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So what turns a bright new business school graduate into a successful investment banker? According to Angela Cassidy, a recruiter at Deutsche Bank, her firm looks for, "high achievers who are both focused and motivated and who can demonstrate a good understanding of our industry.
We also want people who are bright and energetic and not afraid of working hard. We don’t just look at what an individual has achieved in the workplace, but also take into account what they have been doing outside their academic activities."

Insurance steadily hires MBAs and picked up noticeably in 2005 and this trend has continued in 2006. In the US, there are a number of insurance companies that recruit 10 or more MBAs each year such as AIG, Travellers (part of Citigroup), CIGNA, and Liberty Mutual.

6.3.3 Technology

Top 10 Technology MBA recruiters in 2006:
Avaya Communications, British Telecom, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Philips, Google, Samsung, Vodafone. (Google replaces Intel in 2006)

Recruitment of MBAs into technology companies has finally bounced back, reporting an increase of 17% (5%). Avaya Communications is one of the largest recruiters of MBAs in the technology field. Telecommunications companies such as British Telecom and Vodafone are very active. Some software companies, like Microsoft for example, have increased their intake. Hardware companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Dell are amongst the most active recruiters at present, but we expect some Chinese companies to appear strongly in the research in the future. We were unable to obtain significant data from Asian technology recruiters in 2006, but reports suggest that hiring in China, Taiwan and Korea is extremely active. Only Samsung has confirmed hiring numbers, which exceed over 100 people. Recruiters are predicting a slow down in growth in demand in 2007.

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