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Two years of your life is a major commitment. What will you have after two years in the Wisconsin MBA program? A portfolio of skills, experience and knowledge to prepare you to take the crucial next step in your career.

Managing Your CareerThe MBA Career Services TeamGlobal Placement Opportunites

U.S. Geographical Distribution Placement

Geographical Placement 2006/2007
Class of 2006 and Class of 2007 Combined

Based on total number of Wisconsin MBA students hired for internships or full-time positions during 2006-2007 academic year.

Base Salary - Full-time

Employment Statistics

Class of 2006
Class of 2006
(Interim data as of 9/30/06)

Full-time Annual Base
Range: $38,000 – $120,000
Median: $85,000
Mean: $82,917

Sign-On Bonus (75% received)
Median: $12,000
Mean: $12,770

Salary Distribution
Less than $70,000 7.9%
$70,000 to $79,999 25.8%
$80,000 to $89,999 40.4%
$90,000 to $99,999 14.6%
$100,000 or more 11.2%

Class of 2007
(Interim data as of 5/1/07)

Internship Pay
Range: $2,000 – $9,500/
monthly
Median: $5,500/ monthly
Mean: $5,524/ monthly

Top-15 Recruiter List

  • Procter & Gamble
  • General Electric
  • Boston Scientific
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Kraft
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • General Mills
  • IBM
  • Nestlé
  • Best Buy
  • Heitman
  • Robert W. Baird
  • UBS
  • Liberty Mutual
  • Cisco

 

Managing Your Career

Yan Jin and Brian Smith of Harley-Davidson

MBA student Yan Jin (2007) had the chance to network with Brian Smith, director of Logistics for Harley-Davidson, at an Executive Advisory Board meeting of the Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management.

Career Development
It all begins when students first meet at the Wisconsin Experience and International Student Orientation. It continues as students go on to a core career curriculum that includes an intense six-week program designed to jump start the internship search. Topics include resume, networking, interviewing, research and more.

eRecruiting
24/7 Web-based system. Students share updated interests and profile information, upload to online resume books, apply for on-campus recruitment opportunities and job postings, register for events, workshops and mock interviews, interface with the Experience Network and choose their interview schedules.

Career Advising
One-on-one advising with a member of the MBA Career
Services staff is readily available.

MBACareerNet
24/7 intranet site devoted to the MBA program. Career resources on a wide variety of career-related topics are available and easy to find. Specially purchased systems such as Vault, Wetfeet and H1-Base can be accessed free of charge.

The Job Hunter
A weekly newsletter from MBA Career Services highlights upcoming interview schedules and job application opportunities as well as networking events, career advice and current statistics.

What Employers Tell Us

“I found the students to have exceptional communications and leadership skills that fit in perfectly with our corporate culture.”

Kirk Geadelmann, Best Buy

“We recruit candidates from the Wisconsin MBA program we aim to be the future leaders at our company.”

Jay Bullie, Bank of America

What Our Students Have to Say

“Your resume and interview coaching was very useful in obtaining a summer internship position with Kraft/Oscar Mayer.”

~David Biel, Class of 2007

“No matter what the question—on preparing for the interviews or negotiating my compensation package—your advice was invaluable”

~Shuming Luo, Class of 2006