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The QS Global Employer Survey has seen a dramatic increase in response in 2012 from 17,000 in 2011 to over 25,500 in 2012. Growth has been seen worldwide but nowhere more profoundly than in Latin America, where a campaign conducted in Spanish met with great success. Responses are closely scrutinized and weighted to eliminate biases that may result from disproportionate response levels.

25,564 Employer Responses

Responses by Industry Sector

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Global Employer Survey 2011 – Responses by Industry (%)

Responses by Region

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Global Employer Survey 2011 – Responses by Region (%)

NOTE: The above region table is not based on location or nationality but on the area(s) of the world the respondent has knowledge or experience of from a research and education perspective. Respondents can identify more than one region, hence the proportions exceed 100%.

Employer Responses by Country

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Global Employer Survey 2011 – Responses by Country (%)

In recent years, QS received a dramatic level of response from Latin America. These counts and all subsequent analysis have been adjusted by applying a weighting to responses from countries with a disstinctly disproportionate level of response.

Employer Responses by Job Classification

Up until 2011, whilst employer respondents have been asked to provide a Job Title, the survey has not offered a finite selection of choices to make the analysis straightforward. With the survey presented in a dozen languages the variety of synonyms for similar roles is significant. From 2011 we have been taking the time to run a matching exercise to give us an idea of the aggregate level of seniority amongst employer responses. In future a list will be provided so that over time we can reduce the number of “Other” responses in the below table.

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