Kai Syuen Loh

Preliminary results from the Career Services Class of 2012 Career Plans Survey Report revealed that 64 percent of graduates obtained full-time employment, a slight increase from 62 percent full-time employment for 2011 graduates. About 1,956 graduates responded to the survey.

International students are in scholarship programs provided by corporations and institutions in their home countries to study abroad in places like the United States.

In a market where the failure rate for startups is around 30 to 40 percent, “a successful startup depends on a myriad of factors,” Senior Associate Director of the Wharton Venture Initiation program Clare Leinweber said.

While most of these majors are informally known as pre-graduate school majors, it’s not a given that these students will end up there. The skill sets interdisciplinary majors foster often become a unique asset in the job market.

The Center for Undergraduate Research and the Joseph Wharton Scholars Senior Research Seminar organize presentations to pique students’ interest in research and a potential career in academia later on.

Classes across the undergraduate schools leverage connections with resources outside campus and enable students to gain real-world experience in different sectors.

In 2011 there was still a sizeable percentage of students who went into industries other than financial services and consulting. These jobs do not traditionally recruit through OCR. VIDEO: Word on the Walk | OCR Alternatives

The termination means that employees at the banking and financial services company will be hired knowing they will stay at the company for more than two years.

During On-Campus Recruiting, many become more conscious of the undergraduate school listed at the top of the resume.

Preliminary survey results of the Class of 2012 job numbers reveal that 62 percent of graduates had already obtained full-time employment — the same percent as the Class of 2011 based on 2,043 responses.