Top Business Schools | On The MBA Job Hunt With Fuqua's Sheryle Dirks
Internship hunting season is in full swing on most MBA campuses, with students looking to secure the coveted summer internship they hope will lead to a full-time job. Although it is still early, all indicators point to a healthy hiring season, both for MBA internships and full-time hires. According to the latest Graduate Management Admission Council’s corporate recruiters survey, 74 percent of companies polled plan to hire MBAs in 2012, up from 57 percent last year, and more than 20 percent of companies plan to increase the number of internships they offer this year over last.
At Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business , those predictions are proving true thus far. Recruiting activity is up 5 percent to 11 percent in most industries, according to preliminary data, with such fields as consulting and technology proving to be especially robust, says Sheryle Dirks, who is associate dean for career management. Even though hiring is on the uptick, the way companies are hiring MBA students is starting to shift, Dirks says. In addition to the traditional on-campus interviewing process, companies are seeking to diversify how they identify and hire talent, she says. For example, she explains, many are now looking to hire B-school students through job postings, company events, or larger school job fairs or conferences. In an increasingly competitive MBA job market, she feels this can make the job search a bit more challenging for students.
s Alison Damast recently spoke with Dirks about how students still looking for jobs and internships should approach their job hunts and how the recruiting season is shaping up on campus. Here is an edited transcript of their conversation:
The buzz on most business school campuses this year is that things continue to look good on the job front. How would you describe overall recruiting activity this year compared with last year’s?
It was a busy fall. I would definitely say activity is up at this time compared with last year, but it is still a moderate increase, and I think that is actually a good thing. That is quite honestly
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