What are Career Fairs and Business Competitions?

Aside from the on-campus recruiting that takes place at elite business schools, the single greatest opportunity for business students to create career opportunities is through career fairs and business competitions. All business schools host some form of career fair. 

The quality of employment opportunities will vary based upon the reputation, quality, and resources of the business school. In addition, there are also many national career fairs. 

Below are a couple of useful websites in identifying these opportunities.

• https://www.nationalcareerfairs.com/
• https://jobfairsin.com/

There are far few conferences for undergraduate business majors than for MBA students. 

The two largest and highest quality career fairs (recruiting events) for MBA students are:

• National Black MBA Association
• Prospanica
• Ascend National Convention and Career Fair
• National Association of Asian American Professionals Leadership Convention
• Reaching Out MBA and Graduate Conference
• MBA Veterans Career Conference & Expo
• Net Impact Conference
• Asian MBA Career Expo
• National Association of Women MBAs Conference & Career Expo
• MIT European Career Fair

Case Competitions

While career fairs are certainly beneficial, often employers target business school competitions to recruit new employees. The most common form of competition is a case competition. 

At these events, students analyze business situations and develop strategic plans for addressing the identified issues. The cases generally are related to a specific subject matter, such as marketing, finance, operations, strategy, real estate, etc. 

There are some competitions that are more skills-related, such as sales or marketing competitions. Some noteworthy examples are:

• National Collegiate Sales Competition
• ICSC - Collegiate World Cup of Sales
• Global Marketing Competition

Below is a list of the major business case competitions

• National Investment Banking Competition
• Global Case Competition at Harvard
• KPMG International Case Competition
• Asia Investment Banking Competition
• McGill Management International Case Competition
• CFI Financial Modeling Case Competition
• Indiana University Diversity Case Competition
• Citi International Case Competition
• Copenhagen Business School Case Competition
• Eller Ethics Case Competition
• International Case Competition @ Maastricht
• Marshall International Case Competition
• McDonough-Hilltop Business Strategy Challenge
• Northeastern CUIBE Strategy Case Competition
• Scotiabank International Case Competition
• NBMBAA Undergraduate Case Competition
• Deloitte Consulting National Undergraduate Case Competition
• John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition
• Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing challenge 2018
• CBS Case Competition OPEN 2018
• Schulich International Case Competition 2018
• LOreal Brandstorm 2018
• Belgrade Business International Case Competition
• HEC Montreal International Graduate Competition
• WBS Case Challenge 2018
• CaseIT Case Competition 2018
• Asian Business Case Competition @ Nanyang
• HKUST International Case Competition 2018
• ModelOff Financial Modeling World Championship 2018
• Aarhus Case Competition
• APICS West Coast Student Case Competition
• Aspen Institute's Business & Society International MBA Case Competition
• CFO Case Study Competition
• Creative Shock
• HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition
• Hult Prize
• John Molson MBA International Case Competition
• Katz Invitational Case Competition
• KeyBank Foundation and Fisher College of Minority MBA Student Case Competition
• Net Impact Case Competition
• Network of International Business Schools (NIBS) Worldwide Case Competition
• PRMIA Risk Management Challenge
• RSM Private Equity Case Competition
• Russian National Case League Changellenge
• The University of California Press Case Studies in the Environment Prize Competition
• The University of California Press Case Studies in the Environment Prize Competition
• ACG Cup Program - The ACG Cup
• Annual Kogod Case Competition Kogod Case Competition
• Babson Marketing Case Competition - Babson Marketing Case Competition
• Bentley University Business Bowl
• BNY Mellon Katz Invitational Case Competition invitational case competition
• Business & Society International MBA Case Competition - Business & Society International MBA Case Competition
• Daniels Ethics Race & Case Competition - Race & Case Competition
• Deloitte National Case Competition - National Case Competition
• Diamond Dollars Case Competition - Diamond Dollars Case Competition
• Education Leadership Case Competition - Education Leadership Case Competition (ELCC)
• Fisher Invitational Case Competition - Fisher Invitational Case Competition.
• Grand Business Challenge in Digital Health - Grand Business Challenge in Digital Health
• HEC Paris Business Game
• Hult Global Case Challenge - Hult Global Case Challenge IGC Case Competition - International Graduate Competition
• Illinois MBA Strategy Case Competition - Illinois MBA Strategy Case Competition
• Innovation Olympics - Student Team RegistrationView
• International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition - International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition
• IESE Case Competition - International MBA Case Competition
• JOHN MOLSON MBA International Case Competition - John Molson MBA International Case Competition
• National Black MBA Association Case Competition
• National MBA Human Capital Case Competition - MBA Human Capital Case Competition
• Odyssey Global MBA Competition - Global MBA Competition
• Quinnipiac G.A.M.E. III Forum - Quinnipiac Global Asset Management Education (G.A.M.E.) III Forum
• Reaching Out MBA Conference Competitions - Reaching Out MBA Case Competition
• Sam M. Walton College of Business International Graduate Logistics Case Competition - invitation-only competition
• Smeal MBA Sustainability Case Competition - Smeal MBA Sustainability Case Competition
• The Executive Leadership Council's (ELC) Business Case Competition Application Executive Leadership Councils (ELC) Business Case Competition Application.
• The Crisis Game - Brandeis
• The Solvay Business Game - business competition
• YGCC Case Competition - YGCC Case Competition

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