Class of 2012 grads are breathing a collective sigh of relief—and likely doing some version of the happy dance—as they embark on their post-MBA careers in a job market that looks several shades brighter than when they entered business school just two years ago.
According to new data from the Graduate Management Admission Council's (GMAC) 2012 Global Management Education Graduate Survey and the 2012 Corporate Recruiters Survey, 62 percent of newly minted MBAs have job offers right out of the gate. The good news is even sweeter for graduates of full time, two-year MBA programs, where 64 percent have job offers in hand—nearly matching the all-time record set in 2001, when 66 percent of students had employment offers, GMAC reports.
Companies are feeling optimistic, too, with 79 percent saying they plan to hire recent MBA graduates this year, compared with 72 percent in 2011 and a paltry 55 percent in 2010...
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