How have functional job offerings changed for MBAs?

MBAs infamously become consultants, financiers, and business leaders. But the MBA degree has spread its wings into multiple other functions, including: human resources, engineering, and education. Today, MBAs get their graduate degrees in a plethora of functions. And the MBA job market is changing as well.

Here are the top 25 functions from the MBA job postings in 2011:

1. Consulting
2. Marketing - Brand / Product Management
3. Business Development
4. Strategic Planning
5. Finance - Analyst / Research
6. Sales
7. Marketing - Market Research
8. Marketing - Product Development
9. Marketing - General
10. Management  - Project Mgmt.
11. Finance - General
12. Finance - Corporate Finance
13. Management  - General
14. Marketing - Merchandising / Retail
15. Marketing - Communications / Public Relations
16. Finance - Investment Management
17. Marketing - Advertising
18. Finance - Mergers & Acquisitions
19. Tech - Ecommerce / Internet / Web Site Mgmt
20. Management  - Operations / Production
21. Marketing
22. Finance - Investment Banking
23. Tech - Business Analysis and Design
24. Finance - Risk Management
25. Management  - General Manager

To see how MBA job offerings have changed, take a look at the top 25 functional areas with their corresponding year over year (YOY) increase:

1. Tech - Integration / Implementation: 310.53%
2. Economic Analysis / Research: 261.11%
3. Research & Development: 218.18%
4. Tech - Training and Development: 206.25%
5. Tech - Systems Management: 176.00%
6. Management : 175.00%
7. Marketing: 168.57%
8. Tech: 162.50%
9. Strategic Planning: 146.39%
10. Marketing - Communications / Public Relations: 130.36%
11. Finance - Investment Banking: 127.50%
12. Finance - Mergers & Acquisitions: 120.45%
13. Business Development: 119.27%
14. Management  - International / Multinational: 117.65%
15. Tech - Business Analysis and Design: 114.29%
16. Marketing - Advertising: 112.28%
17. Human Resources: 109.09%
18. Finance - Restructure / Turnaround: 105.88%
19. Marketing - Market Research: 105.10%
20. Finance: 103.33%
21. Finance - Commercial Banking: 102.94%
22. Finance - Public Finance: 102.94%
23. Tech - General: 100.00%
24. Finance - Investment Management: 98.41%
25. Corporate Development: 97.56%

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Source: Data is from jobs distributed to MBAs at our partner schools.