Employers demand a diverse group of MBAs

What types of business leaders are companies seeking? And what are leading MBA employers looking for on the campuses of top graduate b-schools? As the exclusive career service partner to 70+ of the world's top-ranked MBA programs and the #1 MBA recruitment tool for thousands of multinational corporations, MBA Focus offers the most comprehensive profile on MBA employer demands. 

The 2013 Employer Demand Analysis Report offers an in-depth summary of more than 80,000 resume database searches and job postings by the leading MBA employers in our network.

This year's report includes summary and detail information about the job postings and searches performed on a variety of functions and industries, including: 

• Consulting
• Consumer Packaged Goods
• Energy
• Finance
• Health Care
• Tech
• ... and more!

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Please take some time to request a copy of this report. And be sure to compare it to our Candidate Analytics Report. We are certain that you will find the analytical information enlightening—and we are hopeful that it serves as a valuable reference for your MBA recruiting and career service initiatives.

Tweetable facts from this year's Employer Demand Analysis Report:

• The top 3 function experiences employers are searching for: Consulting (14.4%), Finance (11.7%), and Marketing (10.4%). Tweet this!
• Companies in #Tech are seeking the largest percentage of MBAs with Marketing experience (25.7%). Tweet this!
• Companies in #Energy are seeking the largest percentage of MBAs with Sales experience (10.8%). Tweet this!
• Companies in #Consulting are seeking the largest percentage of MBAs with Military experience (57.2%). Tweet this!
• The top 3 industry experiences employers are searching for: Consulting (17.0%), Finance (11.9%), and Healthcare (7.6%). Tweet this!
• Top 5 work authorization searches by employers: EU, China, UK, Brazil, Mexico. Tweet this!
• Top 5 language ability searches by employers: Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, Portuguese, French. Tweet this!
• Top 3 student club affiliations employers are searching for: Women in Business, African-American Business, Hispanic Business. Tweet this!
• Top 3 undergraduate majors employers are searching for: Electrical, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering. Tweet this!
• 61.6% of employers are seeking an MBA with 3-10 years of previous work experience. Tweet this!
• Over 10% of employer searches included a "willingness to relocate" criteria. Tweet this!
• 7.2% of MBA-required job postings were for openings in Asia. 4.1% in Europe. 2.9% in Africa. Tweet this!
• 26.1% of the jobs in Latin America & The Caribbean were posted by Finance companies. Tweet this!
• The top 5 MBA-required job posting locations in the US: San Francisco, NYC, Chicago, LA, Boston. Tweet this!
• The top 5 MBA-required job posting functions: Finance (17%), Marketing (13%), Management (11%), Biz Dev (8%), Consulting (7%). Tweet this!

Request a copy of this report to find more interesting tweetable facts today!

Top 10 function preferences for the MBA class of 2013

Our last look at this year's MBA profiles focuses on the functional job preferences of first-year students. Interestingly, the class of 2013 interests are right in line with previous MBA classes.

In fact, the top 10 preferences for this year's MBA1s appear to be the same top 10 functions in which all MBAs are interested. Take a look:

1. Finance
2. Management 
3. Marketing
4. Consulting
5. Business Development
6. Strategic Planning
7. Tech
8. Entrepreneurship
9. Corporate Development
10. Real Estate

Only one difference exists in the MBA1 vs. MBA2 comparison with this year's graduating MBA2s being slightly more interested in Accounting (2.33% of all MBA2s) than in Real Estate (2.25%). It's also worth noting that experienced MBA (EMBA) graduates are much more interested in Sales (top 12 with 1.45%) than current MBA students (top 19 with 0.61% of MBA1s and top 18 with 0.82% of MBA2s).

** click here for the complete function preference breakdown for this year's MBA1s **

Releases dates for MBA class of 2013 intern resume books

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:

• Rice - Jones: 8/11/2011
• Thunderbird: 8/19/2011
• Western Ontario - Ivey: 8/22/2011
• University of Houston - Bauer: 8/26/2011
• Ohio State - Fisher: 9/1/2011
• Dartmouth - Tuck: 9/9/2011
• Emory - Goizueta: 9/12/2011
• Syracuse - Whitman: 9/12/2011
• USC - Marshall: 9/14/2011
• Iowa - Tippie: 9/22/2011
• Boston College - Carroll: 9/23/2011
• Washington - Foster: 9/28/2011
• Florida - Hough: 9/30/2011
• Case Western Reserve - Weatherhead: 10/3/2011
• Denver - Daniels: 10/3/2011
• Florida State: 10/3/2011
• Notre Dame - Mendoza: 10/4/2011
• UT Austin - McCombs: 10/5/2011
• Florida International: 10/10/2011
• Rochester - Simon: 10/10/2011
• Wisconsin-Madison: 10/10/2011
• AIM: 10/14/2011
• Georgia Tech: 10/14/2011
• South Carolina - Moore: 10/14/2011
• Minnesota - Carlson: 10/17/2011
• Duke - Fuqua: 10/21/2011
• Harvard Business School: 10/24/2011
• Hong Kong - HKUST: 10/24/2011
• UCLA - Anderson: 10/25/2011
• UVA - Darden: 10/25/2011
• Pennsylvania - Wharton: 10/27/2011
• Maryland - Smith: 10/28/2011
• Wisconsin-Milwaukee: 10/28/2011
• Wake Forest: 10/28/2011
• Cornell - Johnson: 10/31/2011
• Georgetown - McDonough: 10/31/2011
• Hong Kong - CUHK: 10/31/2011
• Indiana - Kelley: 10/31/2011
• Michigan State - Broad: 10/31/2011 - Only available through Global Focus
• NYU - Stern: 10/31/2011
• Tampa - Sykes: 10/31/2011 - Only available through Global Focus
• Tulane - Freeman: 10/31/2011
• Carnegie Mellon - Tepper: 11/7/2011
• UC Berkeley - Haas: 11/7/2011
• Chicago Booth: 11/8/2011
• UC Irvine: 11/8/2011
• UCSD - Rady: 11/8/2011
• London Business School: 11/9/2011
• Columbia: 11/11/2011
• Northwestern - Kellogg: 11/11/2011
• MIT - Sloan: 11/14/2011
• Temple - Fox: 11/15/2011
• Toronto - Rotman: 11/15/2011
• Stanford GSB: 11/18/2011
• Michigan - Ross: 11/21/2011 - Only available through Global Focus
• Illinois: 11/30/2011
• SDA Bocconi: 2/1/2012
• Depaul - Kellstadt: TBD
• Hult: TBD
• Queen's School of Business: TBD
• Pittsburgh - Katz: TBD
• Singapore - NUS: TBD
• York - Schulich: TBD - Only available through Global Focus

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