College RecruitingHow Smart Are You Working?

Julie Link

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Best Way to Recruit College Students?• Post jobs online & cross your fingers• Go to every career fair & networking event you can find• Hand out fliers on campus• Buy them pizza!• Huge donations• Platinum sponsor everything

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Best Way to Recruit College Students?• Post jobs online & cross your fingers• Go to every career fair & networking event you can find• Hand out fliers on campus• Buy them pizza!• Huge donations• Platinum sponsor everything

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Work SMARTER, Not Harder

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• Job postings• Social media• The right career fairs, networking events• Other campus activities, presentations• Smart donations & sponsorships• Referrals

Try a Combination Of…

Target the RIGHT

activities, not the MOST

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What did/didn’t go well this year?What should we do the same/differently?What are our hiring goals for the year?

Who are our top schools?Which career fairs should we go to?Which events should we sponsor?Which universities should we donate to? How much? Should we do a classroom presentation? Other events?

Who should we send to which recruiting events?

Ask Yourself

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Hiring goalsWhat to add/eliminateTarget schools- strategy- Job postings, social media- Career fairs- Networking events- Referrals dinners- Classroom presentations- Faculty lunch & learns- Student organizations- On-campus interviews- Sponsorship, donations

Think About

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How many intern/entry level hires next year? - Talk to hiring managers, senior leadership- Anticipated growth, additions to headcount

- Product launches- New cities, markets, clients

- Turnover- Internal promotions- External job market

- Workforce changes- Baby Boomers- Graduation rates, demographics

Hiring Goals

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What to Add/Eliminate

Activity vs. goalsAttendance- Collect resumes, sign-in sheet (electronic)Applications, interviews, hiresQuality candidates- sourceROI

“What gets measured, gets

managed”

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NEW Recruiting Technology!Yello• Web & mobile recruitment software company

Recsolu Campus• Students sign in on iPad• Recruiters rate them on the spot• Event reporting

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Electronic Sign-In

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Attendance

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Candidate Info

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Tracking CostsTime and money- Travel- air, hotel, transportation - Man hours- Food, beverages- Sponsorship- Registration costs- SWAG, printed materials- Shipping

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Who To SendHow manyDepartmentPositionCost of TimeLocationExperienceCommunicationPerformanceProfessionalism

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Return on InvestmentCost Per Hire

Questions?