Our goal at MBA Focus is to help MBAs find dream jobs and to help employers find talent they need. Together, through our partnerships with schools and corporate clients, we can achieve this vehicle for effective matching. Connections are our goal. And our annual Connections conference is where it all begins.

As the thought leader in MBA recruiting, MBA Focus hosts an annual Connections Conference where the leading business schools and employers gather to debate issues, share best practices, and participate in moderated discussions on key topics in the industry. This year's theme was "Personas and Perspectives: The New MBA Peoplescape," where we discussed the who, what, why and how of cultural fit and personal brands in MBA recruitment.

What types of business leaders are companies seeking? And what are leading MBA employers looking for on the campuses of top graduate b-schools? As the exclusive career service partner to 70+ of the world's top-ranked MBA programs and the #1 MBA recruitment tool for thousands of multinational corporations, MBA Focus offers the most comprehensive report on MBA employer demands.

Wondering what MBAs from the world's top graduate business schools are interested in doing for a career post-graduation? Or what experiences these students had before arriving on campus? As the exclusive career services technology partner to 70+ leading graduate business schools, MBA Focus is able to deliver the most comprehensive profile of job-seeking MBA students and alumni available. The 2013 Candidate Analytics Report contains summary and detail information on more than 80,000 MBAs—including more than 16,000 graduating students, 10,000 first-year students, and 55,000 alumni.

You've undoubtedly completed a handful of online profiles over the past 5 years. You have a Facebook profile, a Twitter bio, a LinkedIn resume, and maybe even a MySpace account. You've also probably created profiles on your favorite news and shopping sites. These profiles are a dime-a-dozen, with standard questions (i.e. favorite quotes, movies, job title, interests, and accomplishments) and generic information for the general public. Anyone can sign up, and everyone's profile looks the same. It is not a niche network or an exclusive club. The MBA Focus network is as exclusive as it gets.

Join leading MBA employers and career service office representatives to discuss issues, share best practices, and participate in moderated discussions on key topics in the industry at Connections 2013. And this year, you’ll have a chance to meet the founder of Black MBA Women, Daria Burke.

As the thought leader in MBA recruiting, MBA Focus hosts an annual Connections Conference where the leading business schools and employers gather to debate issues, share best practices, and participate in moderated discussions on key topics in the industry. One of this year's keynote speakers is Dan Schawbel.

Think active job-seekers are a dying breed? Concerned that the number of qualified candidates responding to your job postings is in free-fall? Looking for ways to proactively seek candidates? Here are three tips to make the job board the first step in a more proactive and effective sourcing process:

Today, recruiters use a mixture of traditional on-campus, in-person recruitment methods and new digital recruitment tools to aid them in this complex process. This infographic, "Digital MBA Recruitment: Top 10 recruiting tasks done by device," gives you a glimpse into how leading MBA employers are recruiting top MBA talent. We surveyed over 500 recruiters from our network to get this information.

It's that time of the year again. Your students have completed their resume workshops, attended recruiting events, finished interviews, and are now receiving offers from employers. These offers and employment reports are a crucial part of your annual process. But now that offers are rolling in, students may forget about career services. So how can career service offices stay in touch with students and get this critical information in a timely fashion? Go mobile!