Headquarters: Beaverton, Ore.
Hiring plans: Nike offers two training programs for MBAs, including one that places students in its European office near Amsterdam and rotates them through a variety of departments including finance, human resources and sales. A second program offers two-year marketing positions in the company's Beaverton headquarters.
What they're looking for: For its European program, Nike prefers hiring MBAs who have at least five years' prior work experience in addition to a degree, while it looks for MBAs with two years' experience for the Beaverton office.
"To work at Nike, you don't need to be an athlete, but you need to think like one," the company's site says. "If the words passionate, competitive and innovative are part of your regular vocabulary, then you're in the right place."
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