Recruit & Hire Undergraduate Business Students
Find the Next Generation of Business Leaders at Wisconsin
We’re here to help your organization achieve your recruiting goals. Our industry-focused employer engagement team provides custom one-on-one assistance to help you identify and hire high-performing, team-focused, professional Business Badgers.
Brett Jones
Michael Quesnell
Amanda M Eannelli
Ashley Wilcox
Handshake—Your Gateway to Recruiting
Connect to UW–Madison students with Handshake, a recruiting platform used by over 200,000 employers across the country. Post jobs or internships, register for career fairs, schedule on-campus interviews, and more. Creating an account is free and only takes a few minutes
Interview Our Students
We take care of logistics to ensure you have a great recruiting experience
Our Career Engagement Studio offers 10 interview rooms to help you connect directly with potential talent. Interviews are held at 3290 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706.
Check-in begins at 8:00 a.m. Upon arrival, we will provide a packet containing the interview schedule and student résumés.
Virtual Interviews
Virtual interview options are also available. We encourage you to schedule virtual interviews in Handshake, which allows us to make our interview rooms available to students during your scheduled virtual interview day.
Scheduling
You are encouraged to schedule second-round interviews on Fridays, with first-round interviews scheduled for the remaining days of the week. Interview schedules are customizable but typically consist of 30 minute time slots with a 30 minute morning and afternoon break and an hour lunch break.
Parking
Limited parking is available on a by-request basis. If you require parking on campus for your visit, please request at least three weeks in advance.
Refreshments
The Capital Café is conveniently located on the first floor of Grainger Hall. Upon arrival, company representatives will receive a guest pass for complimentary beverage or snacks at our 1st floor Café. Lunch breaks are typically built into your interview schedule between 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. unless you request otherwise.
Career Engagement Studio
Use our flexible space for networking events, coffee chats, workshops, presentations, and other engagements with students. Work with your industry lead to customize an engagement strategy in our unique space.
Career Fairs
Connect with more than 3,000 students seeking full-time and internship positions
Build your campus visibility and connect with UW–Madison students interested in business careers. UW–Madison hosts two all-campus career and internship fairs each year, in September and February.
Additionally, several academic departments within the Wisconsin School of Business host their own career fairs. Real estate, risk management and insurance, accounting, and supply chain are examples.
Job & Internships Offers
Offer schedule
| Semester | Offers | Date |
| Summer internships & programs | Full-time conversion offers resulting from previous summer internships + internship offers resulting from summer activities such as leadership conferences | November 1, or two weeks after the offer is made, whichever comes later |
| Fall interviews | Full-time or internship offers | November 1, or two weeks after offer is made, whichever comes later |
| Spring interviews for Summer 2025 | Full-time or internship offers | Provide at least two weeks after offer is made |
| Spring interviews for Summer 2026 | Internship offers | April 15th, 2025, or two weeks, whichever comes later |
General guidelines
- Firms electing to operate on timelines with earlier acceptance deadlines should understand that this carries an increased risk of students reneging on offers.
- For Summer 2026 Internship Offers, our Career Engagement Team will not be penalizing or disciplining students who renege on offers that do not follow the April 15th or two week guideline.
- Students may always accept offers prior to stated deadlines if they choose to do so.
Raise Your Visibility on Campus
Build brand recognition on campus and connect with undergraduate business students. Contact your industry lead to discuss engagement opportunities in more detail.
Engagement opportunities
- Host presentations, coffee chats, and networking events
- Collaborate on experiential learning opportunities, such as case competitions, case studies, and site visits
- Build and market a job shadow experience
- Create an internship program
- Connect with 50+ business-focused student organizations
- Support career exploration, development, and preparation programming
Employer Partnership Program
Establish a strategic presence for your organization. Build relationships with students, staff, academic departments and leaders through increased visibility, access, and engagement opportunities.
Choose your partnership pathway and talk with our team to collaborate on an engagement strategy that delivers a return on investment aligned with your organization’s recruiting goals. All partners receive these benefits:
- Access to recruiting and educational activities in our Career Engagement Studio
- Invitation to participate in our fall and spring Employer Partner meetings
- Preferential table location and/or recognition at WSB career and internship fair events
Choose your partnership pathway:
Gold: Faculty Connections & Experiential Engagement – $10,000+
Establish your organization as a flagship partner for the Wisconsin School of Business, with connections to Career Forward programming, faculty and academic departments. Work with leadership to establish signature student experiences.
- Facilitated relationship building with select academic departments and Career Forward Pathway Consultants
- Invitation to ‘design a day’ in the Career Engagement Studio
- 1 free table at both Fall + Spring Campus Wide Career Fairs
- Career Fair sponsorship package
- Custom programming + strategic connections designed around your organization’s recruiting goals
Silver: Career Engagement & Industry Prioritization – $5,000
Further your recruiting reach with strategic connections to the Career Engagement Team, and position your organization as a priority partner within your industry.
- Targeted email promotion of company’s campus events
- Priority access to career pathway-specific programming relevant to company’s hiring goals
- Facilitated introductions to select student organizations of interest
Bronze: Brand Awareness & Exposure – $2,500
Make your company and opportunities visible to our students and provide opportunities to support student career preparation and build your recruiting pipeline.
- Brand visibility within Career Engagement Studio, BBA website, in publications and on digital platforms
- Invitation to participate in large-scale career preparation events, including mock interviews, job shadows, etc.
- Priority access to scheduling on-campus interviews and events
HIDDEN SECTION
Employment database
The undergraduate business and MAcc employment outcomes database allows you to view full-time and internship outcomes by majors, and sort by employer, job title, city, state, internship, and full-time positions. Salaries are not included.
Salary Database
This Wisconsin undergraduate salary outcomes database allows you to create and download custom salary reports. These reports show our full-time and internship employment outcomes by major, region, industry, job function, and job title, including salaries, averages, and bonuses.
Top Destination Metro Areas for Graduates
Midwest: Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Madison, Milwaukee, Fox River Valley
Northeast: New York City, Boston, Washington D. C.
West: Bay Area, Los Angeles
Southwest: Denver, Austin, Dallas—Fort Worth
South: Atlanta
Andrew Quinn, BBA ’11
Co-Founder and CFO/COO at PathWell Health | Finance, Accounting, and Economics
Ash Gupta, BBA ’10
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Galaxy Capital Partners
Cynthia Chu, BBA ’99
CFO and Growth Officer at Audible | Finance + Marketing
Diana Xiong, BBA ’20
Account Strategist at Google | Marketing
Jake Wood, BBA ’05
Founder and Executive Chairman at Team Rubicon and Founder and CEO at Groundswell | Real EstateJennifer Olson, BBA ’95, MBA ’97
SVP/Chief Operating Officer at Children’s Minnesota | Finance
Jim Wuthrich, BBA ’86
President of Content Distribution at Warner Media | Marketing
Joe Simler, BBA ’08
Senior Manager, Corporate Sponsorships at Dallas Cowboys | Marketing
Jon Fasoli, BBA ’09
Vice President, Small Business and Self-Employed Segment Leader at Intuit
Joseline Nyinawabera, BBA ’13, MBA ’22
Founder at BlkBld & Co. | Marketing and Human Resources
Katie Bergen, BBA ’09
Senior Director, Investor Relations and Capital Strategies at EverWest Real Estate Investors | Real Estate and Urban Land Economics; Finance, Investment and Banking
Nolan Cunningham, BBA ’17
Sr. Process and Controls Analyst at HomeServices of America | Management and MarketingReena Vokoun, BBA ’98
Founder and CEO at Passion Fit | Marketing + ManagementRodney Lynk Jr., BBA ’09
Chief Academic Officer at Milwaukee Excellence Charter School | Finance Investment Banking and Risk Management Insurance
Ryan Oremus, BBA ’97
Sr. Vice President of Finance at Boston Red Sox | Accounting and Finance
Shawn Michels, BBA ’18
Founder and CEO at Steady Shot, LLC | Accounting
Sidney Ullrich, BBA ’18
Associate Category Manager at Walgreens | Marketing and Operations and Technology ManagementFull-Time Position Acceptances and Average Salaries by Career Pathway (2022-2023)
Corporate Accounting
- Full-time positions acceptances – 4
- Average salaries – $61,438
Public Accounting
- Full-time positions acceptances – 21
- Average salaries – $67,421
Asset Management
- Full-time positions acceptances – 13
- Average salaries – $70,529
Buy-side Finance
- Full-time positions acceptances – 4
- Average salaries – $80,000
Commercial and Consumer Banking
- Full-time positions acceptances – 24
- Average salaries – $74,816
Corporate Finance
- Full-time positions acceptances – 42
- Average salaries – $65,631
Investment Banking
- Full-time positions acceptances – 48
- Average salaries – $102,942
Investment Research
- Full-time positions acceptances – 30
- Average salaries – $80,495
Sales and Trading
- Full-time positions acceptances – 5
- Average salaries – $94,286
Wealth Management
- Full-time positions acceptances – 17
- Average salaries – $64,736
Lead Generation and Content Strategy
- Full-time positions acceptances – 12
- Average salaries – $46,100
Marketing Analytics and Insights
- Full-time positions acceptances – 29
- Average salaries – $64,854
Marketing Management
- Full-time positions acceptances – 22
- Average salaries – $52,783
Sales and Business Development
- Full-time positions acceptances – 65
- Average salaries – $55,912
Logistics
- Full-time positions acceptances – 6
- Average salaries – $63,545
Planning
- Full-time positions acceptances – 8
- Average salaries – $66,133
Process Analysis and Improvement
- Full-time positions acceptances – 14
- Average salaries – $67,358
Procurement and Sourcing
- Full-time positions acceptances – 19
- Average salaries – $64,367
Business Analytics
- Full-time positions acceptances – 12
- Average salaries – $65,643
Data Analytics
- Full-time positions acceptances – 7
- Average salaries – $72,463
Database Analytics
- Full-time positions acceptances – 1
- Average salaries – –
Product Management
- Full-time positions acceptances – 6
- Average salaries – $69,167
Programming
- Full-time positions acceptances – 2
- Average salaries – $110,000
Project Management
- Full-time positions acceptances – 12
- Average salaries – $69,231
Systems Analysis & Design
- Full-time positions acceptances – 8
- Average salaries – $65,670
Economic Consulting
- Full-time positions acceptances – 1
- Average salaries – –
Strategy or Management Consulting
- Full-time positions acceptances – 30
- Average salaries – $88,010
Technology Consulting
- Full-time positions acceptances – 18
- Average salaries – $86,733
Asset & Portfolio Management and Brokerage
- Full-time positions acceptances – 26
- Average salaries – $67,382
Commercial Real Estate Finance and Valuation
- Full-time positions acceptances – 50
- Average salaries – $78,966
Corporate Real Estate
- Full-time positions acceptances – 1
- Average salaries – –
Development and Construction
- Full-time positions acceptances – 11
- Average salaries – $77,616
Real Estate Private Equity Investment
- Full-time positions acceptances – 6
- Average salaries – $94,286
Actuarial Science
- Full-time positions acceptances – 44
- Average salaries – $78,561
Brokerage and Risk Consulting
- Full-time positions acceptances – 7
- Average salaries – $68,929
Corporate Risk Management
- Full-time positions acceptances – 3
- Average salaries – $56,000
Insurance
- Full-time positions acceptances – 14
- Average salaries – $69,148
Sustainability & CSR
- Full-time positions acceptances – 2
- Average salaries – $75,000
Employee Development
- Full-time positions acceptances – –
- Average salaries – –
General Management
- Full-time positions acceptances – 4
- Average salaries – $46,237
Human Resources Generalist
- Full-time positions acceptances – 5
- Average salaries – $58,800
Talent Acquisition
- Full-time positions acceptances – 5
- Average salaries – $61,756
Total Rewards
- Full-time positions acceptances – –
- Average salaries – –
Internship Acceptances and Average Monthly Salary by Career Pathway (2022-2023)
Corporate Accounting
- Internship acceptances – 6
- Average monthly salaries – $3,636
Public Accounting
- Internship acceptances – 10
- Average monthly salaries – $5,424
Asset Management
- Internship acceptances – 6
- Average monthly salaries – $3,400
Buy-side Finance
- Internship acceptances – 3
- Average monthly salaries – $5,061
Commercial and Consumer Banking
- Internship acceptances – 7
- Average monthly salaries – $4,884
Corporate Finance
- Internship acceptances – 25
- Average monthly salaries – $4,410
Investment Banking
- Internship acceptances – 11
- Average monthly salaries – $8,863
Investment Research
- Internship acceptances – 9
- Average monthly salaries – $7,196
Sales and Trading
- Internship acceptances – 4
- Average monthly salaries – $5,850
Wealth Management
- Internship acceptances – 3
- Average monthly salaries – $3,878
Lead Generation and Content Strategy
- Internship acceptances – 6
- Average monthly salaries – $2,687
Marketing Analytics and Insights
- Internship acceptances – 12
- Average monthly salaries – $3,770
Marketing Management
- Internship acceptances – 9
- Average monthly salaries – –
Sales and Business Development
- Internship acceptances – 5
- Average monthly salaries – $3,467
Logistics
- Internship acceptances – 9
- Average monthly salaries – $3,271
Planning
- Internship acceptances – 5
- Average monthly salaries – $4,199
Process Analysis and Improvement
- Internship acceptances – 1
- Average monthly salaries – –
Procurement and Sourcing
- Internship acceptances – 3
- Average monthly salaries – –
Business Analytics
- Internship acceptances – 2
- Average monthly salaries – $4,333
Data Analytics
- Internship acceptances – –
- Average monthly salaries – –
Database Analytics
- Internship acceptances – –
- Average monthly salaries – –
Product Management
- Internship acceptances – 2
- Average monthly salaries – –
Programming
- Internship acceptances – 1
- Average monthly salaries – –
Project Management
- Internship acceptances – 1
- Average monthly salaries – –
Systems Analysis & Design
- Internship acceptances – 2
- Average monthly salaries – $3,640
Economic Consulting
- Internship acceptances – –
- Average monthly salaries – –
Strategy or Management Consulting
- Internship acceptances – 9
- Average monthly salaries – $7,179
Technology Consulting
- Full-time positions acceptances – 5
- Average salaries – $5,720
Asset & Portfolio Management and Brokerage
- Internship acceptances – 9
- Average monthly salaries – $4,154
Commercial Real Estate Finance and Valuation
- Internship acceptances – 4
- Average monthly salaries – $5,662
Corporate Real Estate
- Internship acceptances – 2
- Average monthly salaries – $5,200
Development and Construction
- Internship acceptances – 9
- Average monthly salaries – $4,494
Real Estate Private Equity Investment
- Internship acceptances – 6
- Average monthly salaries – $4,531
Actuarial Science
- Internship acceptances – 16
- Average monthly salaries – $5,165
Brokerage and Risk Consulting
- Internship acceptances – –
- Average monthly salaries – –
Corporate Risk Management
- Internship acceptances – –
- Average monthly salaries – –
Insurance
- Internship acceptances – 5
- Average monthly salaries – $3,529
Sustainability & CSR
- Internship acceptances – –
- Average monthly salaries – –
Employee Development
- Internship acceptances – 1
- Average monthly salaries – –
General Management
- Internship acceptances – –
- Average monthly salaries – –
Human Resources Generalist
- Internship acceptances – 8
- Average monthly salaries – $3,484
Talent Acquisition
- Internship acceptances – 1
- Average monthly salaries – –
Total Rewards
- Internship acceptances – 3
- Average monthly salaries – $3,236