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Consulting: the industry is changing - as are its recruitment policies
Barbara Bierach - 07-15-2010
The news that two consulting firms - AT Kearney and the group now known as Booz & Co - have been in merger talks is seen as a symbolic development: a sign that the industry has lost much of its former dominance, reports the Financial Times.
U.S. Schools: Less international students
Barbara Bierach - 07-14-2009
Large private business schools in the US are currently struggling with a double whammy: already hit by much-reduced valuations in their endowment funds, their revenue is also suffering from a decline in applications from overseas. International students are thinking twice about handing over their recession-hit cash for an education at an albeit prestigious Western school, reports “The Economist“.
Online job search: let the hunt begin!
Barbara Ward - 08-20-2009
Those were the days: MBA students did an internship and returned to campus for their second year with a neat full-time job in their pocket. Those days are definitely over. Numbers of recruiters who are visiting business schools have dropped significantly. And those who still come have less jobs on offer. Business schools are starting new partnership – on the internet, where else?