for MBA jobs outside the U.S.:
  1. ASIA - China - Shanghai Metro
  2. ASIA - China
  3. NORTH AMERICA (Non-US States) - CANADA - Ontario
  4. ASIA - China - Beijing Metro
  5. ASIA - India
  6. ASIA - Singapore
  7. EUROPE - United Kingdom - London Metro
  8. LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN - Brazil
  9. MIDDLE EAST - United Arab Emirates
  10. ASIA - Thailand
  11. ASIA - Hong Kong
  12. ASIA - Japan - Tokyo Metro
  13. NORTH AMERICA (Non-US States) - Mexico
  14. EUROPE - Belgium
  15. EUROPE - Germany
  16. EUROPE - United Kingdom
  17. ASIA - South Korea
  18. OCEANIA - Australia
  19. LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN - Chile 
  20. LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN - Argentina
  21. NORTH AMERICA (Non-US States) - CANADA - Quebec 
  22. EUROPE - Switzerland
  23. EUROPE - Russia
  24. ASIA - Japan
  25. LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN - Colombia
And here are the fastest growing locations for new MBA jobs outside the U.S. (by percentage increase of jobs over last year):
  1. ASIA - China - Beijing Metro: 400.00%
  2. ASIA - China - Shanghai Metro: 388.89%
  3. EUROPE - Switzerland: 350.00%
  4. MIDDLE EAST - United Arab Emirates: 300.00%
  5. ASIA - Singapore: 287.50%
  6. ASIA - Thailand: 225.00%
  7. ASIA - Hong Kong: 212.50%
  8. ASIA - India: 181.82%
  9. ASIA - Other: 180.00%
  10. EUROPE - United Kingdom: 175.00%
  11. ASIA - South Korea: 162.50%
  12. ASIA - Taiwan: 160.00%
  13. ASIA - China: 150.00%
  14. EUROPE - France: 133.33%
  15. NORTH AMERICA (Non-US States) - Mexico: 118.18%
  16. EUROPE - United Kingdom - London Metro: 114.29%
  17. EUROPE - Germany: 100.00%
  18. EUROPE - Poland: 100.00%
  19. ASIA - Japan - Tokyo Metro: 84.62%
  20. EUROPE - France - Paris Metro: 80.00%
  21. NORTH AMERICA (Non-US States) - CANADA - Ontario: 72.73%
  22. NORTH AMERICA (Non-US States) - CANADA - Maritimes  : 66.67%
  23. NORTH AMERICA (Non-US States) - CANADA - New Brunswick  : 66.67%
  24. NORTH AMERICA (Non-US States) - CANADA - Nova Scotia   : 66.67%
  25. NORTH AMERICA (Non-US States) - CANADA - Prince Edward Island  : 66.67%
Source: Data is from jobs posted to MBAs at our partner school via Global Focus and our MultiPost job posting technology. 

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Series 7, Series 63 and Pilots License: Top 10 Most Popular Certifications and Licenses for MBAs

In addition to 6+ years advancing their education, many MBAs also attain other certifications and licenses to further prepare themselves for the business world ahead.

It should also come as no surprise that finance certifications and licenses lead the pack. But you might be interested to see what else makes the list, including: Security Clearance, Real Estate License, Pilot License, and Architect License.

Out of 71,325 MBA students and alumni currently in our database, and 9,610 who answered this career profile question, here is what we found:

For the full list of stats and data on MBAs other certifications and licenses click here.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Finance, Consulting, and Entrepreneurship: Top 10 Function Preferences for the MBAs

Second-year MBA student registration is closed for most of our partner programs, and today, more than 10,000 graduating MBA students from 60+ of the world's top-ranked graduate business schools have uploaded their resumes and created career profiles with MBA Focus. 

We already know which industries the new batch of MBAs are interested in -- but which functions do they prefer? As expected more than 1/4 of them are interested in finance. And over 18% want to be in management. But number three might surprise you.

Here are their top ten most preferred functions according to the MBA class of 2012 career profiles in our database:

Wondering which functions didn't make the top ten? Or where sales landed on the list? Check out MBAFocus.com for a complete summary of all of the MBA2s function preferences.

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Financial, Consulting, and Tech: Top 10 Industry Preferences for the MBA Class of 2012

Second-year MBA student registration is closed for most of our partner programs, and today, more than 10,000 graduating MBA students from 60+ of the world's top-ranked graduate business schools have uploaded their resumes and created career profiles with MBA Focus.

This year's graduating class of MBA2s are the future business leaders of the world. They will be CEOs, CFOs, executive managers, directors, and VPs of huge Fortune 500 companies as well as start-up entrepreneurial businesses. But what types of industries are they interested in? As expected, nearly 1/4 of the MBA2 population is interested in financial companies. And more than 16% are interested in consulting. But the next three might surprise you.

Here are the top ten most preferred industries according to the class of 2012 MBA student career profiles in our database:
 

Wondering which industries didn't make the top ten? Or where the nonprofits landed on the list? Visit MBAFocus.com for a complete breakdown of their industry preferences.
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Convert more interns into full-time hires

Companies today expect to convert a high proportion of interns into full-time hires. Smart firms convert even higher proportions with the virtual recruiting tools powered by MBA Focus.

The national average of interns who accept a full-time position is about 73%. Recruiters using our recruitment management system admit that their goal is even higher, hoping that "80% of full-time hires will come from interns and co-ops."

But these advanced search and screening tools don't just make it easier to find perfect-fit candidates, they also make it more cost-effective. And as efficiency goes up, hiring goes up. One of our clients that hired 143 interns for the summer of 2011 will be hiring 253 interns for the summer of 2012.

Major corporation like this and other Fortune 100 companies like Amazon.com, Citi, Google, and Johnson & Johnson are leading the charge, but other much smaller companies are also hiring interns via MBA Focus for a variety of positions, including Senior Product Managers, Senior Financial Analysts, VPs of Marketings and Brand Development, and Strategic Consultants.

So what percentage of full-time hires do you draw from your intern population?

Take your internship recruiting to the next level by trying MBA Focus today!

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

B-School MBA Intern Resume Databases for Employers

Many of the class of 2013 MBA intern resume books are already available to employers! Don't let your competitors get ahead in the recruiting process. Find perfect fit interns and put your internships in front of first-year students from top-ranked graduate business schools before it's too late! Order now and start searching the database today*.

Just click on the school below to get started:

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Fifteen New B-School Partners this Academic Year

For over two decades now, the MBA Focus team has provided advanced recruitment technology to the world’s top-ranked graduate business schools. These schools count on us for their online resume books, job boards and office automation needs. Today, we partner with 69 different MBA programs and have added 15 new schools to the network for the 2011-2012 recruiting season, including:

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Top 10 Most Important Career Profile Attributes

More than 1,200 recruiters used the Global Focus MBA recruitment technology last year to search and source the perfect candidates for their hiring needs. Within that technology, these recruiters performed more than 35,000 advanced searches by selecting more than 600,000 profile attributes to define their perfect candidate. These were the top ten most selected profile attributes:
  1. Class Year  =  Graduating MBAs  -  16,392
  2. Class Year  =  MBA Interns  -  13,979
  3. Work Authorization  =  United States  -  12,537
  4. Program  =  Full-time MBA  -  9,214
  5. Class Year  =  Experienced MBAs  -  8,689
  6. Language Ability  =  Basic/Conversant  -  6,443
  7. Total Years of Work Experience  =  5 - 10 Years  -  5,154
  8. Function - Experience  =  Brand / Product Management  -  4,578
  9. Function - Experience  =  Corporate Finance  -  4,339
  10. Function - Experience  =  Analyst / Research  -  3,885

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

The MBA Recruiting Model is Changing

Even with job boards, online networking, and social media recruiting— employers say they are still missing too many high-potential candidates.

Consider this: Recruiters may literally look at thousands of resumes from thousands of sources while searching for that ideal candidate. The main problem with this data is that it is not standardized; recruiters have to search to find the information they need.

The Global Focus database helps recruiters find exactly what they need by providing a common format for every student enrolled.

All an employer needs to do is choose their desired criteria, whether it be involvement in clubs and activities, geographic preferences, or demonstrated leadership and/or work experience. Search results are returned instantly from the thousands of candidates in the database. Those candidates that most closely match what the employer wants rise to the top of the list, making it easy for the employer to find the most qualified candidates for the job.

Let’s imagine that a large financial corporation needs to hire ten candidates for a finance position.

The example above shows how a recruiter might search the Global Focus database to quickly identify quality candidates. Without Global Focus it would be very difficult to gather, review, and interview the number of high quality candidates needed to make ten formal offers of employment. With Global Focus, recruiters simply search the database and then directly connect with their ideal candidates.

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What is Recruiting?


Recruiting is the process of finding, screening, and selecting qualified candidates for a job at a company or organization. Recruitment begins the moment a job becomes available and ends when an offer of employment is accepted by a job seeker. In between, the recruitment team (or person) may perform any or all of the following tasks: creating a job description, advertising the job, sourcing, screening, interviewing, performing background checks (including references, credit checks, and degree verification), making a job offer, negotiating (terms of employment, relocation, salary), and orienting candidates to the workplace (“onboarding”).

How does recruiting work?
As you can no doubt tell, the process of recruitment involves a lot of legwork for recruiters. Probably the toughest task for any recruiter is finding qualified candidates, which is very time-consuming. Some of the tools recruiters use to find candidates include:

  • Sourcing. Instead of passively waiting for job-seekers to come to them via job posts, recruiters actively search for candidates who fit the bill for the job they need to fill. Recruiters “source” by gathering specific information such as a candidate’s name and contact information. Sometimes, they also glean information about the candidate’s skills and experience in a particular field. Recruiters find this kind of information from online searches (e.g., job portals, forums, alumni or other group listings, blogs, and networking websites), by calling a company directly to find out information about its employees, or by asking for employee referrals. Unfortunately, this research is often done one candidate at a time, resulting in a time-intensive and manual process.
  • On-campus recruiting is also important in today’s recruiting environment. Many companies host a variety of events on campuses across the country, such as corporate presentations, workshops, and interview sessions. Some firms arrange company site visits for a select group of invitees, while other companies set up mentor programs or networking events. Global Focus “U” and your school's career services office is a great way to stay on top of these events and receive notice of on-campus activities.
  • Job postings. Employers advertise (or “post”) jobs in print and online—using trade journals, web sites, and online job boards to post their vacant positions. Job search websites have job search functions, and also allow users to post a resume to attract potential employers. Some online job boards specialize in a particular industry, location, or other criteria. Many firms also post jobs on their own company websites. The main limitation of job postings is that there may be hundreds or even thousands of candidates apply for a position. This means a lot of competition for the candidate. For the recruiter, it means a lot of time spent sorting and sifting through piles of unqualified applicants to identify the truly qualified ones.

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Friday, September 16, 2011

Available Now! Resume Books for Boston, Florida, Syracuse, Tuck and more

Eight new MBA resume books have released over the past week. Each Resume Book is an extensive database of profiles and resumes submitted by top MBA talent at one of our member schools. Select a school below and search this resume database by experience, certification, keywords, and more.

Available Now:
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Available Now! Resume Books for Cornell, Duke, Wharton and more

Six new MBA resume books have released over the past week. Each Resume Book is an extensive database of profiles and resumes submitted by top MBA talent at one of our member schools. Select a school below and search this resume database by experience, certification, keywords, and more.

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Available Now! Resume Books for Columbia, Haas, Kellogg, Stanford and more

Thirteen new resume books have released over the past two weeks. Each Resume Book is an extensive database of profiles and resumes submitted by top MBA talent at one of our member schools. Select a school below and search this resume database by experience, certification, keywords, and more.

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Available Now! Resume Books for Chicago Booth, Western Ontario Ivey, Notre Dame Mendoza, and more

Get a jump start on this year's recruitment season! New resume books from top-ranked MBA programs are just a click away.

NOW AVAILABLE
COMING SOON
Resume databases scheduled to release after August 19th can be pre-ordered starting today! Resume Books. 

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Class of 2012 MBA Resume Book Release Dates

The new resume books for the graduating class of 2012 MBA students start releasing this month! But don't wait until they are available to order access. It could take up to 48 hours to get approved by the school. Pre-order now and start searching the database the moment the resumes are released to employers. Just click on the school below to get started:
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

New Features Coming to Global Focus Recruitment Management System on August 1st

We are excited to announce our new Global Focus 2.3 features and enhancements for the coming academic year:
  • Candidate Snapshot - View candidate detail information on a single page
  • Expanded Alumni Data - Search expanded employment information
  • MultiPost Usage Widget - Manage and view jobs by recruitment area
  • Employer Usage Widget - Monitor your team’s use of Global Focus to inform decisions
  • Split Search - Search students and alumni separately
  • Email Management - Manage and track your marketing email efforts 
  • Email Templates - Produce more professional email communications
  • School Release Notifications - Receive emails regarding resume availability 
  • Knowledgebase Support - Get the most out of Global Focus 
  • OCR Integration - Manage school logins and events with direct and convenient access
  • Virtual Interviewing - Conduct live interviews, powered by InterviewStream®
Global Focus® is the only recruiting management platform that gives you access to the world’s best MBA talent. Global Focus provides an extensive pipeline of high potential and high performing global talent via our exclusive partnerships with 24 of the world’s 25 top-ranked MBA programs and a total of 60+ graduate business schools.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact us at: https://www.mbafocus.com/Products/GlobalFocus/Demo.aspx
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

New schools, new students, new class of 2012 & 2013 MBA resume books!

The new resume books for the upcoming academic year are now available for pre-order! Just go to the Resume Books page or click on a school link below to get started:
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Last chance to hire graduating class of 2011 MBA students!

You are just-in-time to purchase your subscription to the world's top business talent database(s) before they graduate and find employment with the competition. Don't miss out on the world's #1 source of high-performing leaders. Source and hire MBAs today!

Just go to the Online Resume Books page or click on a school link below to get started:
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Recruit at the Financial Times' Top-Ranked Global B-Schools

MBA Focus offers access to the resumes and profiles of MBA students and alumni from 43 of the top-ranked global business schools according to FT.com.

Source thousands of MBA candidates from our exclusive business school partners as ranked by the Financial Times. With MBA Focus, you can perform advanced searches within each resume database to find the exact candidate you need. Go to www.mbafocus.com or click on a
school of interest below to get started:

1. London Business School
1. University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
3. Harvard Business School
4. Stanford University GSB
7. Columbia Business School
8. IE Business School
9. MIT Sloan School of Management
12. University of Chicago: Booth
14. IMD
15. New York University: Stern
18. Dartmouth College: Tuck
20. Duke University: Fuqua
21. Northwestern University: Kellogg
23. National University of Singapore School of Business
24. University of Michigan: Ross
25. University of California at Berkeley: Haas
28. SDA Bocconi
30. Cornell University: Johnson
31. UCLA: Anderson
35. Australian School of Business: AGSM
38. Emory University: Goizueta
38. Georgetown University: McDonough
41. University of Virginia: Darden
41. Carnegie Mellon: Tepper
44. Rice University: Jones
46. University of Western Ontario: Ivey
49. University of Texas at Austin: McCombs
52. University of Rochester: Simon
53. Melbourne Business School
53. University of California at Irvine: Merage
58. Warwick Business School
62. University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler
63. Wisconsin School of Business
64. University of Southern California: Marshall
64. University of Iowa: Tippie
68. Thunderbird School of Global Management
72. Ohio State University: Fisher
73. Indiana University: Kelley
74. Boston College: Carroll
78. Wake Forest University: Babcock
80. University of South Carolina: Moore
84. Babson College: Olin
86. University of Washington Business School: Foster

For a full list of our partner school go to: Who's on MBA Focus
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