2010年4月末,安东尼?罗里诺(Anthony Laurino)从佩珀代因大学(Pepperdine University)格拉兹道商管学院(Graziadio School of Business and Management)毕业,获工商管理硕士学位(M.B.A.)。之前他曾有五年的风险分析工作经验,就读MBA期间去巴西交流了一个学期,并在可口可乐公司(Coca-Cola)扎扎实实地实习过一段时间。然而,读书时间稍瞬即逝,而他与许多2010年的MBA毕业生同病相怜,到现在还没有找到工作。
在一些名牌大学,如宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院(University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School)和西北大学凯洛格管理学院(Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management),招聘情况已比2009年有所好转──2009年是许多校方管理者记忆中最糟糕的年头之一。得克萨斯大学奥斯丁分校麦克布斯商学院(University of Texas-Austin's McCombs School of Business)和纽约大学斯特恩商学院(New York University's Stern School of Business)等其他一些学校则表示,毕业生就业情况和去年差不多──换而言之,不容乐观。2009年纽约大学有76%的毕业生获得聘书,而得克萨斯大学为70%。在非经济衰退的年景中,90%以上的商学院学生在毕业前获得聘书实属正常。
即将毕业的商学院学生表示,他们找工作的主流方式已从校方积极主导的校园招聘转为大多数已经在职场的求职者所采用的“八仙过海、各显神通”式的个人行为。加州大学伯克利分校哈斯商学院(University of California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business)MBA就业服务中心主任艾比?斯考特(Abby Scott)把2010年称为“社会资源大比拼的求职年”。
杜克大学富科商学院(Duke University's Fuqua School of Business)等学校表示,一些海外公司的招聘出现回暖,尤其亚洲和南美的企业──而且工资水平比以往要高。富科商学院院长布莱尔?谢帕德(Blair Sheppard)说,几年前,海外公司的薪酬激励方式无法吸引到美国的MBA毕业生。
It was really weird actually. MS laid off a lot of associates, but it was the only major investment bank to not cut analysts. They never did a systematic layoff for the analyst classes (a few were let go, but nothing out of the ordinary), but they did offered to pay out people who volunteered to leave early.
Btw, once you start at your job, your degree really doesn't matter anymore. No one is going to think "this guy went to HBS, so we should keep him". It's really up to you and your performance to keep that job.  lenty of people from h/s/w got laid off while people who went to "worse" schools stayed.