Mastering the Business of Medicine      by Sharla A. Paul From MD to MBA: The Next Step in Patient Care?      by Faye Goolrick				Back to Previous Page BBA placement quality on the rise "Our students are placing with better companies and earlier in the year," says Shanna Wood, marketing coordinator for the BBA Career Management Center. "At the end of fall semester last year, thirty to forty students were placed. This year, it's closer to fifty or sixty who have early placement or are deep in the interview process with high-profile Fortune 500 companies." Currently, BBAs have offers on the table from companies such as Bear Stearns, Capital One, Deloitte Consulting, G.E. Capital, Goldman Sachs, IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Turner. Students also are venturing into new areas of the country, including Chicago, and more students are placing in the Northeast and Washington, D.C., according to Wood. She attributes the students' success to a booming job market combined with solid preparation through programs sponsored by her office with support from alumni and student organizations. In the fall, alumni conducted interview workshops, including sessions on behavioral-based and case-based interviewing. New workshops covered compensation negotiation and second-round interviews. "The students have done their homework," she says. "They know where they want to go, and we do what we can to help get them there." S.P. Top of Page
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