Second-Year Event Guidelines
Joint-Year or First-Year Event Guidelines
Career Fair
Event Blackout Periods
Pre-Interview Dinners & Sell Days

Event Limit Policy

Summer Semester 2021: January-term and EMBA students are in class over the summer and are available for information sessions and networking events.

Fall Semester 2021: Companies are limited to hosting three events per class year, in addition to a single diversity event*. All information sessions must be virtual, and employers are asked to provide links to the video conferencing platform of their choice.  Supplemental small group in-person events may be organized by the employer and held off campus with prior approval from the CMC.

• Examples of events that fall under this policy include: company information sessions, practice area networking events, social events, and invite-only dinners.
• Examples of events excluded from this policy include: coffee chats, multi-school events and multi-firm events.
• Different divisions (e.g. investment banking vs. asset management) or geographic offices within a company may qualify as separate entities for the purpose of this policy, but firms must receive prior approval from the CMC before planning an event.

*Companies may host multiple diversity events but individual students are not permitted to attend more than one diversity event of their choice.

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Second-Year Event Guidelines

On-campus company events targeting only second-year students begin Thursday, September 9, 2021.

• On-campus corporate presentation events exclusively for second-year students may take place on specific dates from September 9 to October 7, and again from October 7 to December 9, 2021. Events must be no more than 60 minutes long and event blackout periods apply.
• All events, including those taking place off-campus, must be submitted through COIN in order for the CMC to ensure a conflict-free calendar.
• Invitation-only events must be requested through COIN in order to avoid conflicts with other firms in your industry.
• See blackout periods below.

Joint-Year or First-Year Event Guidelines

• No events involving first-year students may take place before September 27, 2021. Company representatives may not meet with first-year students in any capacity between Monday, August 16, 2021 and Monday, September 27, 2021.
• Corporate presentations targeting both class years or only first-year students may be scheduled on specific dates from September 27 to October 15, and again from October 25 to December 9, 2021. Events must be no more than 60 minutes long and event blackout periods apply.
• Invitation-only events may take place any evening after 6:00 p.m. between October 28 and December 9, 2021 (except during blackout periods). All events must be submitted through COIN in order for the CMC to ensure a conflict-free calendar.
• Companies may request only one small group invitation-only event during the October 28 and December 9 event period.
• See blackout periods below.

Career Fair

The Career Fair is for companies that are new to recruiting at Columbia Business School or have not generated a high number of attendees at past events. Additionally, companies that don’t typically participate in on-campus recruiting are invited to attend as well. 

The Career Fair take place on September 24 from 11:00a.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET. Requests to participate in the Career Fair can be made through COIN.

Event Blackout Periods

Companies may not host events, including informal networking, on blackout dates as follows:

• Yom Kippur September 16
• Second-year Kickoff September 17
• Fall Career Fair September 24
• Midterm exams October 18–22 — full-time interviews allowed
• Fall break October 29–November 2
• Thanksgiving holiday November 24 - November 26
• Exams/Winter Break/1st-Year Interviews December 13 - February 4
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 17
• Midterm exams and Spring Break March 7-18
• Final exams May 4-13
• Commencement May 18
   

Pre-interview Events & Sell Days

Pre-interview events are generally not allowed. Please consult Nadege Jean-Romain or your account manager about your company's circumstances.

Sell Days should never conflict with academic commitments and are therefore best held on Fridays or Saturdays. Additionally, firms may not invite students to sell days or other post interview events until after offers are extended.