Michigan vs Boston College

hoedown
Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:08:59 +0000

Hey, I actually have some data on this! A little something to throw out for the numbers-hungry folk among us

U-M gets feedback from the hundred of recruiters who come to campus each year. Here are the top skills recruiters tell U-M they are looking for; in parentheses is the percentage of U-M students who met or exceeded their expectations on that skill/quality:

• Communication (93%)
• Motivation/Initiative (92%)
• Strong work ethic (90%)
• Analytical skills (90%)
• Leadership skills (82%)
• Related work experience (89%)

So U-M may be a little weak in leadership skills. Still decent though. I should note that this survey is done by the Central Career center, and is going to exclude those recruiters who come on campus looking primarily for business majors or engineering majors. Those recruiters go through the recruiting offices of these schools. This essentially measures how recruiters feel about U-M’s liberal arts grads.

Of course, I have little doubt that recruiters as Boston College would have the same kind of overall glowing reports for those students.