Where are students going by function — finance and consulting (30% and 38% in 1997, respectively)?
Where student go by function is almost aligned with where they go by industry. This year, about 43% of the students are going into consulting. But, there are some who are not working for consulting firms per se, but might be doing internal strategy consulting in the aerospace industry, for example. About 37% of the students are doing something in finance. So there are, for instance, some working for Exxon’s treasury department — they’re officially working in the oil industry but they’re doing finance work. Marketing hovers around 10%, and that goes 1% to 2% in any direction every given year. And the last 10% go into project management, strategic planning, information systems, and a category we call “other.” Name the top 10 companies that hired the most 1998 graduates. Our top recruiter in terms of numbers was Goldman Sachs (12). I find that surprising given the fact that 40% of our graduating students are going into consulting. After Goldman comes came Bain & Co. (10), BCG (10), Ander
