MSc Employment Report 2021 RSM Career Centre

Overall employment

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

Employed(89.9%)

Continuededucation

(2.4%)

Currentlyseeking

employment(7.5%)

Not seekingemployment

(0.2%)

PhD (1.1%)

Entrepreneur (4.3%)

Freelancer (1.1%)

Internship (5.9%)

In-company job (87.7%)

Employment status 6 months after graduation

89.9% EMPLOYED

2% travelled first

8% COVID-19 related reasons

11% had a temporary job first

68% unsuccessful applications

11% currently in application process

Why?

Job search

Most students started looking for a job 2-3 months before graduation

46% found a job before graduation

Top 3 ways to find a job

Vacancy website

Own network

Former employment 3

2

1 0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

NL student EEA student Non-EEA student

Job search per nationality

Very easy Relatively easy Neutral

Relatively difficult Very difficult

€ 41.256

€ 42.860

€ 45.644

€ 36.829

€ 34.855

€ 34.790

€ 40.607

€ 42.793

€ 44.041

€ 42.001

€ 42.341

€ 41.300

€ 36.481

€ 38.949

€ 39.958

€ 38.980

€ 31.100

€ 34.109

€ 43.608

€ 47.358

€ 43.275

€ 41.852

€ 36.737

€ 40.200

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Accounting & Financial Management

Business Information Management

Finance & Investments

Global Business and Sustainability

Human Resource Management

Marketing Management

Master in Management

Strategic Management

Supply Chain Management

Management of Innovation

Organisational Change & Consulting

Strategic Entrepreneurship

Average 2021 Average 2020

Salary per MSc

Regional salary comparison Average salary per nationality

Gross annual salary

1. Deloitte 4. Amazon 2. KPMG BCG 3. ABN AMBRO Microsoft CoolBlue McKinsey

EY-Parthenon FrieslandCampina PwC Philips

Employers

Top employers

38.3% work in a company with more than 10,000 employees

43.2% have a permanent contract 34%

33%

14%

7% 12%

Biggest industries

Consulting

Financial services

Information technology

Logistics

Consumer goods/FMCG

Country of employment 58.9% are employed in their home country

41.1% are employed outside their home country

8.0% of non-EEA graduates are employed in the Netherlands

5564

14*13*

3569

1912

3179

6232

0 20 40 60 80 100

Supply Chain ManagementStrategic Management

Strategic EntrepreneurshipOrganisational Change & Consulting

Master in ManagementMarketing Management

Management of InnovationHuman Resource Management

Global Business and SustainabilityFinance & Investments

Business Information ManagementAccounting & Financial Management

Respondents per MSc programme

*response rate not significant compared to class size

Respondents

Total respondents

625 students 43%

Nationalities

Non-EEA

EEA not NL

NL 52.3%

10.8%

36.9% Gender

51% 49%

More information

The MSc Employment Survey was send out to all RSM MSc graduates who graduated between 1 October 2019 and 31 December 2020, except for graduates of the MSc IM/CEMS programme and the Finance & Investments Advanced programme. In total 1,452 graduates have been targeted, out of which 625 (43%) responded. The data has been analysed on RSM level and in case of significant responses on MSc level. For questions about the survey or report, please contact Lisanne Keir of RSM Career Centre. Email: keir@rsm.nl Phone: +31 10 408 2888