What are some of the top companies hiring Chicago grads?
The top five functions were consulting, investment banking, investment management, and finance within a company — whether that was analysis or treasury work — and marketing. The top hirers last year were major investment banks, consulting firms including McKinsey & Company, Lehman Brothers (LEH ), Citigroup (C ), Boston Consulting Group (BCGI ), and Goldman Sachs. William Blair, 3M (MMM ), Brunswick (BC ), and Kraft (KFT ) were also big hirers, along with several major manufacturing or consumer package goods companies (see BW Online, 5/4/06, “Who’s Hiring”). Do you see any trends in hiring practices? There’s been an uptick in consulting and investment banking hiring. Investment management, CPG and tech firms, and pharmaceuticals have remained steady hirers. We’ve seen an increase of this just-in-time hiring — companies that don’t need a nine-month lead times in hiring students. How have career services shifted to accommodate just-in-time hiring? We’ve adjusted our outreach and progr
