Recruitment calendar
Autumn Term 2011
Graduating students from across all our programmes will be seeking permanent roles or projects. If you do have a position that you would like to communicate to our first year students in the autumn term, please contact the relevant student club.
The dates in grey boxes below are recruitment events which provide the opportunity for organisations to meet potential candidates.
| Date | Event |
| 22 August | Start of term MBA2013, Masters in Finance Full time (MiF2012) |
| 12 September | MBA2012 and MiFFT2012 CVs go live on Career Central |
| 19 September | Start of term Masters in Management (MiM2012) |
| 22 September | Corporate Partner Evening (London campus) |
| 26 September - 7 October | Corporate Partner presentations/receptions |
| 26 September | Start of term (MBA2012,Sloan2011) |
| 3 October | MiM2012 CVs go live on Career Central |
| 10 October | All other company presentations start (permanent recruitment) |
| 10 October | Corporate Partner 1st round interviews start (shortlists due five business days before) |
| 10-14 October | MiM2012 Career Week |
| 20 October | Finance and Consulting Networking Evening (London campus) |
| 24 October | 1st round interviews start (shortlists due five business days before). 2nd round interviews (off campus): not until 3 days after 1st round interview date. |
| 24 October | MBA2013 CVs go live on Career Central |
| 24 October - 4 November | Mid term exams |
| 27 October | Industry Recruitment Evening (London campus) |
| 6 November | Middle East Recruitment Forum (Dubai) |
| 11 November | Offer acceptance deadline for permanent offers from summer internship/project (or 4 weeks after the offer is made - whichever is later) |
| 1 December | Summer 2012 internship postings opened to students |
| 2 December | Permanent offer acceptance deadline (or 4 weeks after the offer is made - whichever is later) |
| 3 December | Sloan 2011 class graduate, End of term (MBA2012) |
| 4 December | End of term (MiFFT2012) |
| 9 December | End of term (MiM2012) |
| 11 December | End of term ( MBA2013) |
Spring Term 2012
Permanent and project recruitment continues into the spring term. Summer internship recruitment also commences.
| Date | Event |
| 3-6 January | Corporate Partner Week - summer internships (London campus) |
| 9 January | Start of term (MBA2012, MBA2013, MiFFT2012, MiM2012) |
| 9 January | All other company presentations commence |
| 10 January | Start of term (Sloan 2012) |
| 23 January - end March | Corporate Partner and all other company interviews commence. Corporate Partners will be offered the first choice of interview dates. Shortlists will be due five business days before the interview. 2nd round interviews (off campus) should not be held until 3 days after 1st round interview. |
| 26 January | Spring Industry Careers Fair (London campus) |
| 27 February | Internship offer deadline (or 3 weeks after the offer is made - whichever is later) |
| 17 March | End of term (MBA2012, MiFFT2012) |
| 18 March | End of term (MBA2013) |
| 19 - 23 March | Singapore/Hong Kong trek |
| 23 March | End of term (MiM2012) |
Summer Term 2012
Recruitment activity remains strong throughout the summer term with many organisations taking advantage of the opportunity to snap up talent from among our graduating students, at all levels. This is an ideal time to fill just-in-time lateral hire positions and to recruit summer interns.
| Date | Event |
| 2 April | Start of term (MBA2013) |
| 9 April | Start of term (MiM2012) |
| 23 April | Start of term (MBA2012) |
| 30 April | Start of term (MiFFT2012) |
| 3 May | Summer Recruitment Evening (London campus) |
| 24 May | Executive Search Networking Evening (London campus) |
| 11 June | Students available for summer internships |
| 12 June | Middle East Executive Search Networking Evening (Dubai) |
| 22 June | End of term (MiM2012) |
| July | Graduating students available to start permanent positions |
The Executive MBA has various start dates each year in January, May and September. Students on part-time Executive MBA and Masters in Finance Weekend Format programmes are available for immediate employment thoughout the year.
What our recruiters say....
A key source of talent
"The Boston Consulting Group recruits consultants from London Business School for our offices world-wide. The diversity and high calibre of students and the experiences they have while at School enable them to be well prepared for a career in consulting. They join us with strong analytical and problem solving skills, work well in multi-functional teams and are fully committed to delivering value for our clients."
Sukand Ramachandran, The Boston Consulting Group
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"The Careers Fair was an excellent opportunity to gain first impressions of top students and to make mental notes on who would be suitable for
the company. The sheer amount of intelligent conversations I had with students was amazing."
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