Editorial
ApplicAtions
Career placement record is a priority for the In the context of our MBA applicant
majority of applicants; helping candidates in research, respondents were also asked which
their job search is a key component of the research methods they found very useful in
MBA. Each business school has a career their search. School websites proved to be
service department. Some schools attract the most useful information source for MBA
companies to come on campus to interview applicants, followed by face-to-face meetings
students. The Wharton School in Philadelphia with representatives of the schools, and then
attracts as many as 400 companies to campus, MBA fairs (97 per cent of respondents found
of which roughly 300 are US-based and 100 the QS World MBA Tour to be either useful
are international recruiters. or very useful).
INSEAD and LBS attract between 100
and 200 companies onto campus, most of Next Steps for MBA Applicants
which are international recruiters. Today, For more information on business schools:
the majority of MBAs find their jobs
through an off-campus search and over 100 • TopMBA Career Guide &
TopMBA.com/
business schools subscribe to TopMBA/ Scorecard (www.topmba.com) compares
Careers, the leading online jobs network and contrasts key facts about 400 different
for MBA students. MBA programs: costs, specializations,
Knowing your motivations, whatever entry requirements, reputation etc. The
they are, is the most important first step to Guide is available at all World MBA Tour
business school success. It will get you fairs. Scorecard allows candidates to
through the interview process and stand you create a personal ranking based on the
in good stead for your MBA and post-MBA criteria which matter to them.
experience. As it is such an involved process,
getting it right from the start is essential. Do • QS Global 200 Top Business Schools
as much research as you can; visit the QS Report asks MBA employers to identify
World MBA tour, look at Scorecard, read the schools they target for MBA hiring.
websites, talk to as many alumnae and This helps identify the most popular
admissions people as you can and move schools in the US and Europe as well as
forward confidently with your choices. Australia, Asia, Africa, Middle East and
South America. In addition, a detailed
Step 5: Which information sources report on MBA salaries, recruitment
should I use? trends and school specializations is
MBA Applicants are faced with a large range provided. The report is available at www.
of rankings and information sources. Rankings
topmba.com or at the fairs.
are a popular method for determining school
reputation, but with so many of them, all • QS World MBA Tour 2009: One of the best
producing different results, it is becoming ways to choose the right school is to
quite complex for applicants to judge which actually meet with admissions officers.
are the best schools. Our applicant research Admissions officers of over 300 leading
identifies the following usage of rankings and business schools will visit over 72 cities on
guides. Business Week rankings and TopMBA five continents with the World MBA Tour
were the most popular sources of information, (in the spring and fall). Cranfield School
followed by the Financial Times, Wall Street of Management says, “Schools rely on
Journal, and The Economist. MBA fairs to reach the growing
% of
international audience, and for candidate
Applicants
and school alike this remains the most
in 2008
important tool in the application process.”
QS TopMBA Career Guide / 60.4%
topmba.com
Rose Martinelli, admissions director at
Chicago agrees that “…these fairs attract
Business Week 59.7%
the types of candidates [they] seek.”
Financial Times 53.8%
The Economist 33.4%
Wall Street Journal 30.5%
US News & World Reports 27.2%
THES - QS World University 15%
Rankings
For more information on the Qs
World MBA tour and the fair nearest
America Economia 4.2%
to you, take a look at the website:
Far Eastern Economic Review 1.6%
www.topmba.com
Source:
TopMBA.com Applicant Research 2008
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