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1.4 TOPMBA.COM/SCORECARD: CREATING A PERSONALIZED RANKING

No overall definitive ranking is drawn from the QS TopMBA.com International Recruiter Survey 2006 because many factors must be considered when evaluating business schools. For example, the quality of students can also be inferred from average GMAT scores and years of work experience.
Other factors to be considered include the facilities, teaching methods, areas of specialisation, success of alumni and the activities of the alumni networks. It is the opinion of the report authors that no research has yet managed to produce a ranking of business schools that adequately incorporates all these factors. In an ideal world, what each person really wants is the ability to create his or her personal ranking. The reader may wish to create his or her own preferred list of business schools, taking into account these and personal criteria.

The facility to rank international business schools worldwide now exists. Building on its considerable expertise in this field, QS has created Scorecard, an interactive online tool that enables you to identify institutions that meet your personal criteria worldwide and it costs nothing to use at www.topmba.com/scorecard. More than 100,000 candidates have already used Scorecard. The database of schools and universities represented is now approaching 300 and growing all the time as institutions see what high quality students contact them through it. Sophisticated web-based technology allows you to apply weightings to more than thirty criteria including programme strength, faculty quality, return on investment, reputation with recruiters, and specialisations, to create your own ranking and find the best match for you.

2. TRENDS AFFECTING RECRUITERS ATTITUDES

2.1 GLOBALISATION

Globalisation is making the MBA market continually more dynamic. As more and more business schools increase the international diversity of their students, they become ever more attractive to recruiters in the global marketplace. 2005 was the year when China and India really began to make their mark on MBA recruiting. This has continued in 2006. Salaries in these regions may be significantly lower than in developed regions, but many MBAs are interested in working in these countries, believing that entrepreneurial opportunities outstrip those in developed regions. Russia is also making its mark and benefiting from the boom in commodity prices, resulting in many opportunities for MBAs at highly competitive international salaries.

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