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Recruiting Calendar

Following is a list of important dates, events, and deadlines for the 2008-2009 recruiting season. The key student activity dates for the 2008-2009 academic year will be updated soon.

2008

January 7 Winter quarter begins
January 8 On-campus corporate conversations recommence
January 21 Martin Luther King holiday (office closed)
January 22 On-campus interviewing for first-year students begins
February 18-29 MBA Global Career Forum  
February 29 Last day of formal on-campus recruiting for winter quarter
March 17-22 Winter quarter final exams
March 21 Convocation, Class of 2008
March 31 Spring quarter begins
April 17 Corporate Networking Lunch
May 8 Chicago Recruiters Conference
May 12-14 Booking request period
May 27 Career Services will confirm 2008–09 interview and corporate conversation dates (most event space will be confirmed by August 15)
May 30 Send Summer Event Information to your Relationship Manager
June 9-14 Spring quarter final exams
June 15 Convocation, Class of 2008
July 9  Talent Development Conference - London
July 31 Corporate Profile Surveys due
August (mid) Second-year resume database available
August 15 Second-year job information forms due
August 29 Convocation, Class of 2008
August 31 Company recruiting literature sent to Career Resource Center
September 9  Core (orientation) begins for first-year students
September 22 On-campus corporate conversations for second-year students begin
September 25 Autumn quarter begins
October 1 Corporate Networking Night: Investment Banking & Investment Management -- second-year students only
October 2 Corporate Networking Night: Corporate Finance -- second-year students only
October 6 Corporate Networking Night: Consulting, Marketing, Strategy, General Management, and Other Functions -- second-year students only
October 10 Career Services - Mocktail
October 20  Recruiting for first-year students begins
October 20  On-campus interviewing for second-year students begins
November 1 First-year job information forms due 
November (mid) First-year resume database available
November 18 Corporate Networking Night: Investment Banking, Investment Management, and Corporate Finance -- first- and second-year students
November 19 Corporate Networking Night: Consulting, Marketing, Strategy, General Management, and Other Functions -- first- and second-year students
November 25 Last day of campus recruiting for autumn quarter
November 27-28 Student Treks:
  EuroTrek
  London Banking Days
November 27 Thanksgiving holiday (office closed)
December 8-13 Autumn quarter final exams
December 12 Convocation, Class of 2008
December 15-19 Student Treks:

Bank Week (New York area)
Boston
Band Week (New York area)
Hong Kong
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
WestQuest

2009

January 5 Winter quarter begins
January 6 On-campus corporate conversations recommence
January 10 Career Services - wInterview
January 19 Martin Luther King holiday (office closed)
January 20 On-campus interviewing for first-year students begins
TBD MBA Global Career Forum
February 27 Last day of formal on-campus recruiting for winter quarter
March 2 Just-in-time recruiting begins
March 16 - 21 Winter quarter final exams
March 20 Convocation, Class of 2009
March 30 Spring quarter begins
April 16 Corporate Networking Lunch
May 5 Chicago Recruiters Conference (tentative)
May 11 - 13 Booking request period
May 22 Career Services will confirm 2009–10 interview and corporate conversation dates (most event space will be confirmed by August 15)
May 29 Management Conference
June 1 Send Summer Event Information to your Relationship Manager
June 8 - 13 Spring quarter final exams
June 14 Convocation, Class of 2009
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John R. Birge

John R. Birge
Professor of Operations Management and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow

John Birge was dean of Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science before joining the Chicago GSB faculty in 2004.

Download the 2008 Recruiting Guide.


Last Updated 6/13/08