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Despite challenging market conditions in 2008, 85% of MBA graduates found employment within three months of leaving INSEAD. Building on the school's international brand, they went to work in over 300 companies and in 56 countries. Indeed, our international reach is wider than ever before. In 2008, 12% of graduates accepted jobs in the Near / Middle East region and Africa region - twice as many as in the previous year, and, thanks to our strong presence in Asia, 22% of our MBAs took up opportunities in Asia Pacific.
As expected, employment in the finance sector was down on previous years. Nevertheless, thanks to strong hiring in private equity and venture capital (representing 28% of our finance recruitment), as well as financial services (27%), this decrease was smaller than anticipated. Meanwhile, around 40% of graduates went into the industry sector - with the highest representation in manufacturing (21% of industry jobs), high-tech and telecommunications companies (17%), followed by energy (10%) and healthcare (9%).
Online media and personal networks became a key element of the job search in the second half of 2008. As companies reduced travel spending, registrations on our online platform, CareerLink, increased by 43%, and over 2500 opportunities were posted to the MBA population.
Senior Strategic Planning Manager
Telecoms UK
Associate, Structured Finance
Banking UK
Regional Business Developement Manager
Telecoms SINGAPORE
Leadership Associate
Hi-Tech Industrial Products SINGAPORE
Director, Product Marketing
Electronics ISRAEL
Latin America Zone Manager
Consumer Goods FRANCE
Chief Technology Officer
Venture Capital GERMANY
Manager, Corporate Finance Practice
Consulting SWEDEN
European Customer Solutions Manager
Computer Services CANADA
