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Lex looking for tomorrow’s masters of the universe? Hint: Try Business School.

The Financial Times’ Lex asks: Where are tomorrow’s masters of the universe? Red in tooth-and-claw investment banks are pulling out all the stops to woo graduates. Nomura of Japan, arguably the world’s most socialist nation, is resorting to fat paycheques. Graduates are reportedly being offered $75,000, triple the average starting pay in Japan. US and [...]

Outsourcing the MBA Job Hunt [BusinessWeek]

Business Week checks in on what B Schools and MBA students are doing to succeed in a tough recruiting environment: turning to technology and the web.

MBA Lessons from the Class of 2002 [Business Week]

Business Week has some hopeful if circuitous tales from Haas, Harvard and Stanford MBAs who graduated during the last recession.

Grads’ Global Popularity Charts.

Where are US college students most excited about launching their careers?

Kellogg Diaries.

EIU’s Which MBA have a great diaries series following the fortunes of five MBA students from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Makes for some sobering reading.

Dubai’s Disappearing Dream Jobs [FT].

Simeon Kerr in the FT reports on the rapidly changing job prospects in Dubai (summary: it’s a buyer’s market). Real estate and finance are generally out although senior replacement positions are still being actively filled. The rest of the region led by Doha and Abu Dhabi and followed by Saudi and Kuwait are faring better.

Kedrosky on the Harvard MBA Contrarian Signals.

Paul Kedrosky reports on the consistently accurate Harvard MBA contrarian signal

BW: Crisis Hits the Business Schools

Business Week reports on how the financial and economic meltdowns are affecting B Schools. Job offers are down while MBA applications are up.

Bob Salomon: Crisis for MBA Grads Seeking Jobs.

NYU’s Robert Saloman says the worst is still to come for MBA grads. He’s even more pessimistic about the classes of 2010.

Unemployment Vs Grad School Chart on NYTimes.

The New York Times Economix Blog asks – Where Ex- and Would-Be Wall Streeters Might Be Headed. There’s a cool chart illustrating the relation correlation between graduate enrollment and unemployment.

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