Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Top 10 MBA Employers 2006

1. McKinsey & Company
% of MBAs who put in their top 5 most desirable workplaces: 18.27%
Headquarters: New York, NY
Locations: 84 offices in 45 countries
Type of company: Global management consulting firm
Number of employees: About 6,500 consultants
Hiring plans: To hire exceptional candidates from a wide range of backgrounds for generalist and specialist consulting roles.


2.Google
% of MBAs who put in their top 5: 12.55%
Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
No. of locations: 37
Type of company: Search-engine giant
Number of employees: 5,680
Job openings: Hiring "the best and brightest worldwide" in all divisions, including engineering, sales, and product management.


3. Goldman Sachs
% of MBAs who put in their top 5: 12.54%
Headquarters: New York, NY
No. of locations: 45 offices
Type of company: A global investment banking, securities and investment management firm
Number of employees: 22,425
Job openings: MBA graduates are recruited into first-year associate roles in most divisions and offices worldwide. Also, many summer associates return for full-time positions


4. Bain & Company
% of MBAs who put in their top 5: 12.31%
Headquarters: Boston, MA
No. of locations: 32 offices in 20 countries
Type of company: Global business consulting firm, specializing in strategy, operations, technology, organization and M&A
Number of employees: 3,200 worldwide
Job openings: Thanks to global business growth, Bain says it's hiring across industry disciplines and across the board. MBA graduates and other candidates with advanced degrees typically are hired at the consultant level.


5. The Boston Consulting Group
% of MBAs who put in their top 5: 10.67%
Headquarters: Boston
No. of locations: 61 offices in 36 countries
No. of employees: 5,800 worldwide, 3,540 of which are consulting staff
Type of company: A general management consulting firm, specializing in business strategy.
Number of employees: 3,200 worldwide
Typical starting pay for post-MBA students: $110,000 annual salary, plus signing bonus, performance bonus, and profit sharing
Hiring plans: About 180 to 200 students with graduate degrees (i.e. MBA, Ph.D.) for entry-level consultant positions in North America.


6. Citigroup
% of MBAs who put in their top 5: 9.20%
Headquarters: New York, NY
No. of locations: 32 offices in 20 countries
Type of company: Global financial services company
Number of employees: 300,000
Job openings: There are recruiting programs for MBA students in Citi's global consumer, corporate and investment banking, global wealth management, finance, operations and technology, risk, and human-resources groups


7. Apple Computer
% of MBAs who put in their top 5: 9.02%
Headquarters: Cupertino, CA
Locations: Additional key offices in Elk Grove, Calif.; Austin, Texas; Cork, Ireland; and Singapore.
Type of company: Maker of computers, iPods and more
Number of employees: 15,810
Held MBA recruiting events this year at: Duke University, University of Michigan, MIT, University of Texas at Austin, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, University of California - Berkeley


8. General Electric
% of MBAs who put in their top 5: 8.12%
Headquarters: Fairfield, CT
Type of company: Diversified technology, media and financial services company
Number of employees: More than 310,000 in over 100 countries
Hiring plans: About 125 MBA graduates globally this year into GE's Leadership Development Program or direct hire positions.


9. Johnson & Johnson
% of MBAs who put in their top 5: 8.06%
Headquarters: New Brunswick, NJ
No. of locations: More than 230 operating companies in 57 countries
Type of company: Health-care products manufacturer and services provider for the consumer, pharmaceutical, and medical devices and diagnostics markets
Number of employees: 115,600 worldwide
Hiring plans: On-campus MBA and other business-related master's degree hiring in 2006 is expected to reach approximately 250 worldwide. Openings include analyst and managerial positions in marketing, finance, manufacturing, supply chain/operations, human resources and information management.


10. Morgan Stanley
% of MBAs who put in their top 5: 7.26%
Headquarters: New York, NY
No. of locations: More than 600 offices in 30 countries
Type of company: Global provider of investment banking and sales and trading services.
Number of employees: More than 53,000
Recruiting plans: Campus hiring is up more than 10% from 2005. Morgan Stanley hires recent MBAs and other graduate students into its Associate Programs.

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