Career Trips

During a typical school year, ESA offers two career trips to employment hubs (typically Chicago & NYC) for a select group of members. After a one-year hiatus due to COVID, career trips are back for 2021/22! These trips offer a wonderful opportunity for students to get their foot in the door of the economics/business world.

Upcoming Trips

Fall 2021

The fall trip will look a little different this year than in years past, as businesses in Chicago are still unable to host visitors. Instead, we will be visiting various companies in Madison across multiple industries. While it’s not exactly what we had hoped for, it will still be an excellent opportunity to connect with UW-Madison alumni and learn more about certain industries and job roles

Spring 2022

As of now, our trip to New York City is still on! In the past we have visited prominent companies such as Goldman Sach’s, BNY-Melon, Macy’s, Sullivan & Cromwell, etc., and we expect to have an exciting lineup of hosts this year as well.

About our Trips

While every company visit is unique, they all share common lessons and experiences on how to apply an education in economics to a career in the real world. Students in past years have had opportunities to build relationships with alumni in finance, banking, law, retail, and public policy, among other industries. Most importantly, these trips are very affordable due to grants from the Economics department here at UW. Applications for the Fall trip, as well as a list of company visits will be released in late October/early November, so stay tuned if you are interested!

Career Opportunities

As the semester progresses, companies reach out and notify us of jobs our members might be interested in. These will be posted here.