Contents | Survey Highlights

Statistics Charts
Employment and Compensation
Career Fields | Fields & Industries Breakdown
Compensation by Career Field
Compensation Trends
Dot Coms | Job Offers | Company Size

Attitudes and Goals
Goals | Most Admired

Primary Objectives | Location
Career Decision | Career Choices

Comparison of Male and Female Responses
Employment & Compensation | Most Admired

Career Field Comparison

In which career field and industry will you be employed?
(More detailed breakdown)
2003 2000 1998 1996
By Career Field
Consulting        
  Strategy Consultant 14% 28%    
  Functional Consultant (Internet, Ops. etc.) 5% 7%    
  Total 19% 35% 31% 31%
Marketing & Management        
  Brand Manager 10% 5% 8%  
  Business Development 8% 10% 6%  
  General Manager 9% 4% 4%  
  Operations Manager 2% 3% 1%  
  Product Manager 9% 6% 1%  
  Sales Marketer 2% 1% 7%  
  Total 41% 29% 27% 29%
Investment Banking        
  Corporate Finance 6% 11% 11%  
  Sales & Trading 2% 2% 1%  
  Investment Research 2% 1% 4%  
  Total 10% 14% 16% 14%
Finance (non Investment Banking)        
  Financial Analyst 14% 12% 11%  
  Commercial Banker 2% 0% 1%  
  Portfolio Manager 2% 1% 2%  
  Venture Capitalist 2% 3% 1%  
  Total 20% 17% 15% 13%
Other        
  Information Systems 1% 1% 1%  
  Real Estate 3% 1% 1%  
  Other 3% 0% 7%  
  Total 7% 2% 9% 11%
     
Entrepreneur        
    3% 3% 2% 2%
           
By Industry
Consulting 12% 25% 29% 26%
Investment Banking 9% 14% 15% 12%
Internet/e-commerce 1% 14% n/a n/a
High Tech 13% 11% 7% 7%
Pharmaceutical 9% 5% 4% 5%
Consumer Products 12% 5% 10% 11%
Chemicals 2% 2% 3% 4%
Venture Capital 3% 4% n/a n/a
Transportation 3% 3% 3% 3%
Insurance/Financial Services 12% 3% 6% 7%
Telecommunications 1% 3% 2% 2%
Industrial Manufacturing 6% 2% 3% 6%
Service Industry 3% 1% 1% 1%
Health Care 2% 1% 2% 1%
Sports/Entertainment 2% 2% 1% 1%
Non-Profit (Govt., Social Entrepreneur) 2% n/a n/a n/a
Other 7% 5% 14% 14%
           
N/A - categories not included in 1996/1998/2000