Corporate Recruiters Survey – 2025 Dean's Summary

Overview

Based on responses from over 1,100 corporate recruiters and hiring managers at staffing firms around the world, the Corporate Recruiters Survey – 2025 Deans Summary offers a high-level overview of the latest data about skill demand, hiring and compensation trends, and perceptions of MBA and business master’s graduates. In addition, it explores which skills employers think will characterize the future workplace—including the role of artificial intelligence—and how employers value business school amid challenging macroeconomic conditions across industries and around the globe. 

Quick Facts

• Most global employers agree that GME skills are more valuable today as new technologies demand additional business acumen.
• Most global employers agree or strongly agree that GME skills are more important in today’s remote and hybrid work environments.
• When comparing which skills employers say are most important today compared to five years from now, AI and other technology skills become much more important.