More than 77 percent of the class of 2010 at the University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business received full-time job offers by graduation, up from 74 percent of graduates at the same time last year, the school reported earlier this week.
Haas class of 2010 graduates have accepted offers at 80 different organizations in 13 countries, with a median base salary equal to last year’s — $110,000.
Companies in the technology and consulting sectors are this year’s primary employers, hiring 36 percent and 32 percent respectively of graduates who have accepted jobs. The energy sector, especially alternative energy and infrastructure, also represents an area of rapid growth, according to Abby Scott, director of MBA Career Services at Haas. Other sectors such as real estate and investment management also began to see an uptick in hiring just weeks before graduation, Scott said.
Top employers to date – companies that have hired three or more Berkeley-Haas MBAs as full-time employees or summer interns – include Apple, Bloom Energy, Deloitte Consulting, Genentech, Google and McKinsey & Company.
Meanwhile, the Haas class of 2011 has encouraging employment news to report as well. More than 95 percent of that class received summer internship offers by the end of the semester. This summer, Haas students will intern at 135 different organizations across 15 countries.
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