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CAREERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH & FINANCIAL ENGINEERING MAJORS

Click to download Major Paths, which includes representative internships, study abroad opportunities, jobs, fellowships, and graduate programs that other Princeton students majoring in Operations Research & Financial Engineering have chosen.

Employment Pursuits of Recent ORFE Majors*
  • Analyst - Unilever, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
  • Analyst - Bank of America, New York, NY
  • Analyst - Citadel Investment Group, Chicago, IL
  • Anayst - UBS, Stamford, CT
  • Associate Consultant - Bain & Co., Boston, MA
  • Plant Engineer - General Motors, Dayton, OH
  • Trader Trainee - Helios Group, Chicago, IL
  • Operations Research Associate - Target Rx, Horsham, PA
  • Software Design Engineer - Sapient Corporation, New York, NY
  • Supply Flow Balance Manager - Eastman Kodak, Rochester, NY
  • Industrial Engineering Trainee - United Parcel Service, San Antonio, TX
  • Consultant - Oliver, Wyman & Co., New York, NY
  • Business Development Associate - LoudCloud, Sunnyvale, CA
  • Financial Analyst - Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York, NY
  • Research Associate - IBM Strategy Consulting, Cambridge, MA
  • Assistant Engineer - Parsons Brinckerhoff, Princeton, NJ
  • Treasury Analyst - Walt Disney Company, Los Angeles, CA
  • Reinsurance Analyst - Holborn Reinsurance, New York, NY
  • Analyst - Marakon Associates, San Francisco, CA

* These are actual jobs new graduates accepted.

Selected Resources in the Career Services Library
  • Careers in Focus Engineering
  • The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in Management Consulting
  • Harvard College Guide to Investment Banking
  • Insider's Guide to the Mutual Fund Industry
  • Great Jobs for Engineering Majors
  • JobBank Guide to Computer & High Tech Companies
  • Non-Profits Job Finder
  • Environmental Jobs for Scientists & Engineering
  • Job Opportunities for Engineering and Computer Science Majors
  • 101 Careers in Mathematics
Resources and Information Online
Professional Associations

Professional associations are a good resource for career information and networking opportunities. Associations often provide online job listings or links to job search resources, such as upcoming conferences and other publications. To find more associations in a variety of fields, use the National Trade and Professional Associations Directory in Career Services.

ORFE Alumni from Princeton

Alumni have VOLUNTEERED to have students contact them for advice and information about majors and careers. The Alumni Careers Network (ACN), with 4,500 volunteers worldwide, is a searchable on-line database of Princeton alumni who are willing and eager for you to contact them so they can provide you with advice and assistance about: exploring majors, finding internships and summer jobs, graduate school (including law, business, and medicine), and future possible career options. Search the database for ORFE alumni, to learn more about the careers that people from this major sometimes pursue.

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