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Global consulting firm Bain & Co. typically relies on executive visits, brochures, DVDs and its Web site to recruit management students. This year, Bain deployed a new and unusual tool to attract students at the Indian Institute of Management: a podcast. The 20-minute audio program was part Bain advertisement and part interview-preparation guide for students. It featured three Bain executives talking about the firm, which plans to open its first major office in India in July, as well as an alumna of the institute who works in Bain's London office.

MBA grads united with recruiters Exec-appointments.com is launching a new service to bring together MBA graduates from leading international business schools and key senior executive recruiters. MBA-Direct.com will provide a resource for business schools to link their MBA students and alumni, at every stage of their career, to recruiters of MBAs. Betty Thayer, chief executive of exec-appointments.com, says: Through MBA-Direct, business schools will be able to help past and present students to find the best jobs available. MBA graduates, at any point in their career, will be able to use the service as part of their job search. And recruiters and corporate companies

New international service to link MBA graduates, business schools and recruiters Exec-appointments.com is launching a new service to bring together MBA graduates from leading international business schools and key, senior executive recruiters. MBA-Direct.com will provide a unique resource for business schools to link their MBA students and alumni, at every stage of their career, to the most significant recruiters of MBAs. Betty Thayer, chief executive of exec-appointments.com, said the service would fill the current vacuum for a professional one-stop resource. There are resources available but they are not harnessed together in one easy to use site. More : onrec.com

Employers plan to boost the number of new MBAs they hire in 2007 and are reporting less interest in people with only an undergraduate education, new research from the Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®) shows. Corporate recruiters expect to hire an average of 18 percent more workers with MBAs and other graduate business degrees this year than they did in 2006, according to the 2007 GMAC Corporate Recruiters Survey. This increase follows the 18 percent jump in MBA hiring recruiters projected in last years survey. The survey also found that employers plan to increase the number of jobs for people

Employers plan to boost the number of new MBAs they hire in 2007 and are reporting less interest in people with only an undergraduate education, new research from the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) shows. Corporate recruiters expect to hire an average of 18 percent more workers with MBAs and other graduate business degrees this year than they did in 2006, according to the 2007 GMAC Corporate Recruiters Survey. This increase follows the 18 percent jump in MBA hiring recruiters projected in last years survey. The survey also found that employers plan to increase the number of jobs for people

MBA hiring, pay soaring For the second year in a row, recruiters are flocking to B-schools. In fact, 98% of 60 schools polled in a recent survey say theyre seeing a big increase in job offers to MBA students, and 70% report a jump in starting salaries and signing bonuses. Much of the demand is coming from those traditional stalwarts of MBA hiring - consulting, financial services, and consumer goods companies. But recruiters arent hiring indiscriminately, says Greg Ruf, CEO of MBA Focus , which maintains a database on more than 20,000 MBAs that it uses to help about 1,800 U.S. employers find

Caitlin McLaughlin, global head of campus recruiting for Citigroup Markets and Banking, will sometimes surprise MBA students by starting off an interview with a question that has little to do with their experience in the business world or as a student at their particular school. Shell glance at the interests and activities section of their resumes and ask questions on subjects students expect recruiters to gloss over. Ill say, I noticed on your resume that you are a Jimmy Buffet fanatic, and it will be clear that the person forgot it was on there, she said. You can see the

MITs Sloan tops Harvard among recuiters Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Sloan business school ranked higher than Harvard Universitys business school in a survey published in Wednesdays Wall Street Journal. The research, conducted by the WSJ and Harris Interactive, examined what recruiters think of the nations top M.B.A programs. The rankings measured how appealing the business schools were to the corporate recruiters who hire their M.B.A. graduates. MITs Sloan ranked tenth while Harvard was placed at 14. Recruiters surveyed said Harvards shortcomings include an arrogant culture and graduates excessive salary demands. More : boston.bizjournals.com

Life no more begins or ends with MBA College students are learning that life need not begin and end with the three magic letters MBA. From NID Nift hotel management and architecture colleges to institutes for vocational studies the yre all reporting good placement seasons. Salaries job offers and the number of recruiters campuses have multiplied. Most are reporting a sharp surge in first time recruiters. Firm profile too has changed. Names have become bigger more varied and emerging sectors like retail and aviation are scouring these campuses. More : economictimes.indiatimes.com

UW-Madison rises in MBA rankings The University of Wisconsin-Madisons masters of business administration program moved up two spots in an annual ranking of MBA programs, and advanced well ahead of its ratings two years ago. U.S. News & World Report ranked the UW-Madisons MBA program as 29th among all U.S. programs, up from 31st in 2006. The program ranked 37th in the 2005 ratings. U.S. News rates programs based on data from the schools, recruiters, deans and MBA program directors. Indicators measured include placement success, new student selectivity, starting salaries for graduates, and satisfaction among recruiters. More : milwaukee.bizjournals.com

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