Friday, December 28, 2012

Top 10 biggest challenges for MBA CSOs in 2013


MBA Focus recruiting and career services tips for 2013

Business schools, employers, and analysts are all predicting an uptick in MBA recruiting in 2013 -- and the class of 2013 MBA students are hoping they're right. But the career service offices at the world's top graduate business schools still face some major challenges next year -- even when the MBA job market picks up.

Despite technological innovations and creative new recruitment techniques, many MBA career service offices still lack simple solutions to the following issues:
  1. Expanding the employer network to startups, nonprofits, and other companies that don't traditionally recruit on campus.
  2. Gathering employment data from students in a timely fashion for employment reporting.
  3. Helping candidates compare offers among peers with relative data.
  4. Managing multiple OCR...

Ten obstacles for MBA recruiters in 2013


MBA Focus recruiting and career services tips for 2013

Every recruiter deals with the challenges of the current economic state -- not enough time, money, or resources -- but beyond those basic pains MBA recruiters must also deal with these more complicated issues.

Despite predicted improvements to the MBA recruitment landscape in 2013, many employers will still lack simple solutions to the following problems:
  1. Finding leadership talent that matches your company's culture.
  2. Keeping your company's brand top-of-mind when candidates start seeking.
  3. Finding up-to-date resumes and job-seeker profiles.
  4. Making a personal connection...
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