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Now Accepting Applications: Investment Banks And More!

After an understandably dry spell, investment banks are hiring fresh MBAs again, according to a recent article in the New York Times:

Though some banks are still cautious, business school counselors are telling students to be persistent. Banks under-hired during the market collapse, the counselors say, and will soon be creating more full-time positions than former interns can fill.

And there are other mentions of the trend.  Take a look here at articles in Business Source Premier on MBAs and the job market.  Want more still?  Try any of our Business: Articles & Books databases with the keywords mba, hir*, job, employ*, market*Contact a librarian for other search strategies.
 
Looking for something more local?  Try the Minneapolis/St Paul Business JournalFifteen per cent of Twin Cities employers are looking to hire in Q2, according to a Manpower survey referred to in the link above.  Want to find more in the Minneapolis/St Paul Business Journal, but you’re blocked by “for subscriber only” messages?  Access backfiles and subscriber-only content here, via the UST Libraries.
Business & Economics, Recently Read

Job hopping and business owning

Get ready to switch jobs if you haven’t lately.  According to the Book Of Odds website, the odds of having at least 15 jobs between the ages of 18 and 42 are a whopping 1 in 4.39.  The figures change a bit depending on gender and level of education. 

Graduates: be prepared to move around a bit. 

Note also a recent Gallup poll that reported business owners as having the hightest well-being of any occupational group.  Professionals and managers were close runners-up.   Transportation and manufacturing workers have the lowest overall well-being.

Graduates: own your own business. 

One path to owning a business is to get in on the ground floor of a small business, with the upcoming year being a good time to do so.   Forty-four per cent of small business owners indicate that they’re looking to hire in the next year in this recent survey from Intuit.com

Graduates: Get a job with a small business, use your entrepreneurial skills to grow and eventually buy that business, and enjoy the good life.