MBAs (2Y), How’s the Market?

Would love to hear insights from second years on how recruiting is going for MBAs. Is most of your class returning to their old firm? Done with recruiting already (December / January interviews or even earlier?)? Still on the market through the spring? Share the landscape

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Would rather not go into too much detail about my pre-MBA experience / post-MBA goals but its not a huge pivot. It was more so a desired functional pivot (operations --> strategy) within the same industry where I have 5 years of experience in. Pre-MBA company is in tatters right now unfortunately and hiring for an appropriate role is very unlikely in the upcoming quarters.

No, 90-95% of my class have landed jobs and I would say about ~80-85% of them landed legitimately post MBA roles. I would say a good 10% of my class are underemployed which I think I will be too at my first job post MBA.

 

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