Access to the secure pages is restricted to
students and alumni of the program and requires user name and
password. Current students and program alumni can get this information from
Career Development at Stanford Career Development Center - Stanford's job placement site. Provides help in building your resume and provides potential employer contact information (albeit, non-industry-specific) as well as information about university wide job fairs and recruiter visits. Well worth a visit to their offices. Financial Industry Related Courses - Read about the relation of various courses offered in the program to the different types of jobs in the financial industry. Use this as a guideline for customizing your study list to best fit your post graduation goals, and in directing your job search to the positions for which you have a relative advantage.
Stanford Alumni Association - Keep in touch! Once you graduate, post your profile under "Financial Mathematics". Plus, search the Stanford Career Network for alumni who will provide resume critiques, informational interviews, and whose companies may offer internships. This is a terrific way to network with alumni in the field (from Financial Math and other programs).
Stanford Finance
NOTE: This organization is currently on hiatus.
This student-run group accepts a limited number of students each year into its Analyst Program, which facilitates unpaid internships (and other relevant professional activities). Students with no prior exposure to the financial industry and who are not concurrently pursuing a PhD in another department should consider an internship at a local firm during their first quarter at Stanford.
National Financial Mathematics Career Fair The National Financial Mathematics Career Fair The FM-MS program will reimburse up to $400 of travel expenses (airfare, lodging and meals excluding alcohol), once per student. Reimbursement is not available to students concurrently pursuing another graduate degree at Stanford.
Resume Book
Begun in fall 2004, the program collects student resumes each fall quarter (with the option of updating in the spring) for a resume book. We send the resumes to employer and recruiter contacts in the fall, and as requested throughout the year.
General Resources
QuantFinance A site recently started by a UC Berkeley MFE student, intended for students, prospective students, and alumni of financial mathematics programs to share ideas, address questions and concerns, give recommendations, and discuss career opportunities, among other things.
