Career services for Masters Students

Our goal is to provide our Full-time Masters students, alumni and prospective employers with resources and opportunities to meet each other and, in turn, help match student skills and interests with employer needs.

Here is some more information on Career Services for Masters students:

Career Fair

  • on-campus
  • a broad range of companies - from SMEs to multinationals
  • an average of 35 companies represented
  • Participating Companies Career Fair 26 January 2007 Ghent Campus: Accenture, Allen & Overy, Altran Group, Ardatis, Barco, Brewery Alken Maes, Daikin Europe, De Witte & Morel, Deceuninck, Deloitte, Dexia, Eurinpro Management Services, Fortis, Henkel, !nbev, ING, Katoennatie, KPMG, Makro, Möbius, Nike CSC, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Procter & Gamble, Schneider Electric, Suez, Thomas Cook, Unisys, Vacature, Vandemoortele

Career Skills Module

  • 2 day module for all our Masters students
  • you acquire a number of skills and practical insights to facilitate your success in your job search activities and future career
  • exercises & tools to practice the different stages of the job search process
  • programme alumni are invited to share their career experiences with you and to answer your questions
  • special focus on international aspects of job search and career development

Company Presentations

  • 1 to 2 evening presentations every week
  • companies promote their business and inform students about their vacancies
  • the opportunity to get to know the company better during an informal drink

Other Services 

  • off- and on-line CV update and distribution services
  • access to job databases and career publications where you can find information on companies and job opportunities
  • information on companies and news regarding job opportunities
  • all student CVs are posted on a website for companies to consult and look for the perfect match
  • links with the major global recruiting firms and recruitment consultancies
  • company visits and corporate presentations

Employment

  • about 20% of our students receive an employment offer from the host company of their in-company project
  • 64% receive a job offer upon graduation
  • according to the European Masters in Management Ranking 2006, conducted by the Financial Times, 94% of our Masters graduates find employment within 3 months after graduation
  • 89% of all our graduates are placed in Europe
  • On-campus recruiting (through the Career Fair, company presentations, etc.) and the in-company projects account for almost 60% of the total offers of employment
  • 30% of the Masters students enter multi-nationals through Graduate Training programmes, and many are offered the opportunity to move to overseas locations or to move into management positions within 2 to 3 years of graduation
  • Some companies choose the Vlerick Masters programmes as their preferred recruitment base in Belgium

Networking throughout the year!

In addition to taking advantage of the initiatives offered by the Career Services Office (as described in the brochure), it is also very important to network to learn about and understand the local business culture.  Many events scheduled throughout the year will give you the opportunity to do so. 

You will have to market yourself to firms in Europe. We currently have Indian, Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Indonesian graduates working in good jobs in Europe - because they matched their experience and/or their degree to the needs of local recruiters.  Moreover, knowledge of multiple languages is an important asset.

The Career Services Office helps create new networking opportunities with:

  • Executive & Full-time MBA participants
  • Alumni
  • Faculty
  • Business leaders

Salaries

The majority of our Masters graduates are initially employed at a management trainee level, with starting salaries in the range of 21,000 to 50,000 euro.

Recruiters

Recruiters include:

ABN Amro, Alcatel, American Express, Arthur D. Little, AT Kearney, Bain & Company, BASF, Bekaert, Black & Decker, Boehringer, Boston Consulting Group, BP, Bridgestone, Capco, Cisco, Coca-Cola, Colgate Palmolive Company, Delhaize Group, Deutsche Bank, DHL, Deloitte & Touche, Eli Lilly, Ernst & Young Cap Gemini, European Commission, Exxon Mobile, Fruit of the Loom, GE, General Motors, Henkel, Hewlett-Packard, Honda, Honeywell, IBM, ING Group, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Foods, KPN, KPMG, Levi Strauss, MasterCard, McKinsey, Microsoft, Nestlé, Opel, Philip Morris, Philips, Pioneer, PWC, Procter & Gamble, SAP, Samsonite, Sara Lee, Siemens, Shell, Sony, Total Fina, UPS, Unilever.