MBA Perspectives: Career Decisions

Graduate Management Admission Council conducted its first survey of graduating MBAs during March and April of 2000-the GLOBAL MBA SURVEYSM. Survey respondents were asked to provide permanent email addresses if interested in participating in follow-up research. Seventy-seven percent of them did so. On September 1, 2001, GMAC launched its first survey of this group-MBA Perspectives: Career Decisions.

They answered questions on the following topics:
– Satisfaction with the MBA in light of at least one -year of post-MBA experience
– How much they are using skills & abilities learned in their MBA programs on their current jobs
– The areas in which they wish they had had more education and training
– How they stay current on business practices
– Work experience
– How they weighed various job-selection factors-and which they now think they weighed “too much” or “too little”
– How satisfied they are with the jobs they chose
– Industries in which they work
– General and specific job functions
– Job characteristics and budgetary responsibility
– Salaries and additional compensation
– How their companies support career development