Second-Year Event Guidelines
Joint-Year or First-Year Event Guidelines
Career Fair
Off-Campus Events
Event Blackout Periods
Informational Interviews
RSVPs
Pre-Interview Dinners & Sell Days

Event Limit Policy

Fall Semester 2020: Companies are limited to hosting three events per class year, in addition to a single diversity event*.

• 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 second-year students begin Tuesday, September 1, 2020.

• On-campus corporate presentation events exclusively for second-year students may take place on specific dates from September 1 to October 12, and again from October 20 to December 8, 2020. 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 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 29, 2020. Company representatives may not meet with first-year students in any capacity between Monday, August 17, 2020 and Monday, September 28, 2020..
• Corporate presentations targeting both class years or only first-year students may be scheduled on specific dates from September 29 to October 16, and again from October 26 to December 11, 2020. 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 November 5 and December 11, 2020 (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 invitation-only event of any size during the November 5 and December 11 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 25 from 9:00a.m. - 12:00 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:

• Independence Day holiday July 3–6
• Midterm exams July 7–8
• Labor Day September 7
• Yom Kippur September 28
• 1st-Year LEAD Class (2nd-Year daytime and 1st-Year evening events allowed)
• Midterm exams October 19–23 — full-time interviews allowed
• Fall break October 30–November 3
• Thanksgiving holiday November 25 - November 27
• Exams/Winter Break/1st-Year Events December 14 - February 5
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 18
• Midterm exams February 23-26
• Spring break March 1-5
• Final exams April 16-26
• Commencement May 19
   

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.