• Assess the current employment landscape
• Gauge the demand for graduate business students
• Obtain employer views on opportunities and hurdles involved in hiring business graduates                                                

In 2009, 157 business schools participated and 2,825 employers representing 2,092 companies, including 172 US Fortune 500 companies and 147 Global Fortune 500 companies, contributed to this research.

Participating employers receive free comprehensive reports not available to the general public and are entered into a drawing to receive one of five US$1,000 prizes.

Major Findings

• The employment outlook for 2009 business graduates is consistent with expectations for other industries.
• Demand is greatest for MBA graduates in the consulting, health care and pharmaceuticals, and energy and utilities sectors; for Masters in Management, consulting and high technology; and for specialized master’s in business degrees, finance and accounting.
• Employers nearly unanimously agreed that student quality was their number one school selection criterion (99%).

Our Latest Reports

• 2009 Survey Report—a contextualized look at the survey results.
• 2009 General Data Report—just the facts in easy-to-use data tables (a shortened version of the 278-page publication available only to participating schools and employers).

Note: Our 2009 Survey Report is also available in Spanish and Chinese.

Previous Reports

For a complete listing of survey reports and related research products released by GMAC, visit the New! GMAC Research Library>>

How to Participate

School career services professionals facilitate the survey by either sending invitations and survey links to their employers or by providing GMAC with their employer contact list.

For the 2009 survey timeline and instructions for participating, click here.

Attention: If you are a Career Services professional at a business school that offers graduate programs, you can help facilitate the survey. Email us to secure your 2011 survey invitation.

Employers receive an invitation to the online survey from either GMAC or one of the business schools with which they work. Attention: If your company hires students from graduate business programs, we want your feedback. Email us to secure your 2010 survey invitation.

For More Information

If you have questions about the Corporate Recruiters Survey, please contact Marina Murray at +1-703-245-0648 or research@gmac.com. 

Who Uses the Results?

Schools say survey results help them manage student expectations and make their working relationships with companies even more efficient.

Employers tell us they most value the opportunity to benchmark their performance and hiring practices against those of similar organizations.