A guide to recruiting MBS Masters graduates. Original Thinking Applied

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2 02-03 Why choose our students? The Masters Career Management Team offers you the opportunity to connect with our highly motivated, talented and enthusiastic postgraduate students and provide you with recruitment support with no agency fees. Who recruits our students? Companies of all sizes and from all sectors recruit our students here are some of the companies who ve hired our students recently: We produce postgraduates who think differently - with the knowledge and ability that will enable your business to excel in today s business environment. Our Masters degrees focus on today s key management challenges and students learn about business by experiencing real business environments. A world-class education Masters students undertake a 12 month course, with many completing a client facing project. Course units enable students to develop not only their academic skills, but also their core soft skills - vital to bringing value to modern business. Manchester Business School was one of the first two business schools created in the UK. Since opening in 1965 we have made an enormous contribution to business education on an international scale. As one of Europe s largest business schools, we have one of the strongest global footprints in terms of student composition, course content, an alumni network of over 50,000 people and our six international centres. According to the Financial Times we are one of the top 50 business schools in the world and The University of Manchester was ranked 5th in the UK by the Shanghai Jiaotong World University Rankings in MBS is also part of a small and select group of business schools worldwide to be recognised by all three international business school and MBA accrediting bodies AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. Our academic staff are respected experts in their fields; their world-class research and advice is sought by blue chip companies, policy makers and governments. We also attract global business leaders to speak at the School including Sir Terry Leahy, former CEO of Tesco, Angela Knight CBE, chief executive of Energy UK, Tim Steiner, Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Ocado and Allan Leighton, Former Chief Executive of Asda and former non-executive Chairman of the Royal Mail. Accenture Airbus Aldi Amazon Aon ASDA AstraZeneca BNY Mellon BAE Systems Barclays BASF BBC Bosch Boston Consulting Group BP British Red Cross Cap Gemini Cisco Systems Civil Service Coca Cola Credit Suisse Deloitte Deutsche Bank Ernst & Young Fujitsu Goldman Sachs Google Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce H&M Hewlett-Packard HSBC IBM ICI JP Morgan Jaguar John Lewis Kelloggs KPMG Lenovo Levi Strauss & Co Lidl L Oréal Marks and Spencer Morgan Stanley NHS Network Rail Panasonic PwC Procter & Gamble Royal Dutch Shell Samsung Shell Sky Sony Statoil ASA Tesco The Co-operative Bank Thomson Reuters

3 04-05 Informing and selecting our Masters students Our Masters degrees Making contact with candidates We inform our students of your requirements via our careers bulletins, newsletters and intranet service. Alternatively, you can visit MBS and present your organisation and its requirements direct to our students. This is a popular method and has proved successful for both clients and students. Finding the right candidates If your business has specific requirements, you can target students by their degree subject. Client facing projects A key element of our MSc Business Analysis and Strategic Management course is the client-facing project. These projects are unsalaried and companies benefit from constructive analysis and business consultancy on an expenses only basis. This provides an excellent opportunity if your company is looking to carry out short-term projects without taking on long-term commitment. As well as offering positions for technical vacancies, Shell has substantial business operations and is recruiting for areas such as finance, sales and marketing, supply and distribution, contracting and procurement, trading and human resource management. As MBS is a world leading school with specialist courses in these areas, it s a good fit. Dr. Yongqin Du - Project Manager, Technical and Competitive IT (TaCIT), Projects and Technology, Shell International Petroleum Company Ltd The Operations and Supply Chain Management course at MBS provides a comprehensive foundation for students to pursue a wide range of careers particularly within the FMCG industry. Its focus on operations management, supply chains, quality and manufacturing management coupled with the diversity of the student base, offers a truly global experience. It was the quality of teaching and resources at Manchester that undoubtedly helped me secure a place on the Kerry Foods Graduate Programme. Niall Sands - MSc Operations, Project and Supply Chain Management MSc Accounting and Finance The course provides students with a high level understanding of theory and practice in the core areas of accountancy and finance. The emphasis is placed on empirical research methods and on accounting and finance practice. Students go on to work in a variety of roles across all sectors. MSc Finance The course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue a professional career in the city, financial services, corporate finance, treasury and banking sectors. It develops a critical appreciation of finance theory and practice. MSc Finance and Business Economics With a specific focus on business economics, the course examines the links between international macroeconomics and global capital markets. Students leave equipped to pursue careers in financial markets, banking or financial institutions. MSc Quantitative Finance and Financial Engineering This course provides ideal preparation for a career in the finance industry, especially students who are planning to work in investment banking, securities trading, asset management, commercial banking, international finance markets or as economists. The course is delivered from an international perspective and is particularly useful for careers that involve designing new financial instruments and managing trading in them. MSc Quantitative Finance and Risk Management This course offers constructive education for careers that involve financial risk management in the market place and financial institutions. Such a role has now become indispensable in both the private and public financial sectors. MSc Business Analysis and Strategic Management The course is aimed at those who are interested in pursuing a career in the area of business analysis and development, including business consulting. It has a strong international focus and explores the issues faced by organisations operating in the global business arena. All students undertake an internship following completion of semester 2, allowing them to apply their learning to real business problems. MSc Business Analytics: Operational Research and Risk Analysis The course covers decision sciences, approved operational research and statistics. Previous employers include general and specialist consultancies, the finance, retail and manufacturing sectors, government analytics units, defence and major `solution providers in IT systems, outsourcing and telecoms. Postgraduates enter roles in business from financial analysts to operations and logistics.

4 06-07 MSc Corporate Communications and Reputation Management There is a growing recognition of the importance of communication and the need to recruit specialists within the field. The course offers a unique approach to strategic management and typical areas within organisations. Roles undertaken by our graduates include: the strategic management of communications, organisational reputation, public relations or crisis management. These skills are relevant in every sector of economic activity, from industry to service organisations, in the private and public sectors. MSc Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Accredited by the CIPD, this course provides students not only with student membership to the CIPD but also develops a critical appreciation of the theoretical foundations and empirical practice of Human Resource Management. Graduates from the course have gone on to a wide variety of careers and further study, mostly, but not exclusively, in related fields. MSc International Human Resource Management and Comparative Industrial Relations Accredited by the CIPD, the course allows students to gain an understanding of the differences between countries and multinationals in their employment practices and industrial relations systems. The course is particularly valuable for those wishing to pursue careers within multinational companies both in the UK and overseas; this gives a broader international understanding of HR professionals working in a global context. MSc Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship The course produces well-trained analysts of innovation, familiar with economic, social, political and management theories and approaches. Students are able to apply their interdisciplinary perspective to understand the organisational and policy challenges of innovation and entrepreneurship. MSc International Business and Management Drawing on economics, finance, organisational theory, marketing and human resource management, students examine areas of international business and management in depth. The course includes a research dissertation on an international business-related topic. Graduates will gain partial exemption from membership to the Institute of Export, with the potential of a full exemption depending on the choice of options and research focus of the dissertation. There is the opportunity to spend a semester at an international partner institution to gain valuable experience in the world of business. MSc Management This course enables students to make the jump from successful graduate to creative manager. Whether students want to run their own company, change the business environment from within or contribute to solving the world s problems, we provide the skills needed. The course is designed for students with no previous experience of business and management and from any degree background. Graduates have gone on to work across sectors in a range of roles from marketing and management to operations. MSc Managerial Psychology The course trains students from a human resources, social science, business or management background with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills used in organisational psychology. Learning about training, organisational development, employee relations and motivation, design of environments, health and safety, human/ machine interaction, counselling, personal development, performance appraisal, career development, and selection in organisations allows graduates to bring added dimensions to their employers. MSc Organisational Psychology The course provides the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required by the division of Occupational Psychology of the British Psychological Society. The majority of graduates pursue the practical experience required to become Chartered Occupational Psychologists. This is usually carried out within consultancy firms or within specialist sections of large organisations. Graduates are often employed as internal consultants. MSc Marketing This course provides students with the skills necessary to develop a critical appreciation of key areas of marketing and allows in-depth investigation in specialist areas such as consumer behaviour, strategy and international marketing. It equips students with the key practical skills required by employers and gives them a thorough understanding of research methods. Graduates have gone on to work in marketing positions in blue-chip companies and SMEs worldwide. MSc Operations, Project and Supply Chain Management The course provides specialist training for those who wish to take up positions in operations management. It equips graduates with the intellectual apparatus and practical skills necessary for a career as an operations, project or supply chain manager in a globalised environment.

5 Masters Career Management Team Manchester Business School Booth Street West Manchester M15 6PB United Kingdom (0) / +44 (0) In addition to recruiting our Masters students, we can put you in touch with students on our MBA programme. Contact us to find out more.