What Employers Seek for in MBAs?

1) Broad administrative skills are preferred over technical skills.

2) Companies want MBA students to be potential marketing managers, not technicians in marketing research or advertising layout; they want managers of the accounting function, not work-a-day accountants.

3) Employment needs are based on long-range executive potential rather than immediate job needs.

4) Considerable work experience is preferred by most companies.

5) Students who have strong backgrounds in the traditional functional areas of information systems, finance, management, marketing, and accounting are preferred.

6) Employers want graduates with strong written and communication skills.