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Full-time, on-campus job opportunities, the group found, increased regardless of a school’s ranking. Still, 22% of the top 20 schools reported a decrease in full-time recruiting, the highest percentage drop for any ranked school group (see table below). A third of the top 20 schools said activity was up, while 44% said it was flat.

Source: Spring 2013 Recruiting Trends Survey by the MBA Career Services & Employer Alliance

On the other hand, there was a much larger increase in companies posting jobs with schools, no matter what rank the schools have. Indeed, even 71% of the unranked MBA programs that responded to the survey said they saw an increase in job postings. Surprisingly, though, top 20 schools reported the largest decrease in job postings this year, with 28% saying they had fewer than the previous year (see table below).

Source: Spring 2013 Recruiting Trends Survey by the MBA Career Services & Employer Alliance

The study found that more than 20% of the responding schools reported a decline in financial services recruiting, a decline that was exactly half of the 40% drop in that industry sector last year. Consulting also improved substantially, with only one in ten schools reporting a drop in on-campus recruiting this year, also cut exactly in half from the 20% decrease last year. The survey showed that technology was the single strongest industry, with more than 60% of schools reporting an increase in recruiting activity.

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