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It is still a challenge for foreign students to obtain H1 visas to stay and work in the US, though recent evidence confirms that as the labour market tightens, recruiters are finding ways to hire the people they really want. The Director of the Career Service at
Wharton comments, "Over 60% of Wharton's international students accepted full-time positions in the United States last year." At UC Irvine, Tom Koziki reports that 90% of their international students obtained work permits to stay and work in Southern California, but a handful of students were unable to stay beyond their F1 visa, which guarantees a year of work experience in the USA after an MBA.

6.2.2 Europe

MBA recruitment is very much on the agenda of European-based companies seeking to be internationally competitive. Lucy Tarrant of Barclays bank says, "To become a truly global bank, we need internationally minded future leaders."

Usha Kakaria-Cayaux of Nike Netherlands says, "We look for MBAs for their learning agility, international experience, conscious decision to evolve, interest in continual learning, and broad management exposure (although sometimes somewhat surface level)."

Several Western European countries are becoming hot-spots for MBA recruiting. The UK is at full employment, particularly due to the implementation of the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme, the visa regime that is favourable to MBAs of almost any nationality. Spain and Italy have growing numbers of financial and technology companies regularly recruiting MBAs, as well as a growing consulting industry. The German economy is also on the move. France remains sluggish, though a new right wing government seems set on revitalising the industrial sector and major companies are active. Dominique D'Arcy of Manchester Business School says, "Increasingly, the MBA is becoming the main stream qualification for recruiters in many Western European countries, as has been the case in the USA for many years."

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