€199,200 highest salary: INSEAD Class of 2012 placements highlights

Key statistics & trends from the report

• Reflecting global market trends, 2012 saw a dramatic drop in finance recruitment with 14% of graduates joining this sector (down from 23% in 2011) – the lowest the school has recorded.
• This report reveals that this slack was partly compensated consulting and industry – students picked up a number of finance roles in the corporate sector.
• Overall, 45% of graduates report jobs in the corporate sectors, while 41% joined consulting firms.
• Big increases in the number of graduates taking jobs in energy, the public sector and social impact organizations, while numbers in consumer and luxury goods as well as high-tech industries remain stable compared to last year
• Geographically, the most notable trend was a fall in numbers recruited to Western Europe
• Recruitment to Asia Pacific is up across a wide range of countries. Africa and the Middle East also saw increases, particularly in the UAE and Lebanon.
• Remuneration levels up slightly in 2012. Mean and median salaries increased a small amount across all sectors, while sign-on bonuses were down a bit.
• Starting salaries range from €17,200 to €199,200
• 94% of 2012 graduates reported employment within 3 months
• 2012 graduates left INSEAD to work in 63 countries and 422 companies
• 85% of 2012 graduates reported changing geography, function or industry – and 24% changed all three dimensions