Showing posts with label industry preferences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label industry preferences. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Top 10 preferred industries for first-year class of 2013 MBA1s


The new class of MBA students are halfway through their first-year at b-school. By now, most of these 1st-year students have selected an industry preference, adding it to their developing MBA career profile.

The career profile process is mandatory at many of the world’s top-ranked MBA programs. MBA Focus powers the process, aggregating student profile information to help leading employers identify and attract their next business leaders. Students work with their school’s career service office to complete their profiles; taking advantage of other services including resume coaching and mock interviewing practice.

The data in these profiles offer enlightening trends on the MBA landscape and useful insight into what types of jobs the newest class of MBAs want to pursue.

This year's class of new MBAs is very similar to previous classes. In fact, the top seven (7) industries chosen by 2013 MBA1s are exactly the same as this year's graduating class of MBAs, as well as the 40,000+ alumni who graduated before them:
  • 1. Financial
  • 2. Consulting
  • 3. Consumer Products
  • 4. Tech
  • 5. Energy / Utilities
  • 6. Healthcare
  • 7. Entertainment 
To see the 3 industries that round out the top 10 or view the complete breakdown visit our blog here.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Top 10 most preferred industries for class of 2012 MBA2s

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.