Every April and September, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) conducts the Alumni Perspectives Survey, a longitudinal study that tracks career progress among respondents to the Global MBA Graduate Survey, which gathers data from management students nearing graduation.

This report reflects data from the two Alumni Perspectives Surveys conducted in 2008. The 3,261 alumni that responded to the April 2008 survey represent graduates from 2000 through 2007. The 3,828 alumni that responded to the September 2008 survey also included the newly graduated class of 2008.

The research objectives of these studies are to document job characteristics for both the first jobs alumni held after graduation and their current jobs; to track changes in responsibilities, promotions, and salary over time; to assess the benefits of graduate management education from a retrospective point of view; and to monitor the alumni’s educational needs.

This report is organized into three sections geared to particular audiences—graduate business schools, graduate business school alumni, and employers. The final section profiles groups of alumni including females, US underrepresented minorities, individuals who are self-employed, and those working in investment banking.

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Key Finds in 2009 Survey Report:

In a climate where 47% of participating alumni say the global economy is weak and 67% say their regional economy is weak, this survey’s employment statistics indicate that a graduate business education is an investment that yields impressive returns.

Among the graduate business school alumni, average earnings continued to outpace inflation and unemployment rates were lower than national and regional rates. In fact, only one in five alumni were concerned about their job stability, in sharp contrast with the 56% of respondents who shared such concerns in a CNN survey that ended in September 2008—concerns that researchers found “translated into less productivity at work” (Park, 2008).

Although these graduate business school alumni were concerned about the current economy, most who participated in the 2008 GMAC Alumni Perspectives surveys reported they made the right decision in pursuing an advanced business degree.

This report explores the educational decisions and employment history of alumni with advanced degrees in business and management from the classes of 2000 through 2008.

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Mission

The Mission of the Council is to be the leader in the discovery and evaluation of talent, through assessments, for programs of study in management and business education around the world.
Values

Excellence
The members of GMAC are business schools distinguished by the quality of their educational programs, their students and the services they provide to ensure their students’ success in school and after graduation into professional careers.

Integrity
The members of GMAC hold themselves and their students to the highest ethical standards both within and outside our industry. Members are committed to ensuring the fair, accurate and ethical representations of their school’s brand and information where it is made public.

Global Engagement
The members of GMAC are committed to actively participating in, and supporting the development of and access to, quality management education around the world.

Creating Access
The members of GMAC value diversity in all aspects of management education and are committed to creating and promoting access to people throughout the world whose lives and careers could be enhanced through quality management education.

Community
The members of GMAC will bring their professional talents, experience and insights to bear in serving management education. Each school will give back to the management education community and in doing so will ensure that excellence remains at the heart of the management education experience.

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