Steve Schroeder has been director of the Business Career Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the past year and a half. The center serves undergrad business students as well as students in the five-year professional accounting program and master’s candidates in actuarial science and quantitative finance. The majority of Madison undergradsâ??78%â??find jobs in the Midwest following graduation, with the top sectors being accounting, financial services, merchandising, investment banking, and real estate and appraisal.
Schroeder spoke to BusinessWeek.com reporter Janie Ho. Here are edited excerpts of the conversation.