Job Links
Each semester many
companies interview on campus. Although these firms are by no means the
only firms that are hiring, they are a good place to begin looking.
The JMU Office of Career Services is an excellent way of keeping abreast of what companies are coming to campus.
James Madison University Fall Career Fair 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Festival Ballroom
Be sure to register with MadisonTRAK so that you can take advantage of the on-campus interviewing and resources at the University.
Some of the
companies that have come to campus and interviewed finance majors in recent
semesters include:
There are other
opportunities at companies that may or may not come to interview at JMU. Some of
these include:
Investment Banking-Analyst
Programs
J.P. Morgan Chase Career Opportunities
Credit Suisse First Boston
Salomon Smith Barney
Stratagem
Goldman Sachs
SBC Warburg
UBS PaineWebber
Merrill Lynch
Management Consulting Firms
A. T. Kearney
Booz,Allen, and Hamilton
Boston Consulting Group
Ernst & Young
McKinsey & Company
Monitor
Commercial Banking
Citigroup Bank Career Opportunities
JP Morgan Chase Manhattan Corporation
First Union
Mutual Funds
Fidelity has an interesting and informative job search page.
T. Rowe Price
Vanguard has an employment page
that lists open positions.
Brokerage Positions
H&R
Block Financial Advisors
Merrill
Lynch
Other Positions
Chicago
Board Options Exchange
World
Bank Career Opportunities
In recent years there has been an
explosion in the use of online job search tools, databases, and companies.
A few of these, but by no means an exhaustive list, include:
- CollegeJournal -- WSJ.com's College site, with career information, including salaries, job hunting advice, and information about MBA programs.
- Careers in Consulting, provided by Careers-in-Business.
- Careers in Finance, provided by Careers-in-Business.
- Bloomberg
Career Opportunities - Bloomberg is quite possibly the best source
to find a finance related job. You can browse through various categories
of jobs ranging from analysts to traders.
- New
York Times - Register for free and then search through the
classified sections to find a job. (Hint: Do a search for finance or
college)
- Washington
Post Classified Section - Search through the last two weeks of
classified ads to find a job.
- Monster.com
is one of the nation's largest.
- Careeravenue.com
- Yahoo!
has a good site related to employment opportunities. You can post
your resume and compare the cost of living.
- Nation's
Job Online Database has a large listing of jobs from throughout the
country. Additionally they will "keep looking" for you
and notify you when a job that fits your criteria is available.
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