Even MBAs From Top Business Schools Are Struggling to Get Hired

Just how difficult is it to get a foothold in today’s professional job market? It is taking many of America’s most credentialed business-school graduates months to land and accept offers.

With companies scrutinizing every white-collar hire, the job market for M.B.A.s has sputtered for more than a year. That is weakening a reliable catapult into executive-track jobs that can pay hundreds of thousands of dollars.