A Comparative Analysis Of Student Job Placement In Management Information Systems: An Exploratory Study

Abstract

Due to the recent economic recession and the significant reduction in Information Technology (IT) expenditures of corporate America, job opportunities have become very scarce for college graduates, especially in the field of Management Information Systems (MIS).  Both MIS students and faculty have to start finding ways to improve the full time job opportunities for students by helping students do better in their studies and GPAs, adding internship experience, obtaining more majors, taking extra technical courses, etc. in addition to their regular course work.  However, little research has been conducted to investigate the relationships between these factors and a full time job opportunity in this field.  The current study intends to explore those important issues by conducting a survey among more than 200 MIS seniors in three big universities in USA. The implication of the survey findings is discussed in the final section of the paper.