2009 EDHEC Graduates Employment Survey

Over 80% of MSc and MIM 2009 Graduates Found a Job within 4 Months...

The latest employment survey conducted last January shows that over 80% of both MSc and MIM graduates have found a job within 4 months with respectively 87% for MIM graduates and 81% for MSc graduates. Nearly 50% of both graduates have been assisted by the EDHEC Students Career Centre to find a position or an internship leading to a full employment (47% for MIM graduates and 48% for MSc graduates).

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MIM Graduates

It is important to note that 40% of the MIM graduates have signed their employment contracts before graduation, emphasising further the quality and reputation of EDHEC's programmes. The breakdown by function shows that 24% of them work  in Finance/Financial Control/Accounting, 20% in Marketing/Communication, 19% in Auditing and 12.5% in Consulting.

Graph "Time to find a job" - Graph "Breakdown by function"

MSc Graduates

The survey reveals that 80% of  MSc graduates have found a position within 4 months of which 40% signed their contract before graduation.  70% of them have found a job abroad. Comparatively to MIM graduates, 43% of MSc graduates work in Finance/Financial Control/Accounting functions. 51% of them work in the financial industry.

 Graph "Time to find a Job" - Graph "Breakdown by country" - Graph "breakdown by function"

The relevance of the EDHEC Students Career Centre

The relevance of the career centre is illustrated by the percentage of graduates that have found a position and/or an internship. The Student Career Centre has also enhanced its organisational structure and has implemented a brand new programme named "Talent Identification & Career Development". Inspired by corporate best practice, TI&CD offers students valuable insight in their potential and developmental areas as well as exceptional grounding for successful careers. It also enables the career centre to provide tailored career guidance and pro-actively respond to corporate sourcing needs by providing most professional career services to the programme-sponsoring organisations.

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Written by ANGELIQUE MICONNET