Georgetown MBAs See Salary Boost

Georgetown McDonough Associate Dean and Director of the MBA Career Center, Doreen Amorosa

Still, since Amorosa took reigns of McDonough’s MBA Career Center office in 2010, school-facilitated job offers have surged from 46% to 68% this year. Amorosa points to a strengthening in on-campus recruiting. “Since last year, we have seen a 10 percent increase in employer events, a 22 percent increase in on-campus interviews for internships and full-time employment, and an 18 percent increase in off-campus job postings,” she said. “We also cultivated 60 new employer relationships last year, 18 of which conducted on-campus interviews for the first time.”

Moving forward, Amorosa says her office has “deployed” two technologies called MBA Career Conversations and McDonough CareerView that have and will help students flex the muscles of McDonough’s alumni base. “This year, we are focused on using technology in support of student success,” Amorosa said. “A new state-of-the-art recruitment database, CareerView, allows students to customize their career search. It is dynamic and easy for employers to use as well. It is adding functionality to the career search that has not been seen before.”

In June, added Career Conversations, a “networking tool specifically for MBA students and alumni.” Amorosa explains the technology allows students to connect with one another and with alumni in an “advising” way. “The fact that students can advise one another is a capability we have not had in the past,” Amorosa said.

MBA APPLICATIONS TO MCDONOUGH ARE UP 43% SINCE 2013

McDonough’s 2015 graduates largely stayed regional for their jobs. Some 42% stayed in the Northeast while 32% went to the Mid-Atlantic region. Additionally, Amorosa felt it important to note 5% of the students went into the nonprofit and social impact sector, which Amorosa described as “consistent with our mission of educating principled leaders who serve business and society in a very direct way.”

Interestingly, applications for McDonough’s full-time program have soared, increasing by 43% since 2013. Amorosa says it’s her charge to make sure McDonough’s MBAs receive the most personalized job search experience possible. “No two students are alike,” Amorosa said. This summer incoming students used an MBA Career Inventory guide that helped them “explore which functions are the best fit for their interests and skills.”

“Our goal is to set each individual student up for success,” Amorosa said. “Once they have an idea of where they are going, our MBAs can focus on that function throughout their studies. The tool is not meant to be a psychological assessment; it is a career inventory. We made it a requirement this summer and students loved it.”

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