Shifting Industries and Roles
The worlds of finance and consulting used to draw MBA graduates in droves. But these days, students leaving school with master's degrees in business administration are finding jobs elsewhere. They are more likely than earlier alumni to work in the products and services industry and the technology sector, according to the B-School Alumni Employment Report Alumni Perspectives Survey of 2018.
The specific roles MBA graduates take are shifting, too, the study shows. Recent alumni are increasingly filling roles in marketing and sales (20 percent) and operations and logistics (13 percent). Although finance and accounting (20 percent) and general management (18 percent) positions still account for large shares of new graduates, their popularity has fallen.