While young teches weighing B-school against immediate opportunity might logically question the value of an M.B.A.， placement officials and corporate hiring chiefs say demand for the credential2 is as robust3 as ever， in high technology as well as consulting and finance. " It' s a great market for M.B.A.' s，" says Ilse Evans， director of career services at the University of California? Berkeley' s Haas School of Business， whose graduates typically enjoy multiple4 offers. " Eighty percent of the second-year students at the University of Virginia returned to campus last fall with job offers already in hand，" says the astonished B-school dean， Edward Snyder. So intense is the pressure on students to accept——many companies dangle5 " exploding" bonuses that disappear after a certain time——that the University of Chicago last fall sent a letter to employers insisting that M.B.A. students be allowed six weeks to mull6 an offer.

But the reality is that corporate America is hungry for managers with technical， marketing， and finance expertise and the know-how to motivate people. " Using the Wharton name opened an infinite7 number of doors，" says Gary Orenstein， 31， who graduated in 1997 and is now director of marketing for Nishan Systems Inc.， a starting data networking company in San Jose， Calif. The number of Wharton grads entering venture capital8 firms more than double between 1998 and 1999， and 19 percent of the class of 2000 have accepted jobs with high-tech firms.

Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to hire 40 to 50 M.B.A.' s this spring to fill slots9 in finance， marketing， and operations——about the same number it has hired in each of the past several years， says John Featherstone， director of corporate employment. And " the biggest market" for tech-savvy10 M.B.A.' s is now the Fortune 500： companies like FedEx， GTE， and Citibank that are aggressively preparing to deal online with both consumers and suppliers.A growing number are heading for jobs in high technology

工商管理硕士在美国市场走俏

年轻的技术人员在掂量究竟是上商学院还是立即就业对自己更有利时，他们当然会置疑工商管理硕士学位的含金量，但商学院的工作安置人员和公司招聘主管们却说，在高技术、咨询、及金融领域，拥有此硕士学位的人员跟过去一样仍然十分抢手。"工商管理硕士就业市场广阔，"加州大学伯克利分校哈斯商学院就业服务中心的主任伊尔斯·埃文斯说。该商学院毕业生一般都收到多份聘用意向书。"弗吉尼亚大学80％的二年级学生去年秋季返校时都已手持聘书，"感到吃惊的该校商学院院长爱德华·斯奈德说道。让学生们预先接受聘用的压力非常大——许多公司许诺给予"爆性"津贴：这类津贴过期就会消失，以至于芝加哥大学去年秋天写信给各用人单位，坚持要求给予工商管理硕士学生6周时间来仔细考虑是否接受所提供的工作。

但现实是：美国的公司急需具有技术、市场营销以及金融方面的专业知识并懂得如何去调动他人积极性的经理人员。"用沃顿学院的牌子打开了无数的就业大门，"31岁的加里·奥伦斯坦说道。他1997年毕业，现任尼山系统公司市场营销部主任。该公司位于加州圣何塞市，是一家新建的数据网络公司。在1998 年至1999年期间沃顿毕业生进入风险资本公司的人数翻了一番还多。而此学院2000届毕业生中的19％已接受高技术公司聘用。

太阳微系统公司招聘部主任约翰·费瑟斯通说，公司计划今年春天招聘40～50名工商管理硕士生来做财务、市场营销以及营运工作——此数约为过去数年每年招聘的人数。懂技术的工商管理硕士现在"最大的就业市场"是《财富》杂志所列"500强"：如联邦特快、GTE通讯公司、花旗集团。这些公司正全力拓展与消费者和供应商这两方面的电子商务。一大批工商管理硕士将进入高技术领域工作。

注释：

1.allude vi.（与to连用）暗指，提及

2.honcho 美俚]头儿，大亨

3.albeit conj.尽管，即使

4.monarch n.国王，皇帝

5.intimate vt.暗示，提示

6.sally forth外出，远足

7.festoon vt.给…饰花彩

8.shrine n.神祠，神殿

9.brew vi.被冲泡，被煮沸

10.hydrangea n.八仙花属植物

11.congregant n.集会参加者