Elite European MBA Grads Prefer Google to Finance

More MBA students from Europe’s top business schools are choosing careers in Facebook, Amazon and other tech firms rather than finance.

London Business School (LBS), Cambridge’s Judge Business School, Oxford’s Saïd Business School, INSEAD and HEC Paris all report significant drops in the number of MBAs who have accepted full-time roles and internships at finance firms as the heaviest portion of the annual recruiting season comes to an end.

• At LBS, 30% of the class has accepted finance positions, down from 45% in 2007 and 2008. 
• At Judge and Saïd, the percentage heading into investment banking has dropped from more than a third of the class to about a quarter since 2008. 
• At INSEAD, only 14 graduates or the class of 2012went into finance, half the 2008 figure.

Amazon is already the top recruiter at LBS and Saïd and is projected to be the top recruiter for the graduating class of 2014 at HEC, according to the Financial News report. And smaller tech firms are also now competing with the banks.

For more information, please see the story in Financial News

Cambridge Judge Essay Topics 2012-2013

The 2012-2013 Cambridge Judge essay topics for 2012-13 have been announced. 

The three essays are as follows:

1. What did you learn from your most spectacular failure? (200 words)

2. What are your short and long term career objectives? What skills/characteristics do you already have that will help you to achieve them? What do you hope to gain from the degree and how do you feel it will help you achieve the career objectives you have? (please do not exceed 500 words)

3. If you could change one thing about your current organisation, what would you make different? How would you overcome obstacles to this change, and what impact would this change have in the short-term and long-term? (300 words)

Source: Cambridge Judge admissions website.

Cambridge Judge Deadlines 2012-2013

The Cambridge/Judge deadlines for the 2012-2013 admissions cycle are now available online.

Round 1
Deadline: September 21, 2012
Interview Day: November 9, 2012
Decision Release Date: November 12, 2012

Round 2
Deadline: November 16, 2012
Interview Day: January 18, 2013
Decision Release Date: January 21, 2013

Round 3
Deadline: January 11, 2013
Interview Day: February 22, 2013
Decision Release Dates: February 25, 2013 and March 4, 2013

Round 4
Deadline: March 8, 2013
Interview Day: April 26, 2013
Decision Release Date: April 29, 2013

Round 5
Deadline: April 26, 2013
Interview Day: June 7, 2013
Decision Release Date: June 10, 2013

The Cambridge/Judge essay topics will be updated later this summer. For more information about Judge’s application process, visit the program’s admissions website.

Source: Cambridge Judge