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Career Development
At the Carlson School, we take an individualized approach to helping each student develop a sound career strategy. From the dean's office to program directors, faculty, executive boards, student organizations, and the Graduate Business Career Center, we work in concert to help students reach their professional goals.
University of Minnesota MA-HRIR students have excellent career opportunities that are truly national in scope. Many corporations and agencies visit the Carlson School to recruit MA-HRIR students for management and labor relations positions in the public and private sectors. Our full-time placement rate is over 90% for students with permanent work authorization.
Many part-time students use the MA-HRIR degree program to advance their careers within their current organization. In addition, students looking to make a career switch into HR, or to switch employers, can utilize the Carlson School's Graduate Business Career Center, which helps students develop a job search strategy, and provides resume review and mock interview opportunities.
Recruiting Companies
There are a variety of companies ranging from small to large and local to national that recruit our HRIR students. Below is a sample of the many companies that recruit students from our program:
Select List of Companies Who Recruit MA-HRIR Students upon Program Completion
Abbott Laboratories AGA Medical Corporation Amazon Andersen Corporation Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. Applied Materials C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. Capgemini Cargill Carlson Companies, Inc. Chevron Coca-Cola Refreshments Colgate-Palmolive Company Cooper Industries Cummins, Inc. Datacard Group Deloitte Consulting, LLP Eaton Corporation Ecolab Inc. Education Pioneers Emerson Process Management ExxonMobil Ford Motor Company Fox Lawson & Associates LLC General Electric Company General Mills Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Groupon, Inc Halliburton Hallmark Cards, Inc. |
Hewlett-Packard Company Honeywell International Inc. IBM Corporation Ingersoll-Rand Company Insight Global Johnson & Johnson Kellogg Company Land O'Lakes, Inc. Lockheed Martin Medtronic, Inc. Merck & Co. Microsoft Corporation Motorola Northrop Grumman Corporation Oshkosh Corporation PepsiCo Pfizer, Inc. Procter & Gamble Company Raytheon Company Rolls-Royce Sears Holdings Corporation Stanley Black & Decker Sun Microsystems, Inc. Target Corporation The Schwan Food Company Travelers UnitedHealth Group Valspar Corporation, The Whirlpool Corporation Yum! Brands
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Class of 2011
95% of students with permanent work authorization received job offers within three months of graduation.
Base salaries: $52,000–90,000; average $71,247
More than half of all offers included a signing bonus, average $9,100.
Class of 2012
98% of students with permanent work authorization received summer internships.
56% of international students w/out permanent work authorization received summer internships.
Average internship wage $28.00/hr.
Career Positions
Recent HRIR graduates have found jobs as:
- HR representatives
- HR generalists
- HR specialists
- Compensation analysts
- Staffing coordinators
- Labor relations reps
- Technical recruiters
- Associate consultant
Some Locations Include:
- Dallas
- Houston
- Minneapolis/St. Paul
- New York
- Seattle
- San Ramon
- St. Louis
- Tampa
2011 Employment by Geographic Location
Midwest..................................51%
Southwest.............................. 20%
West...................................... 11%
Mid-Atlantic.............................. 9%
South..................................... 6%
Northeast................................ 3%
2011 Employment by Industry
Consumer Products.................. 26%
Manufacturing......................... 26%
Technology............................. 20%
Other..................................... 11%
Petroleum/Energy.................... 11%
Government............................. 3%
Transportation.......................... 3%