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Employment Prospects Survey |
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Back in the go-go 90s, Columbia was about the best job placement center in the
world, bar none. Like other top-shelf B-schools, the employment rate at
graduation was typically 99%, with the average person having received 5 job
offers. In 2003, the employment rate at graduation plummeted to 65%; of course,
that figure is mainly indicative of the business cycle. (Most B-schools have had
similar fall-offs in placement, but Columbia is particularly sensitive given its
reliance on placement in the financial services industry.) Still, the staff in
the Career Center is great and will bend over backwards to at least get your foot
in the right door. Alumni are generally very helpful and will at the least
arrange for an informational interview. I do have this caveat: if you do not
settle in the Northeast, you will not be able to fully leverage the alumni
network, which is probably Columbia's most powerful asset. The bottom line is
that, if and when the labor markets ever come back to life, you'll get a great
job out of Columbia.
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