SMF Career Coaching & Outcomes
Fisher's Office of Career Management is a critical piece of your SMF experience and will be there to help you develop a career strategy and provide the tools necessary to execute your job search. As an incoming student, you will work one-on-one with a dedicated career coach in many different ways to ensure your success.
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Working with Fisher's Office of Career Management:
Career Consultation: Your career coach assists you with clarifying your career goals, developing your personal brand, refining your resume, preparing for interviews, networking, negotiating and more.
Career Core: Career Core helps you create your value proposition, write a strong resume, prep for interviews, and be the best-prepared job seeker for when employers flood campus.
Career Foundation Seminars: A series of interactive seminars expose you to a variety of careers in finance. Leading industry professionals including Fisher faculty, staff and alumni share their experience and expertise.
Career Success Series: Building upon what you started in Career Core, this series of workshops helps you build a foundation for a career in finance. Varied topics include: networking, interview practice, job search tools, U.S. work authorization, job offer negotiations, and more.
Events: Students are active in their job search with the help of Fisher-sponsored career fairs, networking events, and industry-specific sessions. Hundreds of employers per year flock to campus to recruit Fisher students.
Global Connections: Our career team supports your aspirations on a global scale—not just in the U.S.—through our international Alumni Network, our partnership with Ohio State's Global Gateways, and more.
Annual Salary
Outcomes | average | median |
---|---|---|
starting salary | $77,031 | $75,000 |
Percentage with Offers
job seeking - six months post-graduation
international | overall |
---|---|
100% | 88% |
Companies making offers
- Amazon
- Bank of America
- BDO USA
- Changjiang Securities
- Charles Schwab
- China Construction Bank
- China Merchants Bank
- China Nuclear Power Eng.
- Citibank
- Cowen
- Credit Agricole Egypt
- DBS Bank
- Deloitte
- Express
- ExxonMobil
- EY (Ernst & Young)
- FDIC
- Fifth Third Bank
- GEICO
- GF Securities
- Goldman Sachs & Co.
- Huntington National Bank
- Indus. & Comm. Bank of China
- Jiahui Health
- Jinbailin Asset Mgmt. Firm
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- KPMG
- London Stock Exchanges
- L'Oreal
- Macy's
- McKinsey Company
- Morgan Stanley
- Nationwide
- Ohio Department of Health
- Oppenheimer & Co.
- P&G
- Pfizer
- Plante Moran
- Principal Financial
- PwC
- Rakuten
- Raymond James Financial
- SafeAuto Insurance Co.
- Sallie Mae
- Shanghai Equity Exchange Center
- United Airlines Inc.
- Upstart
- Verizon Wireless
Employment by Job Function '23
- Corporate Finance: 30%
- Investment Banking: 18%
- Financial Services: 18%
- Consulting: 15%
- Investment Management: 15%
- Other: 4%
Employment by Job Function '22
- Corporate Finance/Invest. Bank: 21.5%
- Investment Management: 18%
- Financial Services: 21.5%
- Real Estate: 18%
- Financial Services/Commercial: 14%
- Consulting: 14%
Other: 11%
Where SMF Grads Go
- 30 states across the U.S.
- International locations:
- China
- Columbia
- Egypt
- Nepal
- Germany
- Belgium
- Sweden
- Canada
- Japan
- and more
Career: Frequently Asked Questions
Fisher's Office of Career Management offers a comprehensive approach to providing highly personalized, career-focused programming and career consultation specifically designed for business graduate students. As a Fisher graduate student, you will have access to one-on-one career support, corporate and alumni relations, and a plethora of tools and resources to support your job search.
Students will work with a dedicated career coach within the Office of Career Management to secure an internship. Students will also prepare for an internship via Career Core Modules over the summer prior to the start of the program, orientation, pre-term workshops and Alumni Reception, and Fisher's Fall Career Fair.
The majority of internships are typically offered for the summer between March and May. Many students secure an internship in the U.S. while some international students choose to fulfill an internship in their home country.
Contact Us
No matter the stage of your graduate education journey, we encourage you to connect with us to find answers to any questions you may have about Fisher's Specialized Master in Finance program.
Specialized Master in Finance (SMF) Program Contact:
Program Recruiter: Raahkema Cropper | Schedule a Virtual Call or email the SMF Program at fisher_smf@fisher.osu.edu
Fisher Graduate Programs Office:
Contact Fisher's Graduate Programs Office directly to schedule on-campus activities such as in-person meetings, class visits and campus tours. We will do our best to accommodate your request in-person or virtually within university guidelines - Safe and Healthy Buckeyes.
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