How MBA Students Are Dealing With a Tighter Job Market

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

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🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Second-year MBA students are facing a much slower pace of hiring and recruiting by companies in the tech, finance and consulting sectors. Wall Street Journal reporter Lindsay Ellis joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss alternate plans some students are considering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:18.0	Here's your money briefing for Thursday, October 19th.
0:20.8	I'm JR Whalen for the Wall Street Journal.
0:25.8	The fall is usually an exciting time for second-year MBA students, when full-time job offers
0:31.1	begin coming in.
0:32.7	But things have changed this year.
0:34.4	The White Collar job market is much more challenging these days.
0:38.7	We're talking many interviews before an offer comes, fewer job postings overall.
0:45.3	These are positions that are tough to land right now.
0:48.6	We'll talk to Wall Street Journal reporter Lindsay Ellis, after the break.
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1:20.2	MBA students are finding that job offers are few and far between.
1:24.6	It's a stark change from when they first applied to graduate school.
1:28.4	Wall Street Journal reporter Lindsay Ellis joins me.
1:31.4	Lindsay, take us back to when the current crop of second-year MBA students applied for business
1:36.8	school.
1:37.8	What was the job market like then?
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