2006 "A Great Year" for Haas Grads, Career Service Director Says

Abby Scott, the executive director of career services at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, says that 2006 is "shaping up to be a great year for our Berkeley MBA students. They are getting more offers and more competitive salaries than last year."

Corportate recruiting of Haas MBA grads is up by 38 per cent from last year. At least three out of four students graduating from the full-time MBA program this spring have already received job offers. Salary offers are higher than they were a year ago, with average base salary offers approaching $100,000.

Consulting and technology are the top recruiters of this year's MBA grads. 33 students have already accepted offers from consulting firms including McKinsey, Deloitte, Bain & Company, and Boston Consulting Group. Yahoo!, Google, Amazon.com, and Microsoft are the top tech employers, and reported to be out-bidding other recruiters for top graduates.

The finance sector has also been an active recruiter at Haas this year. Fidelity Investments, Lehman Brothers, Banc of America Securities, and Wells Fargo Bank are among the companies that have interviewed on campus and offered jobs to graduating students.

Source: "Berkeley MBA Graduates Gain from a Thriving Job Market" - Haas NewsWire, May 1, 2006