More companies are hiring Master of Business Administration graduates now than they have the past two years, according to a story on the U.S. News & World Report website.
Of the full-time students at 135 business schools that provided data to U.S. News, 78.8 percent had jobs within three months of graduating in 2011.
UF’s total placement percentage for the class of 2011 was about 80 percent, said Craig Petrus, director of Career Services at UF’s Hough Graduate School of Business. This figure is about 14 percent more than the previous class’s placement, he said.
“We are definitely finding an increase in our MBA students from our corporate partners, both on a regional level here in the Southeast and nationally,” he said.
Petrus said the school’s career services team has been focusing on interacting with students to prepare them for getting into the job market. Advisers help students with resume writing, interview techniques and job search plans.
Recruiting also contributes to the school’s success.
“We have good relationships with the major companies within the state of Florida that tend to recruit at UF,” Petrus said.
Although the U.S. News story reported that on-campus recruiters are increasingly hiring MBA graduates for technology positions, UF has not seen a drastic change. Recruiters are hiring graduates for all positions. The largest fields are sales and marketing, corporate finance and real estate, Petrus said.
Hough was recently ranked the 19th best public and 44th best overall business school by U.S. News. The school was the only Florida program ranked in the Top 50.
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