Since 1990, QS Intelligence Unit, in collaboration with TopMBA.com, has conducted an annual survey of MBA employers worldwide to determine trends in international salaries and recruitment.

The 2009 International Recruiter Survey is as extensive as ever and presents an unrivalled overview of the world MBA
recruitment market. Complete responses were received from 743 companies (619) ((489)) (comparative figures for 2008 are shown in brackets throughout the report and in some instances double brackets are used to denote results from 2007) in 34 (32) ((35)) different countries.

This represents approximately twice the response level of the Business Week Employee MBA survey and includes five times the number of non-US respondents than any other MBA recruitment survey.

Who will be interested in the survey?

This research will be of interest to all who follow the international MBA and recruitment market. It will help three groups in particular to make informed strategic decisions:

• Companies and agencies that recruit MBAs National and international recruiters will find the survey useful in managing human resource policies, such as whether to determine salaries globally or locally, and to benchmark their salaries against peer institutions.

• Business school administrators and career services offi ces worldwide MBA program administrators and career services professionals will fi nd the survey valuable for providing guidance to students and managing relationships with recruiters.

• Current and future MBA graduates MBAs can use the research to determine which industries and geographies to pursue in their job search, and to help negotiate an optimum compensation package.