Bloomberg Businessweek posted a new feature, The Recruiter Report. This report was developed based on a survey of 1,320 recruiters at more than 600 companies around the globe to discover the skills that are in high demand by employers and which business schools are best at teaching those skills.
The report showed that Ivey’s MBA graduates ranked first in leadership skills, strategic thinking, collaboration, and communications skills — among the most-wanted and hardest-to-find skills sought after by recruiters.
Here’s how Ivey MBAs ranked among 122 global MBA schools in the skills most in demand by recruiters:
#1 Leadership Skills
#1 Strategic thinking
#1 Ability to work collaboratively
#1 Communication Skills
#2 Motivation/drive
#2 Quantitative skills
#3 Analytical thinking
#11 Adaptability
#17 Creative problem solving
It is important to note that this report combined the U.S. schools and the International schools so this is a truly global report. We are very proud of how our MBAs stacked up among other well-regarded MBA programs.
This recognition from recruiters builds on Ivey being named the top international full-time MBA program by Bloomberg Businessweek late last year. Ivey topped the list of twenty-seven international schools (located outside the U.S.) based on criteria from three distinct categories, including a survey of overall student satisfaction, a survey of employers, and faculty research in esteemed journals. In particular, Ivey ranked first overall in the employer satisfaction category, which identifies just how well a school prepares its students to enter the business world.
The results of this report reinforce that our Career Management approach of high-engagement with both recruiters and students is working; that our faculty members excel at teaching both essential content and capabilities; and, that our students and alumni are world-class talent.