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EDUCATION On Campus Undergraduates Are Hopeful About Job Market COLLEGE GRADUATES WANT more than just job security from their employers, found a recent study by Capital One Financial Corp. Of the 400 graduates of 2008 surveyed, 51.5 percent had already started looking for a job. Ranking first on their priority list was strong benefits packages, with 66 percent wanting healthcare, a 401(k) program, childcare and domestic partnership benefits. Starting salary and job location ranked a close second and third, with 64 and 60 percent, respectively. Findings of interest include a desire on the part of new graduates to be rewarded – through comp time or matching donations – for volunteer and philanthropic work. Though aware of the gloomy job market – 48 percent opined that there are not enough job opportunities for everyone, and 44.8 percent said there are fewer job opportunities now than a few years ago – many were optimistic about their own chances; 85 percent were confident they would find a job in the next six months. A low 40 percent reported that a job was waiting for them upon graduation. Thirty-one percent had plans to immediately start graduate school. –www.capitolone.com ROLLINS COLLEGE AWARDS MBA SCHOLARSHIP TO CEO Rollins College’s Crummer Graduate School of Business, the highest-ranked MBA program in Florida, recently awarded José A. Fajardo its Martin Bell Scholarship. The Winter Park-based college chose Fajardo as the recipient of its annual scholarship for his 118 BlackMBA • Fall 2008 • www.nbmbaa.org work as president and CEO of WMFE, a group of public broadcasting stations in the Orlando area, and member of the National Public Radio (NPR) Board of Directors. The 20-year-old scholarship, in honor of Dr. Martin L. Bell, the former director of the college’s Corporate MBA program, guarantees Fajardo’s acceptance into the program. The scholarship is given to individuals who apply their MBAs to charitable efforts, and has previously been awarded to representatives of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida and the Health Care Center for the Homeless Inc. –www.rollins.edu STUDENTS PUT ON ENTREPRENEUR HATS TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY Massachusetts’ Babson College announced in late July that it raised more than $30,000 for charity this school year through its yearlong freshman business class “Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship.” The class, ranked the No. 1 “Innovative Entrepreneurship Education Course” in the country by the U.S. Small Business and Entrepreneurship Association, puts freshmen in teams and teaches them to plan, launch and manage their own businesses. Among the students’ most money-making business products were high-quality wooden pens, picture-frame bobbleheads and sold advertising space on coffee sleeves. Recipients of the students’ profits included the charities Harvard Square Meals, Special Olympics of Mass., Juvenile Diabetes and the American Cancer Society. http://www.rollins.edu http://www.capitolone.com http://www.nbmbaa.org

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Black MBA - Fall 2008 Contents Online From the Chairman From the President & CEO Up Front Who is Middle Class? Life and Times of the Middle Class Modern Times CEO to CEO: Why Didn’t I Think of That? Pass it Forward 30 Years of Conference NBMBAA Board of Directors Honorary Co-Chairs Conference History Speaker Showcase Industry Theatre NBMBAA Case Competition® Scholarship Winners NBMBAA Chapter Presidents Conference 2009: New Orleans The New Face of Recruitment Part-Time is the Right Time Across the Pond On Campus Board Bound MBAs for the USA Market Reality: Good Tapping Company Resources On the Move Employer Profiles Leading Bias-Free Mentoring Matters Faith in Corporate Circles Mideast Region Steps Up its Game Collegiate Chapters All in the Family How to… International Markets Are You Happy? Survive and Thrive Striking a Balance Advertiser Index In Focus

Black MBA - Fall 2008

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