Industry worldwide plans to hire more business graduates

By Erin Millar. Recent graduates can look forward to an improved job market in 2013 despite sustained economic uncertainty, according to a just-released employer survey published by the Graduate Management Admission Council, or GMAC.
While masters-level and business graduates were poised to see the biggest gains in hiring, the labour market for bachelor degree holders remained steady.
The projections are based on a year-end survey of 201 employers from 182 companies globally, including 45 Fortune 500 companies.
Seventy-six percent of employers planned to hire new MBAs in 2013, up seven points from the number of 2012 MBA graduates they hired. Other business-related postgraduate level candidates are also expected to be in demand.
Surveyed employers planned to hire masters of management, accounting and finance graduates in significantly greater numbers than last year.
Seventy-eight percent of employers planned to higher new bachelor degree graduates. Read More...