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2.4 SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

Many small and medium-sized companies founded in the last decade by entrepreneurial MBAs have been hiring the current class at affordable salaries. It is too soon to say whether this trend will continue, as MBA salaries begin to rise again. Feedback from
career services in particular suggests that alumni hiring remains an important source of new job opportunities for MBA graduates. These small businesses are lending dynamism to the current MBA hiring market. Ever more MBA alumni are returning to hire new MBAs in order to give their businesses the professional management skills necessary to progress to the next stage. In compiling this research, the researchers have benefited from access to Global-Workplace (www.global-workplace.com) that provides a recruitment platform for alumni seeking to hire from international business schools, or themselves seeking to be hired.

3. SURVEY SAMPLE AND METHODOLOGY

3.1 SAMPLE

The 2007 survey represents one of the largest exercises QS has undertaken in terms of geographic scope and level of detail. More than 4000 recruiters were surveyed, with complete responses received from 489 companies in a record 37 countries. This year’s survey represents the best balanced so far in terms of worldwide geographical distribution. This represents 50% more recruiter respondents than any other MBA survey and up to five times the level of non-US respondents than any other MBA survey. The recruiters span industry, consulting, financial services and technology, among other sectors and participate in strict confidentiality. Therefore, the names of individual recruiters are not published.

3.2 INDUSTRIES

Chart 1 shows the spread of recruiters across industries. This reflects the global spread of industries, which hire MBAs. Finance, banking and consulting make up the largest sources of respondents, followed by healthcare, technology, and consumer goods. Respondents from the Agency/headhunting industry are asked to indicate the sectors for which they are hiring - this was fairly evenly spread, with a slight bias towards financial services.

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