Convert a higher proportion of interns into full-time hires

Companies today expect to convert a high proportion of interns into full-time hires. Smart firms convert even higher proportions with the virtual recruiting tools powered by MBA Focus.

The national average of interns who accept a full-time position is about 73%. Recruiters using our recruitment management system admit that their goal is even higher, hoping that "80% of full-time hires will come from interns and co-ops."

But these advanced search and screening tools don't just make it easier to find perfect-fit candidates, they also make it more cost-effective. And as efficiency goes up, hiring goes up. One of our clients that hired 143 interns for the summer of 2011 will be hiring 253 interns for the summer of 2012.

Major corporation like this and other Fortune 100 companies like Amazon.com, Citi, Google, and Johnson & Johnson are leading the charge, but other much smaller companies are also hiring interns via MBA Focus for a variety of positions, including Senior Product Managers, Senior Financial Analysts, VPs of Marketings and Brand Development, and Strategic Consultants.

So what percentage of full-time hires do you draw from your intern population?

Take your internship recruiting to the next level by trying MBA Focus today!

How companies use Global Focus to recruit top business leadership talent

The Global Focus recruitment management platform gives employers access to top talent, allowing them to:

• Source and identify perfect-fit candidates.
• Increase visibility and market employer brand.
• Personally connect with candidates.
• Streamline outreach and recruiting calendar activities.
• Conduct virtual interviews.
• Post jobs instantly to our vast school network.
• And maintain OFCCP Compliance.

Here is how they used the technology last year:

• 35,000 advanced searches on
• 600,000 specific profile attributes 
• 100,000 resumes viewed on screen
• 200,000 candidates exported to CSV, XML, ATS or email marketing systems
• 850,000 resumes printed to PDF files or paper
• 100,000 emails to candidates sent within the system

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Top 10 function preferences for the MBAs

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. 

We already know which industries the new batch of MBAs are interested in -- but which functions do they prefer? As expected more than 1/4 of them are interested in finance. And over 18% want to be in management. But number three might surprise you.

Here are their top ten most preferred functions according to the MBA class of 2012 career profiles in our database:

Wondering which functions didn't make the top ten? Or where sales landed on the list? Check out MBAFocus.com for a complete summary of all of the MBA2s function preferences.

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.

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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15 new school partners this recruiting season

For over two decades now, the MBA Focus team has provided advanced recruitment technology to the world’s top-ranked graduate business schools. These schools count on us for their online resume books, job boards and office automation needs. Today, we partner with 69 different MBA programs and have added 15 new schools to the network for the 2011-2012 recruiting season, including:

• AIM - Asian Institute of Management
• Case Western Reserve - Weatherhead
• Denver - Daniels
• Depaul - Kellstadt
• Florida - Hough
• Florida State
• Georgia Tech
• Georgia - Terry
• HKUST
• Illinois
• Maryland - Robert H. Smith
• Michigan State - Broad
• Queen’s
• Toronto - Rotman
• York - Schulich

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What do MBA employers search for?

More than 1,200 recruiters from 90 leading MBA employers used the Global Focus advanced search capabilities last year to find their perfect candidates. These recruiters are proactively sourcing their next generation of leaders by filtering the database of over 70,000 candidates to their exact specifications, including: function, industry, work authorization, experience, language, diversity, and keywords.

During the past recruiting season, employers selected more than 600,000 profile attributes in over 35,000 advanced searches. The most important profile question was geographic preference -- which was selected in searches nearly 100,000 times. Specific MBA schools was a close second. Followed by specific industry and function experiences. Other graduate degrees and certifications/licenses were the least important attributes.

This is a summary of the most searched-for candidate profile attributes:

1. Geographic Preference  -  98,337
2. MBA School  -  93,059
3. Industry - Experience  -  82,650
4. Function - Experience  -  62,126
5. Function - Preference  -  45,048
6. Industry - Preference  -  41,228
7. Class Year  -  39,295
8. Language Ability  -  34,771
9. Geographic - Work Experience  -  15,245
10. Program  -  12,419
11. Total Years of Work Experience  -  11,683
12. Club Affiliations  -  11,065
13. MBA Concentration  -  4,695
14. Graduation Availability Date  -  4,434
15. Years of Post MBA Work Experience  -  2,624
16. Annual Compensation  -  2,213
17. Undergraduate Major  -  953
18. Function Experience - Internship  -  578
19. Industry Experience - Internship  -  281
20. Other Graduate Degrees  -  118
21. Certifications/Licenses  -  115

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