Recruit & Hire
We make it easy for you to hire high-performing talent and future leaders.
Discover Trusted Leaders
Whether you’re a startup, nonprofit or a Fortune 500 company, we use a tailored approach to ensure you efficiently and successfully meet your recruiting and hiring goals.
Connect with Business Badgers
Meet master’s and MBA students on campus or virtually through information sessions and networking or over coffee.
Post a job
Your hub for recruiting. Advertise jobs or internships, register for career fairs, schedule on-campus interviews, and more through Handshake.
Request résumés
Looking to recruit top talent? Résumé books are available upon request.
Why Employers Hire Business Badgers
WSB students are driven by values, integrity, and a passion to do business differently. Experiential learning and in-depth, industry-backed curriculum prepare them to make a positive impact from day one and drive your firm forward.
Recruit the Next Generation of Leaders
Our graduates are ready to push boundaries and make an impact. Business is changing, and they’re at the forefront.
Employers hiring our students
Build Your Brand and Connect With Students
Increase your brand recognition and connect with our students. Let us help you meet MBA and master’s students and achieve your recruiting and hiring goals.
Hire interns with real-world experiences and make early full-time employment offers.
Students typically complete internships in the summer.
Companies are invited to post their available internships year-round on Handshake.
To hire international students, your organization follows the same process as you would to hire any student. Most international students have an F-1 student visa, allowing them to work as interns during the summer or part-time during an academic semester. Students with internships can apply for work permission called Curricular Practical Training through UW–Madison’s International Student Services office.
Let us help you with logistics and meet your recruiting goals and hiring needs.
- Remote interviews are available. In-person interviews are held in the MBA & Master’s Program Office:
Room 2450
Grainger Hall
975 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706 - Check-in begins at 8 a.m.
- We provide a packet with the interview schedule and student résumés.
- The day includes one-hour interviews, two 30-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon, and a one-hour lunch break.
- The Capital Café is located on the first floor of Grainger Hall. A list of nearby restaurants is available in the recruiters lounge.
- We encourage you to schedule first-round interviews Monday through Thursday and second-round interviews Friday.
- Log in to Handshake to request your interview schedule.
In the semester-long consulting project, corporate partners identify a business need and sponsor a team of students to find a solution.
Students provide consulting services and deliver actionable results for your organization. Students are supported in a variety of ways, including:
- instructors and teaching assistants with consulting and industry experience
- weekly meetings, regular progress reports, and presentation practice
- a consulting bootcamp where students learn crucial skills and frameworks
Show students what a day in the life of your company is like and introduce them to different career opportunities. Through these visits, Business Badgers shadow industry professionals to explore different workplace and company cultures. Career treks offer built-in networking for the students and you as an employer. With the in-person, on-site learning, you are able to showcase how your company is committed to making an impact.
For more information, contact Director of Employer and Corporate Relations Leslie Taylor at leslie.taylor@wisc.edu.
Partner with one of our business-focused student organizations to co-host an event. Learn more about the graduate student organizations on campus.
Hire an international student as long as U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has granted work authorization.
Internships
Your organization follows the same process as you would to hire any student. Most international students have an F-1 student visa, allowing them to work as interns during the summer or part-time during an academic semester. Students with internships can apply for work permission called Curricular Practical Training through UW–Madison’s International Student Services office (ISS).
Full-time positions
International students studying on an F-1 visa may be authorized to work on Optional Practical Training for 12 months. Some students hold J-1 visas and can work in the U.S. for up to 18 months. Students work with ISS at UW–Madison to complete the paperwork.
Long-term employment
If your company would like to hire international students for long-term assignments in the U.S., you may sponsor them on H-1B visas. This visa allows up to six years of employment. More information can be found on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website.
STEM-designated programs
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has given STEM designation to:
- Full-time MBA specializations: supply chain management, technology strategy and product management
- Master’s programs: business analytics, financial economics, and supply chain management
MBA & Master’s Recruiting Calendar
View the guidelines on recruiting policies and offers and explore a list of UW–Madison's all-campus career fairs.
Fall 2024 semester
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| First semester instruction begins | September 4 |
| Recruiting activities begin and résumé books available | September 4 |
| Supply Chain Career Fair (undergraduate/master’s/MBA WSB students) | September 18 |
| Real Estate Club Career Fair | September 25 |
| Risk Management & Insurance Career Fair (undergrad/master’s WSB students) | September 26 |
| Consulting Practicum proposals due: Learn more about sponsoring a consulting project | October 1 |
| Thanksgiving recess | November 28–December 1 |
| Last class day and fall recruiting ends | December 11 |
| Winter recess | December 23–January 20 |
Spring 2025 semester
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Second semester begins and campus recruiting resumes* | January 21 |
| Risk Management & Insurance Career Fair (virtual) | TBD |
| Specialty Master’s Business Analytics Career Fair | February 14 |
| Real Estate Club Career Fair | February 18 |
| Spring recess | March 22–30 |
| Last class day | May 2 |
MBA/Master’s job & internship offer guidelines
| Offers resulting from | For | Guidelines |
|---|---|---|
| Summer internships | Full-time conversion offers resulting from previous summer internships | December 1 or three weeks after offer is made, whichever comes later |
| Fall interviews (including recruiting activities such as national conferences or on-site interviews) | Full-time offers | December 1 or three weeks after offer is made, whichever comes later |
| Fall interviews (including recruiting activities such as national conferences or on-site interviews) | Internship offers | December 1 or three weeks after offer is made, whichever comes later |
| Spring interviews (including recruiting activities such as national conferences or on-site interviews) | Full-time or internship offers | Three weeks after offer is made |
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