'Tis the season: The annual MBA recruitment cycle

Every year, a new class of MBA students arrives at graduate business schools around the world. And every year, a new class of business leaders graduate from those schools. And though every year, the students' demographics change and the schools' curriculums are updated, one thing remains the same -- the MBA recruitment cycle.

Here is how those involved in that annual MBA recruitment cycle spend each academic year:

June:
Preparing for upcoming recruiting season.

July:
Scheduling for on-campus recruiting events.

August:
Sourcing ...

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How to automatically match jobs with qualified candidates

MBA Focus has just released an innovative new technology that automatically matches MBA-required/preferred job postings to job-seeking candidates at the world's top-ranked graduate business schools.

This revolutionary new recruitment tool, JobMatch, is an automatic way for employers and candidates to find each other. After an employer posts a job with our exclusive MultiPost job distribution system, the new JobMatch technology performs an advanced search of the comprehensive database and returns a list of candidate profiles and resumes that match the job description from the selection of 70+ schools available.

JobMatch also shows registered candidates a list of jobs that match their profile when they create or update their career profile with new preferences and experiences, making JobMatch the world’s most innovative solution for finding elite business leaders to fill a company’s talent pipeline.

Here's how JobMatch works:

For more information please visit: https://www.mbafocus.com/jobmatch.aspx

Top 10 reasons to move beyond old-fashioned resume books

For more than twenty years the team at MBA Focus has created innovative ways to advance the way employers recruit MBA students.

In 2008, MBA Focus and its partner schools decided to move beyond physical paper resume books and create searchable online databases of students In 2009, we launched the MultiPost job distribution tool which not only allowed employers to quickly post jobs at their core schools but also expand to include schools outside their network. And in 2011, we added virtual interviewing tools to the recruiters' arsenal.

Today, we continue to innovate and create new tools which allow recruiters to recruit better, virtually, right at their desks. And now, all of these tools exist in one complete MBA recruitment system, Global Focus®. Here are ten things you can do with this Global Focus® MBA recruitment system that you can’t do with individual resume books:

• 1. Access one recruiting system and eliminate the need for multiple links and logins.  
• 2. Search across all MBA students and alumni of the selected schools throughout the entire academic season.
• 3. Improve collaboration and efficiency within your team with candidate notes and flags.
• 4. Send and track personalized batch emails to candidates to invite them to company presentations, schedule phone screens and interviews, drive employment branding messages, email job descriptions and encourage application via your corporate website
• 5. Set up notification emails to automatically search for new candidates matching your needs and email you when new candidates register.
• 6. Track activity by an individual or for your entire recruiting team. 
• 7. Make more informed decisions with enhanced reporting tools.
• 8. Use our new JobMatch technology to automatically find candidates that match your job postings.
• 9. Schedule and conduct pre-recorded and live video-based interviews
• 10. Attend our annual Connections Conference with leading MBA recruitment and career service professionals from top schools and companies.

For more information, please contact us.

All-New Mobile App for Job-Seeking MBAs

Are you a job-seeking MBA from one of our top-ranked partner schools? If so, then you belong to the most exclusive MBA recruitment network available. Get the most out of your school’s career management offerings with the MBA Focus app. Just create a mobile account within your school’s career service candidate registration system. Then log in to manage all your career service and on-campus recruitment processes on-the-go.

MBA Focus is an exclusive network used to connect leading employers with the world's top-ranked graduate business schools. Our partnerships with the world’s leading graduate business schools, together with our industry-leading recruitment management technology products, make us the #1 choice of companies seeking top MBA talent.

This mobile app allows MBAs to connect with thousands of recruiters from the world’s leading MBA employers.

Once you've created your career profile and uploaded your resume, use MBA Focus v2.0 to
» Check "Announcements"
» View "My Calendar"
» Search the "Company / Contact" file
» Search for "Jobs"
» View "Hot-Lists" with full functionality
» View "Company Details" and all "Contacts" for specified companies

*Functionality varies by school. Contact your school's career service office for details.

IMPORTANT: You must first create a mobile account within your school’s Career Service candidate registration system. After that, make sure your profile is always up-to-date and available to companies searching for their next generation of business leaders.

Interested? Here's the Step-by-Step Guide for Job-Seeking Candidates and the links to the apps:
Apple AppStore    |    Google Play / Android    |    Blackberry App World

Early access to MBA club members

As partner with the career service office at most of the world's top graduate business schools, MBA Focus offers access to MBAs who are members of specific clubs and associations.

These clubs create a searchable resume database that employers can use to source candidates with specific interests and diverse demographics. Club resume books are a simple centralized source of a school's club’s members. Each resume book is a searchable online database that recruiters can filter by candidate experience, preferences, keywords, and more.

Here are some of the clubs we offer access to via our Global Focus MBA recruitment system:

• African Business Association
• African-American Business Association
• Arab Business Association
• Arts and Entertainment Club
• Asian Business Association
• Australia / New Zealand Business Association
• Biotechnology Club
• Business Leadership Club
• Canadian Business Association
• Caribbean Business Association
• CGSM / Consortium
• Chinese Business Association
• Christian Business Association
• Consulting Club
• E-Business and Technology Club
• Economics Club
• Education Club
• e-Learning and Knowledge Management Club
• Emerging Markets Club
• Energy Club
• Entrepreneurs Club
• Environmental Management Club
• Equity Research Club
• Ethics Club
• European Business Association
• Finance Club
• Financial Engineering Club
• French Business Association
• Gay and Lesbian Business Association
• General Management Club
• Healthcare Club
• Hedge Fund Club
• Hellenic Business Association
• Hispanic Business Association
• Human Resources Management Club
• India Business Association
• International Business Club
• Investment Banking Club
• Investment Management Club
• Israel Business Association
• Japanese Business Association
• Jewish Business Association
• Joint Ventures Club
• Korean Business Association
• Latin American Business Association
• Management Consulting Club
• Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT)
• Marketing Club
• Media - Club or Outlet
• Merger and Acquisition Club
• Microfinance Club
• Military in Business Club
• Muslim Business Association
• Net Impact / Community Service
• Non-Profit Club
• Operations Management Club
• Other
• Pacific Rim Business Association
• Politics and Public Government
• Private Equity Club
• Product Design and Manufacturing Club
• Real Estate Club
• Retail Club
• Risk Management Club
• Sales and Trading Club
• Science Club
• Small Business Consulting Club
• South American Business Association
• Sports - Club or Competitive
• Strategic Operations Club
• Student Government
• Technology Club
• Telecommunications Club
• Toastmasters / Public Speaking Club
• Transportation Club
• Venture Capital Club
• Veterans Club
• West Coast Business Association
• Wine / Beer Club
• Women in Business Association

For more information please contact us.

History of MBA Focus

In partnership with the world’s top-ranked graduate business schools, MBA Focus has created the most comprehensive recruiting network available. For more than two decades, these school partners—and the companies that employ their students and alumni—look to us for advanced recruiting technology solutions, best practices, and innovation.

Here is a quick history of MBA Focus:

• 1987 – Company founded to create Computerized Career Services Offices
• 1991 – Pioneering partnership with Harvared Business School to distribute the first searchable MBA CV database
• 1992 – Partnerships with majority of top North American MBA programs and several top European Programs
• 1996 – Created MBA Quick Search recruiter product with all CV’s in one searchable resume database
• 2004 – Launched new Career Management Solution (CMS) with Kellogg School of Management
• 2006 – Hosted first annual Connections Conference
• 2007 – Started to serve all MBA candidate populations including alumni
• 2007 – Publishes white paper on "New Directions in MBA Recruiting"
• 2008 – Hosted first MBACSC Europe Conference
• 2008 – Launched new Global Talent System (GTS) product for MBA career service offices
• 2008 – Publishes white paper on "A Single Path to Hire MBA Talent"
• 2008 – Saved over 75 trees per year by no longer offering printed resume books
• 2009 – Introduced new MultiPost network to distribute jobs to 60+ schools at once
• 2010 – Grew to service over 50,000 job-seeking candidates
• 2011 – Partnered with InterviewStream to integrate virtual interviewing into MBA recruitment process at top b-schools
• 2011 – Launched new www.MBAFocus.com website for employers, schools, and candidates
• 2011 – Expanded focus to high-potential undergraduate talent with Global Focus "U"
• 2012 – Created first Mobile App for candidates to manage MBA recruitment process on-the-go
• 2012 – Hosted first National Energy Forum MBA recruitment event at Houston's Bauer College of Business
• 2012 – Launched the all-new Global Focus 3.0 MBA recruitment product
• 2012 – Announced innovative new JobMatch technology to automatically match job postings with job-seeking candidates

An integrated OCR system for MBA recruiters

Are you recruiting at five or more campuses? If so, you probably struggle to manage all your on-campus recruiting (OCR) calendars and events. But now there's a simple way to manage all your OCR activities with Global Focus.

Global Focus® is the only recruitment management system that gives you direct access to the world’s best MBA talent. Our exclusive partnerships with 24 of the world’s 25 top-ranked MBA programs and a total of 70+ graduate business schools makes us the go-to resource for MBA recruitment and leadership talent acquisition.


Now you can manage all of your individual school logins and specific events with direct, convenient access to our GTS partner schools’ OCR systems.

With OCR Integration you can

• Access GTS network school logins directly from within Global Focus
• View all of your upcoming events directly from your Global Focus dashboard
• Connect your targeted schools to your recruitment management system
• Eliminate the need for multiple logins when accessing on-campus recruiting systems
• Track non-GTS school events in a single location
• View each daily event for the entire academic year with new master calendars

For more information, contact MBA Focus or schedule a one-on-one demo.