Fall 2023 Career Programs from the Economics Career Office (ECO)
8/21, 9/15 ECO Orientation for All Economics Majors, Forage, and RocketBlocks Demo
8/28 Job Search Workshop with Dean Overdkyk (Econ 2014), Amazon
9/1 MAJOR TO MAJOR (M2M) Career Coaching Fair (for all A&S Students)*
9/13 Economic and Litigation Consulting Night, Moderated by Professor Ken Elzinga
9/14 Freddie Mac Workshop & Info Session for Fall Recruiting with Alumnus Ryan Hughes
9/22 Behavioral Mock Interview
9/26 Altria Resume Marathon and Alumni in Residence with Garrick Sin (Altria)
9/26 Alumni in Residence with Peter Lyons, What Do Business Lawyers Actually Do?
10/11 “Global Debt” Talk w Alumnus Mark Connors (Head of Research, 3Qi) Sponsored by the Econ Club
10/13 Internship Panel (Banking, Consulting, Data Analytics, Finance, Government, Policy, Tech)
10/16 How I Got This Job: Government (GAO) Sponsored by the ECO
10/25 Strategies for Navigating Careers in Finance from Emmy Sobieski, Bestselling Author of $100M Careers (Sponsored by SWS, Econ Club, Women’s Business Forum at McIntire)
10/30 Opportunities for Women in Economics Across the Nation (Virtual)
11/7 Navigating Careers in Finance with Emmy Sobieski
11/10 Women in Economics (Sponsored by the ECO and Econ Club) Panel and Lunch
January 2024 How I Got Into Grad School: Econ Alumni in MBA, Law, and Ph.D Programs
March 2024 Economics Undergraduate Career Forum with Alumni Leaders across Industries and Job Functions
* This program matches current majors with upper-level students and the list of represented employers is in Handshake.
ECO programs will be open to all majors after priority registration for economics majors closes five days before each event (unless stated otherwise in each event’s listing).
Big Programs All Majors Should Know About
The events below are sponsored by the University and other career offices and are open to all students. The ECO encourages economics majors to become familiar with these events, attend those that are relevant for you, and to prepare for them with ECO and UVA Career Center programs and resources. Regularly check Handshake for any changes and updates.
8/25 Consulting and Strategy Conference
8/26 Case Mock Interview Day (Virtual)
9/6 Tech Night Takeover
9/7 Fall Resume Marathon (Virtual)
9/7 Fall Mock Interview Day (Virtual)
9/8 Behavioral Interview Night (Virtual)
9/9 Commerce Career Day (Virtual and Open to All Majors)
9/8 Engineering Career Fair (Virtual and Open to All Majors)
9/20 On-Grounds Interviews Begin
9/23 Intelligence and Security Networking Day (in-person)
9/27 Professional and Grad School Fair (Virtual)
10/4 Fall Data Analytics Night
10/11-18 Public Service Week
10/11 Fall Job & Internship Fair 2023: Biotech, Science and Healthcare Careers (Virtual)
10/25 Fall Job & Internship Fair 2023: All Career Industries
11/9 BioLink/DataLink Interviewing Day (Virtual)