当人们拿到MBA学位之后，在就业方面还是有很大选择空间的。他们可以重操旧业，也可以转行从事其他工作。如果想改行，那么MBA真的是很好的跳板。在上MBA之前，我从事物流行业，经手的从中国和马拉西亚运往美国的货物超过5千万美元。 那时我希望转做管理咨询业，而德州大学的MBA教育使我实现了自己的职业梦想。如果没上过MBA，我恐怕永远没有机会加入全世界最好的咨询公司之一——德勤咨询公司，也永远不会有机会为财富100强的公司进行咨询。
我最近在财富杂志上看到一篇文章，就MBA毕业生的理想行业进行了分析：
All MBA students
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|
2007 |
2006 |
|
Mgmt consulting |
22% |
25% |
|
Financial services |
22% |
23% |
|
Consumer goods |
16% |
18% |
|
Investment banking |
12% |
12% |
|
Venture capital |
9% |
10% |
81%的MBA毕业生就职于上述的五大行业。这也就意味着只有19%的MBA毕业生对别的行业感兴趣。通过下表你可以发现，在其他行业，还有很多工作能为MBA毕业生提供良好的福利和不菲的薪水。还有一个现象很有趣，如果就毕业五年后的薪水而言，冶金业的水平是最高的。然而很多其他的行业会给员工丰厚的奖金和股权认购机会，这样看来，光是工资还无法充分说明巨大的收入差异从何而来。我之所以愿意与大家分享这篇文章，是因为我觉得MBA毕业生应该考虑一下去其他行业中开拓自己的事业。
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Industry |
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|
Venture capital |
107,919 |
251,128 |
|
Metals |
102,000 |
346,566 |
|
Management consulting |
101,404 |
205,540 |
|
Investment management |
100,986 |
238,643 |
|
Investment banking |
98,877 |
238,860 |
|
Internet/e-commerce |
98,725 |
186,251 |
|
Biotechnology |
97,349 |
165,300 |
|
Computer software |
97,318 |
175,248 |
|
Real estate |
97,006 |
207,444 |
|
Energy/power |
95,605 |
181,846 |
|
Other |
95,400 |
185,564 |
|
Financial services |
95,231 |
204,513 |
|
Network communications |
95,120 |
170,426 |
|
Healthcare/pharmaceutical |
94,688 |
172,850 |
|
Telecommunications |
94,248 |
181,000 |
|
Engineering/industrial |
94,000 |
162,205 |
|
Computer hardware |
93,688 |
155,184 |
|
Electronics |
92,919 |
155,730 |
|
Healthcare |
92,594 |
161,263 |
|
Chemical/petroleum |
92,196 |
154,662 |
|
Engineering consulting |
91,797 |
150,364 |
|
Retail/fashion/apparel |
91,473 |
179,901 |
|
Consumer goods |
90,761 |
156,917 |
|
Hotel/restaurant/tourism |
90,535 |
161,804 |
|
Entertainment/media/PR |
90,499 |
174,692 |
|
IT consulting |
90,327 |
162,612 |
|
Engineering/manufacturing |
90,281 |
142,899 |
|
Automotive |
88,965 |
153,377 |
|
Aerospace/defense |
88,582 |
146,195 |
|
Nonprofit |
87,910 |
153,212 |
|
Hospitality |
87,792 |
147,366 |
|
Transportation/distribution/logistics |
87,228 |
142,100 |
|
Food service |
86,224 |
148,860 |
|
Airline/travel |
85,500 |
138,917 |
|
Agricultural |
85,185 |
147,692 |
|
Environmental/conservation |
84,815 |
152,957 |
|
Construction |
84,790 |
171,880 |
|
Utilities |
84,375 |
146,667 |
|
Commercial banking |
83,780 |
149,346 |
|
Education/teaching |
83,704 |
147,421 |
|
Government/public service |
83,374 |
143,976 |
|
Insurance |
82,462 |
141,360 |
|
Forestry/paper/pulp |
79,714 |
121,429 |
|
Advertising/public relations |
78,652 |
133,192 |
|
Packaging |
78,556 |
133,111 |
|
Academic research |
77,859 |
132,282 |
|
Auditing/accounting/taxation |
63,694 |
111,135 |
我最近与申请者聊天时，最常见的问题就是如何在毕业以后赚回学费。财富杂志的那篇文章提供的图表我认为可以回答这一问题，让我们看看MBA学生毕业时和五年后的收入吧：
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1 year after MBA graduation |
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|
|
2007 $ |
2006 $ |
|
All students |
89,654 |
88,087 |
|
Women |
89,599 |
86,805 |
|
Men |
97,519 |
94,710 |
|
|
|
|
|
5 years after MBA graduation |
||
|
|
2007 $ |
2006 $ |
|
All students |
169,849 |
167,052 |
|
Women |
164,046 |
156,290 |
|
Men |
204,372 |
191,541 |
对于中国的MBA们来说，毕业第一年的薪资水平与表中列出的差不多。虽然五年以后的预期值显得有一点儿高了，但我认为这也说明了MBA学位在商业人士薪金上涨中的作用以及为什么这是一个好的职业选择。
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