The Career Fair is one of the services offered by the Career Office of the program, aiming at students’ career development and advancement. It’s worth noting that 94% of the Full Time graduates have jobs by graduation and 79% of the Part Time graduates made a career change within one year of graduation (2023 Graduates).

Watch the 2024 Career Fair video

Candidates

Companies

The participating companies represent more than 8 industry sectors, Consumer Goods, Consumer Services, Consulting, Retail, Financial Services and Banking, IT/Telecoms, Industrials, Oil, Gas and Energy.

Candidate Feedback:

Results based on evaluation forms completed by the participating candidates are as follows:

• 87% of the participants were employed during the time of the event (85% in 2023).

• 73% of the participants connected with additional companies apart from the ones that had initially targeted them.

• 73% agreed that the Career Fair met their expectations (82% in 2023).

Company Feedback:

Results based on evaluation forms completed by the companies’ representatives are as follows:

• 83% of the participating companies had a specific job opening at the time of the Career Fair (90% in 2023).

• 88% of the participating companies rated the profile of our participating students and alumni as excellent or very good (100% in 2023).

• 78% of the participating companies agree that they will cover specific job openings following the Career Fair (57% in 2023).

• The overall opinion of the participating companies on the Career Fair is depicted in the following chart:

Key Observations

Similarly to previous years, the level of satisfaction of the 2024 i-MBA Career Fair was high, for the participating companies and candidates. In particular, 88% of the companies rated the profile of candidates as excellent or very good and 73% of candidates agreed that the Career Fair met their expectations.

This year, 83% of the companies attending the fair had specific job openings, compared to 90% in 2023, 74% in 2022, and 62.5% in 2021. This trend reflects the economy’s return to normal growth rates and the resulting increase in employment opportunities.

At the time of writing this report (mid-July), 50% of the participating candidates have proceeded with a 2nd round of interviews with the recruiting companies. Evidence suggests that this will increase in the next 2-3 months.