Our Career and Professional Development (CPD) team equips you with essential skills, tools, and resources to thrive after earning your MBA. Regardless of your background, whether in the humanities, science, engineering, or business, we’re committed to helping you explore your potential.
Through personalized support, skill development, and networking opportunities, we’ll ensure your MBA is both enriching and purposeful. We’ll support your search for meaningful opportunities for growth, whether you’re pursuing a summer internship, co-op work term, or future career.
We offer several services to our MBA students*, including:
*Only applicable to MBA, MBA with Co-op and Accelerated students. Blended Learning Part-Time students will receive personalized career coaching based on their individual needs.
Our job board features internships and co-op positions specifically within the fields of our specializations, providing you with relevant, hands-on experience. While you have the flexibility to seek out your own positions independently, these must be reviewed and approved by our Career and Professional Development team to ensure they meet our educational standards.
Networking is crucial for MBA students as it opens doors to career opportunities, fosters professional relationships, and provides valuable insights and support from industry peers and mentors. Here’s a sample of the networking opportunities available to you throughout your time at DeGroote:
Connect with our MBA Student and Alumni Ambassadors to discover what it’s like to be part of the DeGroote community.
Your future network
The DeGroote MBA program is proud to collaborate with highly esteemed companies across various sectors, providing our students with a wide array of career opportunities post-graduation. View the detailed lists of industries, employers, and partners below.
The class of 2023 graduates have been hired in the following industries:
DeGroote has an expansive presence among several top employers. Below, you can find a sample of the employers who’ve hired DeGroote graduates by sector:
Healthcare
Technology
Financial Services
Automotive
Retail
Consumer Goods
Telecommunications
DeGroote is proud to work with leading Canadian and international employers. Below, you can find a list of some of our employer partners:
| 3M Abbott Laboratories AceAge Inc. Agnew Peckham Health Care Planning Consultants AIP American Industrial Partners All Can Trust Allied Irish Bank Alorica Amazon Anheuser-Busch Anmar Mechanical (Stelco) Antxl Inc. APEGA Appficiency Inc. ApplyBoard AstraZeneca Inc. Baxter International Bayer BD Becton Dickinson BDO Canada LLP Blackberry Ltd. Blue Health Services BMO Bank of Montreal BNP Paribas Bombardier Inc. BrandLoyalty Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited CAN Health Network Canada Life Assurance Company Canadian Hospital Specialties Ltd. Canadian Mental Health Association Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd. Centum Financial Services Limited Partnership CGI Inc. ChizComm Ltd CIBC Citylitics Inc. Clear Blue Technologies Clearview Advisory Colliers Conestoga Meat Packers Ltd. Constellation HomeBuilder Systems Corp Inc Cooper Surgical Inc Coreslab Structures Inc CY Health Inc Deloitte EATON Corporation EdKent Media Empire Life Insurance Company Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada Evercloak Extendicare Inc Ernst & Young FedEx Express Canada Ltd FGF Brands Inc. Fiera Capital Corporation Fiix Software Finastra Flare Systems Ford Motor Company Foresters Financial Forge & Foster Investment Management Four Seasons FreshBooks FutureVault Inc G.S. Dunn Ltd. |
Gallant Contracting Inc Government of Canada Government of Ontario Grand River Hospital Grant Thornton LLP Greenpeace Canada GlaxoSmithKline Hamilton Health Sciences Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia Hatch Ltd. HP Canada Co. Humber River Hospital Hunter Engineering Company Hydro One Inc. IBM Canada Limited IMPACT CPAs LLP Inc-Query Indigo Global Merchants Intact Financial Corporation International Institute of Business Analysis IQVIA Janssen Pharmaceuticals Joseph Brant Hospital Kensington Health Knockri Konrad Group KPMG Laurentian Bank of Canada LCBO Level5 Strategy Loblaws London Health Sciences Centre Mackenzie Health Mackenzie Investments MangoVisa Manulife Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Martin Brower Company LLC McCarthy Tetrault McMaster University Medallia Medcan Clinic Melrose Investments Inc Metro Inc. Metsco Energy Solutions Inc. Michael Garron Hospital Microsoft Middlesex London Health Unit Ministry of Economic Development Miravo Healthcare Mohawk College MPA Morrison Park Advisors Inc. National Research Council Canada Nestle Newlook Capital Nexus Energy Inc Noble Company Numerator Nutrien Octapharma ODAIA Intelligence Inc. Olympic Industries ULC Ontario Ministry of Transportation Ontario Renal Network Open Farm Inc Optimus SBR Origin Merchant Partners OSFI |
PatSnap Ltd. PepsiCo Inc. PetSmart PHRI President’s Choice Financial Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Procter & Gamble Propulo Consulting PwC Rainbow 6ix Marketing Agency ReedGroup Canada Rel8ed.to Restaurant Brands International Ricoh Canada Rimowa Rogers Sport & Media Royal Bank of Canada Roynat Capital Inc. SAIC Volkswagen Satistar Management Consulting Savormetrics SC Johnson SCI Group Inc. Scotiabank SeamlessMD Second Spring Digital Shared Services West Smith & Nephew Solar Philippines Equipment Suppliers Spectral Medical Inc St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton StackAdapt Staflo Stelco StressCrete Group Stryker Corporation Suncor Energy/ Petro-Canada Sunlife Financial Swiggy TaperMD TD Bank Teck Resources Limited Teladoc health Telus Communications Inc. TELUS Health Teva Pharmaceuticals The Adpharm Inc. The Central West LHIN The Downing Street Group The Fertility Partners The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) TJX Canada Toronto Hydro Trillium Health Partners Trinity Development Group Inc Trulioo UniExplore Inc Unilever Canada Unity Health Toronto Upfield Canada Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Wealthsimple Inc. Weston Foods Whirlpool Canada LP William Osler Health System Wilson HCG Wolseley Canada Inc. Women’s College Hospital Woodstock Hospital Wuxly Movement |
94% of full-time MBA students seeking employment were employed within ten months of graduation.*
Post-graduation salaries reported range from $44,500 to $128,800, with an average salary of $81,900.
Among those who reported salaries, 36% indicated receiving a signing bonus, with amounts ranging from $1,500 to $50,900 and an average bonus of $9,900.
*Graduates completed their degree requirements and were conferred their degrees in two ceremonies which were November 23, 2023 and June 13, 2024. This report is based upon reliable information for 85% of the graduates. This salary report is based upon useable salary information from 23% of the graduates who accepted a job by six months after graduation.
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