The career services seminar has sessions throughout the MSF program, beginning with an orientation to career development in finance. It contains a wide range of activities from resume writing to interview skills to positioning for CFA, CFP and licensing certifications. MSF students, have access to an active board of job postings from investment banks, financial institutions and multinational companies. SMU hosts an annual career fair, held every spring, which brings to campus many employers eager to meet graduating students from all of our programs.

Recent Hiring Companies

MSF students were recently hired by the following companies:

• AEW Capital Management

• Anadarko Petroleum

• AustinCSI*

• Challenger Group

• Deloitte

• Deutsche Bank*

• Goldman Sachs

• Graycourt Capital*

• Guotai Junan

• Injury Management Organization*

• Interstate Batteries

• Kaufman Rossin

• Match Point (2)*

• PwC (2)

• Regions Bank

• Sabre Holdings

• Southwest Bank

• Steria Consulting

• Stout Risius Ross

• VMG Health

• Vobile

*Denotes post-graduate internships

Resume Enhancing Resources

The Cox School of Business is part of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas. SMU has a wealth of resources including technologically sophisticated facilities, libraries and computer labs, as well as a beautiful campus.

The Cox MSF Program offers cutting-edge resources and options that will make your educational experience more valuable and provide you with the Cox Advantage.

Kitt Investing and Trading Center

The new Kitt Investing and Trading Center is a state-of-the-art research and instructional facility. The Center is designed to integrate finance curriculum, enhance innovative faculty research and teach students practical finance and investment applications. The 32-seat facility is the home of the Ann Rife Cox Undergraduate and Nancy Chambers Underwood Graduate student managed investment portfolios.

The EnCap Investments & LCM Group Alternative Asset Management Center

The EnCap Investment & LCM Group Alternative Asset Management Center at the Cox School of Business places SMU at the forefront of training in the most significant growth area in the investment field today. There are over 200 alternative investment firms in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The Alternative Asset Management Program will make Cox the top provider of trained students necessary for these local firms as well as other growing firms throughout the United States and the world.

Business Library

The Business Library is located in the Maguire Building, one of the trilogy of buildings comprising the Cox School of Business. The mission of the Business Library is to provide the SMU community with authoritative business information, support the integration of information and technology into the curriculum, and act as a center for research and development for the state-of-the-art information technology applications in the business education field. As such, the Business Library offers a comprehensive set of resources including Bloomberg, Global Insight, Hoover’s Online, LexisNexis Academic and Statistical, Mergent Online, Morningstar Direct, S&P’s NetAdvantage, Thomson ONE, Value Line Research Center Online, VentureXpert, WRDS, and a host of additional databases, research guides, print resources, etc.

Bloomberg Certification

Bloomberg systems are available in the Kitt Investing and Trading Center and BIC to give our students a significant resource advantage and to provide them with the opportunity to become “Bloomberg Certified” by offering a Bloomberg certification program prior to graduation.

CFA

The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certification program is globally recognized in the financial asset management field. If you are considering a career in asset management, you will want to enroll in a CFA review course during the spring semester. The Cox School of Business’ connection with the Dallas/Fort Worth CFA Society offers scholarships to Cox MSF students toward the Level I examination.

A clarification on employment opportunities for our international students:

With the F1 Visa, it is possible to work for approximately a year after graduation in order to gain work experience. Our degree program does not require specific work experience, so CPT (curricular professional training) is not part of the program. OPT (optional professional training) is, of course, possible. We have had some success connecting to firms that offer OPT “internships” and we intend to build this pool of firms. It is also possible for international students to find, through their own initiative, firms willing to sponsor OPT and, ultimately perhaps, a work visa. But it is most likely that international students will utilize their training from any American MSF program to pursue career objectives within their home countries. An exciting employment channel is American companies seeking to fill positions overseas with MSF graduates. Our career services seminar builds skills for seeking out these firms.