Now, nearly two-thirds of Ivey's graduates take jobs in management consulting and financial services or investment banking. But in recent years Ivey has expanded its services and stepped up efforts to get the word out about its strengths. As a result, it is increasingly drawing the attention of recruiters from both sides of the border. New York securities firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now targets Ivey, along with three other Canadian schools, for an aggressive recruiting drive. Relying on Each Other Students say the curriculum is demanding and forces them to be collegial and work together.
Students cover three case studies of business problems each morning in class.
In the afternoon, they meet in small groups to bone up on the next day's cases. And in the evenings, students spend about six hours reading the cases they will discuss the next afternoon in their small groups. Until then, Ivey was known simply as Western Business School. Jeffrey Gandz, the school's senior director of executive-development programs, says the switch was welcome. And I don't care that it's spelled differently, because it works.