THE PROCESS
Make a Game Plan for Sucess. Don’t wait until your senior year to start this process! The earlier you start assessing your interests and skills, gaining experience, and connecting with professionals, the easier it will be to find a great position.
Assess your skills – The College of Engineering has an excellent page devoted to this very important part of your job search process.
Networking is often the best way to learn about career options and what it takes to be successful.
THE SEARCH
Use the following resources to find out about job and internship openings.
BuckyNet – UW Madison on-line recruiting and event tool. Use BuckyNet to find jobs, attend events, learn about employers, and more! Attend an Economics Orientation at the beginning of the semester. If you miss any of the orientations, contact Bethany Nelson at banelson2@wisc.edu. You are required to attend an orientation to register on BuckyNet.
ECDO Blog – search by the following tags: Job, Internship, Fellowship
Wisconsin Alumni Association Badger Career Network – Connect with UW alumni throughout the world! The ECDO recommends that you start networking with professionals early in your college career to learn about
On-campus Events – Event information can also be found via BuckyNet
- UW Calendar
- Economics Career Development Office events
- Letters & Science Career Services events calendar
- Business Basics Seminars - Series of workshops and seminars designed to help you master the basics of the job search process
- Employer Information Session - All sessions are listed in BuckyNet under the Events Tab. Not on BuckyNet? Contact Bethany Nelson, Economics Career Advisor.
Letters & Sciences Career Services Job and Internship resources
Social Media
One of the latest, and most effective, ways to network and find out about available positions is through the various social media tools available. If you don’t have a LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook account you may be missing out on available opportunities.Current/Past Employers of economics students and alumni
Below is a short list of internships and jobs held by students and alumni in past years. Use this list as a guide when searching for positions or for companies that may interest you.
| Electrical Design Engineer | ABS International |
| Consulting Analyst | Accenture |
| Professional Services Consultant | Advent Software, Inc |
| Client Services Representative | AllianceBernstein |
| Application Developer | Allstate Insurance |
| Short-term Investments Intern | Allstate Investments |
| Associate Consultant | Altair Advisers |
| Volunteer Coordinator | Americorps |
| Director of Broadcasting and Information | Amsterdam Mohawks Baseball Club |
| Industrial Engineering Intern | Avon Hi-Life |
| Intern | AXA Equitable |
| Tax Accountant | Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP |
| Senior Transaction Analyst | Bank of America |
| Analyst | Bank of America |
| Investment Analyst | Blackrock |
| Program Director | Boy Scouts of America |
| Summer Intern | BP |
| Contract Specialist | BP Products North America Inc. |
| Manager in Training | Buckle |
| Inventory and Marketing Manager | Calm Enterprises |
| Data Analyst Development Program | Capital One |
| Investment Sales Assistant | Capital One Financial Advisors |
| Intern | Center for Small Business Development |
| Orientation Assistant | Center for the First Year Experience |
| Account Manager | Cision |
| Analyst | Citigroup |
| Real Estate Intern | Coldwell Banker |
| Benefits Consultant | Colonial Life |
| Summer Intern | Constellation Wealth Advisors, LLC |
| Financial Representative | COUNTRY Financial |
| Intern | Covanta Shanghai |
| Account Manager Trainee | Coyote Logistics |
| Institutional Equity Sales | Craig-Hallum Capital Group |
| Intern | Credit Agricole |
| Associate | Deloitte |
| Marketing Analyst | Delta Airlines |
| Intern | Economic Development Board (Singapore) [EDB] |
| Intern | Edward Jones |
| Marketing Intern | Ektron, Inc |
| Title Examiner/ Closer | Ekum Abstract and Title |
| Management Trainee | Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
| Intern | Entrustet |
| Problem Solver / Technical Services | Epic Systems |
| Implementation/Project Manager | Epic Systems |
| Senior Economic Consultant, | Ernst & Young LLP |
| Transfer Pricing | Ernst & Young LLP |
| Position Unknown | Exchange/Chicago Board of Trades |
| Associate Project Manager | Executive Management Inc. (Madison, WI) |
| Research Assistant | Federal Reserve |
| Research Analyst | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| Assistant Commercial Lender | First Bank Financial Centre |
| New Accounts Rep | First Bank Financial Centre |
| Development Analyst | First Industrial Realty |
| Trader Intern | Gavilon LLC |
| Risk Analyst | GE |
| Senior Asset Analyst | GE Capital Real Estate |
| Financial Management Program Internship Initiative | General Electric (Energy) |
| Operations Managers Assistant | Geneva Hospitality |
| Investment Banking Analyst | Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
| Software Engineer | Google, Inc. |
| Teaching Assistant | Hamilton School District |
| Youth Program Director | Hoofer Sailing Club |
| Health Care Consultant | Huron Consulting - Stockamp Practice |
| Marketing Supervisor | Imaging Systems |
| Analyst | J.P.Morgan Chase |
| Associate | Joseph J. Blake & Associates |
| Personal Banker | JPMorgan Chase Bank |
| Intern-Project Manager | Kapur & Associates Consulting Engineers |
| Attorney | Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
| Store Management Intern | Kohl's |
| Logistics - Industrial Engineering Internship | Kohl's Corporation |
| Merchandise Business Analyst | Kohl's Corporation |
| Federal Tax Associate | KPMG LLP |
| Planning Intern - Full Line Stores | Lands' End |
| Business Development Director | Language Stars |
| Center Director | Language Stars |
| Senior Software Developer | Liberty Mutual |
| Associate Claims Adjuster | Liberty Mutual |
| Sales Dept Head | Life Time Fitness |
| Finance Associate | Lloyd Group |
| Intern | Longvans |
| Produce Clerk | Lund Food Holdings Inc. |
| Trust Operations Specialist I | M & I Bank |
| Commercial Real Estate Lender | M&I Bank |
| Commercial Real Estate Underwriter | M&I Bank |
| Commercial Credit Analyst | M&I Bank |
| Assistant Planner | Macy's |
| HR & Business Analysis and Development | Madison Tanning Company |
| Summer Intern | Major League Baseball |
| Associate | Marcus & Millichap |
| Senior Consultant | MaxIT Healthcare |
| Associate | McKinsey & Co |
| Intern | MCLE Board of the Supreme Court of Illinois |
| Benefits Analyst | Mercer |
| Financial Advisor Intern | Merrill Lynch |
| Employee Benefits Sales Consultant Trainer | Metropolitan Life |
| AVP, Credit Analyst | Midfirst Bank |
| Product Manager (Marketing) | Millipore Corp. Beckman Coulter |
| Media Planner | Mindshare |
| Finance Intern | Minnesota DFL |
| High School Admissions Rep | Minnesota School of Business |
| Managing Director of Real Estate | MKF Group (NY, NY) |
| Investment Banking Analyst | Morgan Stanley |
| Summer intern | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney |
| Systems Analyst | Mount Sinai Medical Center |
| AmeriCorps | National AIDS Fund |
| Sales Associate | Next Realty |
| Facility Supervisor | Nielsen Tennis Stadium |
| College Financial Representative Intern | Northwestern Mutual |
| Post-Grad Financial Rep Intern | Northwestern Mutual |
| Sales Manager | NRC Realty Advisors, LLC |
| Pre-Award Intern | Office of Research and Sponsored Programs |
| Operations Assistant | Office of Student Financial Aid |
| Treasury Management Analyst | PNC Financial Services |
| Associate Transfer Pricing | PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| Account Manager, DOE/Other Government | Purdue University |
| Application Developer | RJ O'Brien (Chicago) |
| Clerk | Rosenthal Collins Group Chicago Mercantile |
| Sales Assistant | Ross Valve Mfg. Co. |
| President, Technology | SameGoal, L.L.C. |
| Business Analyst | Satyam Computer Services |
| Sr. Analyst - Procurement | Sears Holdings Corporation |
| Underwriting Internship | Secura Insurance |
| Intern | Senator Jim Sullivan |
| Intern | Small Army |
| Event Services Project Manager | Sonic Foundry, Inc. |
| Sales Engineer | Sonic Foundry, Inc. |
| Golf Shop Assistant | South Hills Golf & C.C. |
| Global Operations Intern | Stark Investment |
| Financial Advisor | Strategic Wealth Management Group |
| Managing Director, CEO | Sudyog Infraprojects Pvt. Ltd., India |
| Employee Benefits Sales Representative | Sun Life Financial |
| Business Analyst | Target Corporation |
| Merchandise Planning Business Analyst | Target.com |
| Teacher | Teach for America |
| Intern | The advance groud |
| Account Manager- Sales | The Boston Beer Company |
| Project Manager/Intern | The Katleho Network |
| Emerging Leader Program | The Nielsen Company |
| Financial Associate | The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Engineering Physics Department |
| Service Desk Analyst | Thomson Reuters |
| Inter-Management Development Program | Tires Plus Total Car Care |
| Survey Statistician | U.S. Census Bureau |
| Analyst | U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) |
| Certified Financial Planner ™ | UBS Financial Services, Inc. |
| Associate Director | UBS, Alternative Investments, Hedge Fund Group |
| Financial Analyst | United Health Group |
| Biological Assistant | United States Department of Agriculture |
| Intern in the Orientation Division | United States State Department, Foreign Service Institute |
| Mutual Fund Accounting | US Bank |
| Realty Specialist/Legal Intern | US Fish and Wildlife |
| Peace Corps Volunteer | US Peace Corps |
| Community and Business Development | US Peace Corps - Armenia |
| Small Enterprise Development | US Peace Corps - Kenya |
| Assistant Professor | USC |
| Teller | UW Credit Union |
| Student Software Trainer | UW Department of Information Technology |
| Telefunder | UW Foundation |
| Student Loan Assistant | UW-Madison |
| Student Supervisor | UW-Madison Division of Housing-Pop's Club |
| Intern | VaynerMedia |
| Stockroom Assistant, Operations Intern | WA Whitney (Division of MegaFab) |
| Senior Manager of Corporate Strategy | Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
| Intern | Waterstone Mortgage |
| Analyst | Wells Fargo |
| Associate (Country Risk Analyst) | Wells Fargo & Company (formerly Wachovia) |
| Credit Manager | Wells Fargo Financial |
| SAA Trainee | Winfield Solutions |
| Business Analyst Intern | Wisconsin Department of Commerce |
| Staff Attorney | Wisconsin Legislative Council |
| Alumni Program Director | Wisconsin Madison Drug Court |
| Assistant Vice President - Investments & Research | WoodTrust Bank |
| promotions intern | Z104/Star Country Radio stations |
| Associate Consultant | ZS Associates (London UK) |
| Property Underwriter | Zurich |
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RESUMES, COVER LETTER & INTERVIEWING RESOURCES
Economics Career Development Office
To have your resume or cover letter reviewed or practice your interviewing skills you may do the following:
- Stop in during the ECDO walk in hours for a quick review of your resume and/or cover letter.
- E-mail your resume or cover letter to Bethany Nelson at banelson2@wisc.edu.
- Set up an appointment for more information on how to start or improve your resume and cover letter and to have a 60 minute mock interview.
- Check the Events page for information on upcoming resume workshops and mock interviews.
Resume Samples - All three in one pdf
Other on-campus resources:
- The Writing Center at UW-Madison
- Letters & Science Career Services resume & cover letter and interviewing resources
- Business Career Center resources
- Informational Interviews
GAIN EXPERIENCE
There are multiple ways to gain skills and experience that will make you an attractive candidate to potential employers. Internships, both paid and unpaid, are excellent opportunities. You can also gain marketable skills by volunteering and by being involved in a student organization.
Morgridge Center for Public Service- UW-Madison's center for public service - connecting students and academic staff with nonprofits and the community through volunteerism, service-learning and community-based research
Center for Leadership and Involvement
Student Organization Listing
Research and Internship resources
Volunteer and Service resourcesUW-Madison Student Job Center – listings for both on and off-campus part-time positions
Internships held by past economics students
Below is a listing of various internships held in the past by UW-Madison economics undergraduates. This is not a complete list of internships. If you have interned somewhere please e-mail Bethany Nelson at banelson2@wisc.edu with your name, intern position, and company!Click to view past internships
Intern Amerihome Mortgage Position title unknown Sears Holdings Corporation Federal Tax Intern KPMG LLP Position title unknown National City Bank Intern Merrill Lynch Intern McKinsey & Co. Team Associate Ameriprise MBA Leadership Intern Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Financial Analyst Kimberly Clark Atlanta Position title unknown Division of Enterprise Technology, Dept of Administration, State of WI Financial Management Program Intern GE-Healthcare Intern International Monetary Fund Legal Intern Associated Banc-Corp Intern Merrill Lynch Law Student Volunteer Intern Office of Chief Counsel for IRS Credit Intern Associate Bank, National Association Position title unknown Wachovia Economics Intern USDA Forest Products, Laboratory Marketing Big Brothers Big Sisters Research Assistant R. Representative Wickert Research Engineer SC Johnson & Son Inc. Research Engineer Xebra Technologies Corporation Real Estate Analyst Siegel-Gallagher Management Management Intern University Research Park Wealth Management Inter Merrill Lynch Assistant Mass Mutual Summer Associate Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Analyst Aries Capital Business Operations Analyst Intern Uline Summer Legal Intern US D of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Office of the Asst. AG Programmer Intern Emergent Networks (Mpls) Intern Executive Management Inc. Web Programmer Intern Polk County Florida MBA Marketing Intern Wualcomm Sales Engineer Intern Sonic Foundry, Inc. Corporate Analyst Intern Target Corporation
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OTHER UW-MADISON RESOURCES
Exploration Center – For undecided students
Letters & Science Career Services
Business Career Center
Wisconsin Alumni Association career resources specifically for students
Go Global! – International careers web site
International Academic Programs
International Student Services
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Last updated: August 3, 2012