Job Offers Up In Tech & Healthcare

The survey again confirmed that international students–no matter where they study–have a more difficult road to a job than domestic students. GMAC said that two-thirds, or 67%, of domestic students seeking a job, had received an offer of employment compared to just 39% of international students. A greater percentage of international students attending business schools in Europe received job offers prior to graduation (51%) than those attending schools in any other world region. That finding is a bit of a surprise given the new visa restrictions on graduate students in the United Kingdom, by far the largest single market in Europe for MBA students.

Domestic business school students in the U.S. and India, on the other hand, were the best positioned for job offer status compared with their counterparts attending school elsewhere (see graphic below). In fact, a whopping 91% of the domestic students in India had early job offers, while 65% of the domestic students in the U.S. had received offers–far more than those in either Europe or Canada, where the respective percentages were 40% and 43%.

PERCENTAGE OF JOB SEEKERS WITH JOB OFFERS BY LOCATION & CITIZENSHIP

Source: 2014 GMAC Global Graduate Management Survey

When GMAC asked the sample of students about their anticipated post-degree benefits from a current employer, the percentage of those expecting to receive promotions, salary increases, and job titles changes was fairly similar to those who were seeking jobs with new employers (see graphic below). The survey found that graduates planning to search for new opportunities tended to be those least optimistic about receiving benefits from their current employer.

EXPECTED POST-DEGREE BENEFITS BY BUSINESS SCHOOL STUDENTS

Source: GMAC 2014 Global Management Education Graduate Survey