Fall 2021 Recruiting Trends Survey – Summary Results

• By: admin
• On: 04/20/2022 13:36:25
• In: MBA Job Market

MBA CSEA Members:

The results from our Fall 2021 Recruiting Trends Survey are now available.

Click here to view the Press Release

Click here to view the Summary Report

Full results were provided to the schools that completed the survey. If you completed the survey and did not receive the results, please contact us.

Summary findings include:

Full-Time MBA Students

• Seventy-four percent of schools reported an increase in full-time job postings (off-campus opportunities) in Fall 2021 versus the previous year, when 21% reported an increase. On-campus opportunities (school-scheduled interviews) showed an increase as well, with 35% of schools reporting an increase in 2021 versus 21% in 2020.
• The Consulting industry saw the largest increase, with 84% of schools reporting an increase. This is significant difference from the previous year's survey, where 7% of schools reported an increase. Technology also saw an increase in 2021 (82%), compared with 57% reporting an increase in 2020. Hospitality saw the largest number of schools reporting a decrease (33%), albeit a smaller percent than in 2020 (61%).
• For the second year, large-sized companies saw the largest increase by organization type, with 76% of schools reporting an increase. Small-sized companies saw the largest decrease (50% reporting a decrease).

Part-Time MBA Students

• Full-time job postings (off-campus opportunities) for Part-time MBAs were also up compared to last year's survey, with 55% of schools reporting an increase compared with 26% in 2020. Similarly, on-campus opportunities (school-scheduled interviews) showed an increase with 31% of schools reporting as such, compared with six percent in 2020.
• Technology showed the largest increase for the second year in a row, with 77% of schools reporting an increase compared with 31% in 2020. Consulting and Financial Services also showed increases (68% and 53.8%, respectively).

Specialty Masters Students (Master's in Finance, Data Analytics, Accounting, Marketing, etc.)

• 64% of schools reported an increase in full-time job postings (off-campus recruiting), compared with 28% last year. For on-campus recruiting (school-scheduled interviews), 37% experienced an increase, compared with 8% the previous year.
• Similar to Part-time MBA programs, the Technology industry experienced the largest increase in recruiting, with 77% of schools reporting an increase (compared with 53% seeing an increase last year).

 
Thank you to all of our member schools who participated in this survey. We look forward to continuing to provide relevant and valuable research to our member base. If you have any suggestions for future research, please do not hesitate to contact us.
 
MBA CSEA Recruiting Trends Committee

Tanya Montgomery, Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School (Co-Chair)
Steve Simpson, University or Rochester Simon School of Business (Co-Chair)
Phil Han UCLA Anderson (Board Liaison)
Antoine Broustra, UC Davis Graduate School of Management
Katy Harrison, Cambridge Judge Business School
Philip Heavilin II, Rice University, Jones School of Business
Patrice Lincoln, William & Mary, Mason School of Business
Janis Moore Campbell, Temple University, Fox School of Business
Guadalupe Saldivar, University of California, Riverside
Jennifer Windus, The George Washington University School of Business