Graduate Management Admission Council™ (GMAC™)’s Post

Alex L., Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, UCLA Anderson School of Management sends all new members on his team to #GMAC’s Admissions Institute for New Professionals (#AINP). Are you going to send your new staff members? Registration closes this Friday, July 12, for the session taking place this summer at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business from July 17-19, so act fast and sign up now! https://hubs.la/Q02FRXMM0 #GMAC2024 #HigherEducation #Recruitment #Admissions #Marketing

Are you wanting to learn new and efficient ways to keep your students engaged in the classroom? If so, then you and your colleagues should look at joining the Graduate Business Curriculum Roundtable’s webinar, ‘Student Preparedness and Engagement: Empowering your Students for Success’ on Wednesday, July 10 at 2 pm, ET. Classrooms are increasingly becoming more globally diverse, which requires different methods and solutions to ensure that all students begin at the same baseline and stay engaged throughout their program. GMAC’s Ana Keefe Kyper, MBA, Senior Director, GME Prep and Readiness, will be moderating this session where she will be joined by Rebecca McGill from Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business, and Alex Stein from Fox School of Business at Temple University. They will discuss what solutions you can use, including GMAC’s Business Fundamentals, to ensure that your students are set up for success! Register today for the webinar! https://bit.ly/4ePhQjR #GMAC #GMAC2024 #GME #HigherEducation #Engagement

If you attended the #GMAC Annual Conference last month, you may have attended a session about the results from our latest segmentation study. Report author Andrew Walker described the eight different candidate archetypes, which made for a very lively discussion! If you weren’t able to make it, then have no fear, as Andrew summarized the findings and discussion in our latest Advisor Blog! You’ll be able to take a deep dive into the segments based on data from 10,000 prospective students in 21 countries while learning what motivates them to pursue #GME and how they conduct their research on where to study! https://bit.ly/4bqrF4R #GMAC2024 #HigherEducation #Segmentation

Following last week’s publication of the 2024 Corporate Recruiters Survey, members of our research and product teams traveled to Portland, Oregon, for the Career Services & Employer Alliance & Employer Alliance (CSEA) global conference to present not once, but twice (!) on the findings from the survey. The sessions spotlighted the latest trends in #GME skills, hiring, compensation, and overall employer perceptions of business school. Attendees gained insights into how career services professionals can better develop their students' capabilities amid new advances in technologies such as #AI and employers' persistent macroeconomic concerns about inflation and recession risk. In addition, our team shared updates about the latest edition of the #GMAT exam as admissions and career services offices increasingly collaborate on building successful classes, including discussions about what tools and information should be shared with GME recruiters and career services officers to help increase the rate of successful employment matches. Thank you to CSEA for a fantastic #CSEAGlobal conference, and congratulations to our team, Andrew Walker, Neil Stenhouse, and Anjali McKenzie for leading these enlightening sessions! Check out the Corporate Recruiters Survey so you, too, can dive into these findings! https://bit.ly/3viLZWE #GMAC2024 #HigherEducation #Recruiting

Are you still on the fence about joining us for one of our upcoming #AINP sessions this summer? Well to aid in your decision making process, we will be hosting a virtual information session lead by Camila de Wit Giesemann, AINP Faculty-in-Residence, to tell you everything you need to know about the program and how it can help new professionals achieve a deeper understanding of graduate management #admissions, #recruiting and #marketing. The info session takes place Tuesday, July 9 from 2-2:30pm ET and will feature: 🔖 A comprehensive overview of the AINP program and what to expect 🆘 Tips on how to present this to your program’s leadership to ensure you don’t miss out 🌎 Info about the two sessions at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, and the University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business 🙋 Real time Q&A This session is just in time before July 12 when registration closes for our east coast session, happening at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business from July 17-19. Register today to learn more! https://bit.ly/45IWSiA #GMAC #GMAC2024 #HigherEducation

To round out #Pride Month, we wanted to touch on recent application trends within the LGBTQ+ and #GME community, along with scholarship opportunities available to candidates. According to last year’s Application Trends Survey, outreach by business schools to the LGBTQ+ community continued to grow in the past decade, increasing from 26 percent in 2014 to 45 percent in 2023. The amount of scholarships available to prospective GME students within the LGBTQ+ community has increased over the years; BlueSky Thinking has put together a list of 15 scholarships that students can apply for as they start their journey towards achieving an MBA. Share these scholarships with your prospective students to increase your outreach to the LGBTQ+ community! https://bit.ly/3LaIK85/ #GMAC #HigherEducation #GMAC2024

The 2024 Application Trends Survey (ATS) is in full swing gathering responses, so we’re highlighting key findings about the composition of applications from last year’s #ATS to help you understand the type of insights your participation generates--including how your program stacks up to you peers with our benchmark reports. 👩 Applications among women continued to stagnate across degree types and regions, with women only making up the majority of applications to Master of Accounting programs. 🎓 More first-generation candidates indicated they are interested in pursuing #GME compared to those who submitted applications in 2023. 📈 Consistent with broader U.S. trends, applications from underrepresented populations are at a post-pandemic peak and top pre-pandemic levels. By filling out the survey, you can ensure that you get the industry’s latest trends, where you can compare and contrast with your peer schools, and see what the next generation of applicants are looking for out of GME. Have you or your colleagues filled out the ATS survey yet? Check your email for your custom link to fill out the survey! The subject line is “Participate in GMAC’s 2024 Application Trends Survey”! https://bit.ly/3ysaBO2 #GMAC #HigherEducation

The Corporate Recruiters Survey 2024 is now live on the #GMAC website! Based on responses from nearly 1,000 corporate recruiters and staffing firms around the world, the report focuses on trends in desired skills, hiring, compensation, and employers' overall perception of the value of #GME. The newest and most topical addition to the 2024 survey focuses on #AI, including employers perception of its value for current and future GME graduates and how AI is actually expected to be used in their organizations. More from the report: 🤖 Most employers are not too concerned about AI for today’s GME grads, but its importance is expected to grow—and soon. 🧠 Employers say the top three most important skills for current GME graduates are problem-solving, communication, and strategic thinking—with general consensus across regions. 💰 Employer confidence in GME is growing on measures of graduate success, promotion, and earnings—especially in the age of remote and hybrid work. ➕ Despite nearly three-quarters of employers reporting major or moderate influence of inflation and recession fears on their hiring decisions, more than a quarter of employers plan to expand their hiring of GME graduates in 2024, with a plurality planning steady hiring across degree types. Take a look at the full report to see what corporate recruiters are saying and how you can help your current students prepare for the working world. Thank you to our report contributors for all of their incredible work for putting this together! Andrew Walker, Neil Stenhouse, Nicola Rampino, Seaenna Yang, Kun Y., and Sabrina White, EdD https://hubs.la/Q02Dyf3V0 #GMAC2024 #HigherEducation #Recruiting

As we get closer to our upcoming Admissions Institute for New Professionals (#AINP) sessions this summer, we wanted to take a moment to highlight some feedback from one of our faculty-in-residence, Camila de Wit Giesemann to show how beneficial this event could be for you if you’re recently starting in your role! There’s still time to register for both of the sessions, one on the east coast and one on the west coast! Register today! July 17-19 at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business August 7-9 at University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business https://hubs.la/Q02DrYBN0 #GMAC #GMAC2024 #GME #HigherEducation #Admissions