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Careers
Placement statistics for HHL’s
full-time MBA program in 2008
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In summer 2008, the eighth full-time MBA
class (M8) graduated from HHL. Their placement
statistics reveal an increased interest of
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Expanded service for MBA
students – QS TopMBA Careers
and CareerMee.com
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Since the beginning of this year, HHL’s MBA
students have had access to the exclusive
services of QS TopMBA Careers, the world’s
leading network for top careers and education,
which provides graduates with current internation-
al job lists, access to various global company files,
as well as the QS TopMBA Career eGuide with
exciting articles. In addition, HHL offers its MBA
students exclusive membership of CareerMee.com
which is available only to MBA graduates from the
highest ranking business schools around the
world. CareerMee.com gives students exposure
to senior management and executive level
positions. Rather than searching for open posi-
tions, members are directly contacted by the
world’s leading recruiters with opportunities of
interest.
Kati Dorsch
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MBA graduates in industrial companies, while
the MBA graduates of 2007 mainly found employment
in the consulting sector. The diagram
6 th MBA Career Fair 2009 in Berlin
The MBA Career Fair is a first-class opportunity
for all MBA students en route to success.
The 2009 edition of the joint initiative by the
leading German-speaking business schools
with international accreditation from either
AACSB or EQUIS once again attracted bigname
companies that took the oppor-
tunity to meet and get to know high-potential
graduates in prescheduled interviews and
workshops.
This year’s event, the sixth, took place at the
Estrel Convention Center in Berlin on April 27,
2009, offering human resources managers
from Johnson & Johnson GmbH, Deutsche
Post DHL Inhouse Consulting GmbH, Novartis
International AG, Siemens AG and Georgsmarienhütte
Holding GmbH a pleasant environment
in which to talk with the students in the
open forum. The multicultural origin and the
diverse academic backgrounds of the MBA
graduates, including engineering, natural sciences,
business studies, and law, are the main
reasons why they are in such demand. A total
of about hundred students from GISMA
HHL NEWS – SUMMER 2009
shows the distribution of the students’ placement
in 2008 and the figures for 2007 for comparison
purposes and displays the following
developments:
• In 2008, the proportion of the manufacturing
sector nearly doubled from 30% in 2007 to
58% in 2008.
• Consulting was the second most popular
choice among M8 graduates, with 26% start-
ing their career in this field in 2008 compared
to 45% in 2007.
• Whereas no graduate in 2007 started a career
in the university sector or joined a postgrad-
uate program, 11% chose this option in 2008.
• In 2008, the percentage of students working
in the family business, joining a start-up or
starting their own company remained at
around 5%.
• The proportion of students who chose employment
in banking and financial firms, and in
companies in the services, media and telecommunications
industries fell in both cases
from 10% to 0%.
HHL’s MBA students in front of the Brandenburg Gate
Business School (Hannover), HHL –
Leipzig Graduate School of Management,
and the University of St. Gallen (HSG) at-
tended the fair, reinforcing its status as the
leading recruitment event for MBA graduates
in Germany.
Kati Dorsch