College Recruiting

[RedCOMET]

Hey,

So, my company has decided to send me to my alma marter to represent the company at our spring job fair. I have no problem doing recruiting for my company ( ie free trip to my old college), but I don't really know what I'm doing as a recruiter.

You guys have any advice on how to be a good recruiter? I haven' really taken any workshops/seminars/etc on this, and this is not my actual job. I'm just entry level grunt, fresh out of college myself (April 07) who works in the field.

oh, my company ain't greedy, we'll take almost anybody and train 'em ourselves.

 

[HyTekJosh]

Recruiting is good stuff. I loved it when I did it. Share your experiences, opportunities at the company, etc. Also a great way to meet other alumni within your company and at other companies (great networking opportunity).

 

[rocadelpunk]

yah, find the guy who has a 2.9999 gpa and a heart of gold : P

 

[Justin218]

If you really don't know what to do, you can fall back on the "just apply at the company's career website." approach whenever someone comes by. Half the companies at the career fair seemed to do that heheh. So what do they do with all the paper resumes people give them nowadays anyway?

 

[sjwaste]

I've interviewed a fair amount of college hires when I was a couple of years out. I think the most important thing is to get an idea of their capacity to learn (and I don't mean GPA), see if they have some common sense, and be honest with your experiences at the company. A lot of recent grads at their first jobs feel like they aren't doing the job that they thought they'd be doing, so be up front with what recent grads actually do at your company and talk about what kinds of things they can do to advance (specifics, not generic bs like "always work hard"). Figure out if their personality would fit in, as well as whether their goals work with the company's career paths, otherwise it'll be frustration for both.

 

[RedCOMET]

Originally posted by: Justin218
If you really don't know what to do, you can fall back on the "just apply at the company's career website." approach whenever someone comes by. Half the companies at the career fair seemed to do that heheh. So what do they do with all the paper resumes people give them nowadays anyway?

I guess i forgot to mention that I did this for my company last Oct... recruiting jazz. I guess the resumes to my boss and he did what ever he does with them.

I also through the line "apply on our website" for a bunch of people. Some was b/c i didn't have the ability to get their resume to the correct bussiness unit that they were interested and others b/c the type of work that they wanted to do, i didn't have any knowledge about. also, b/c they were masters/phd students and i was mainly looking for BS students.


HyTekJosh:
I also look to this as a networking event, too. I keep in touch with my university contacts when i visit and also its interesting to meet other people from the company who got tapped into recuriting. Its nice to know have a contact in other bussiness units in case i want to transfer.


well, i'm off to pack for my flight and then sleep, its been one of those months were i need a 9 pm bedtime.... damn 6am flight

 

[RedCOMET]

So i'm stuck in Memphis,TN at the moment. My flight has been delayed by 90 minutes. Luckily I can use my cell phone as modem and connect to the web, or else this would have been a long wait.

 

[alkemyst]

Make false promises to hot coeds...tell them you'd like to discuss their opportunities over dinner.

 

[TecHNooB]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
yah, find the guy who has a 2.9999 gpa and a heart of gold : P

 

[thepd7]

Well, find the people that you think you would love to work with. Don't just look at their resume but do check it out to see if they have worked hard during school. Find someone who isn't a retard and fits well with the company, job well done!

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Here's a wild thought, you could take the time to respond by email to thank them for their time and whether or not they have the background or not to match what your company is looking for.

 

[interchange]

I've done it before. Be prepared to get two types of people:
1) smartypants with 3.94 GPA and a 7 page resume with the audacity to dictate his future job to you, even when he knows nothing of your business and has skills that are only of interest to academia
2) people with poor GPAs and little experience who are desperate for any job

There doesn't seem to be an in-between, sadly.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
yah, find the guy who has a 2.9999 gpa and a heart of gold : P

<----right here

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Recruiters tend to come in several flavors too.
1. Representatives of companies who have no intention of hiring anyone but only seeking 'presence.'
2. HR folks who have no idea of the specifics of what their company does beyond their company's statistics.
3. Companies that are desperately seeking a warm body to fill out of State positions but have no relocation benefits and pay an average wage.
4. The recruiter that can tell you anything about the small division he works for but nothing about the rest of the company.
5. The warm clear spoken individual who seamlessly dispenses information while drawing you out on your experiences and expectations and returns follow up questions by phone or email. (Course, I've never met one but, I do believe they exist.)

 

[phreaqe]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
yah, find the guy who has a 2.9999 gpa and a heart of gold : P

<----right here

ditto

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: interchange
I've done it before. Be prepared to get two types of people:
1) smartypants with 3.94 GPA and a 7 page resume with the audacity to dictate his future job to you, even when he knows nothing of your business and has skills that are only of interest to academia
2) people with poor GPAs and little experience who are desperate for any job

There doesn't seem to be an in-between, sadly.

lol

Ha, I'm one of those in-betweens who are too stupid/"falsely-confident" to attend career fairs. Got no sense of entitlement and enough dignity not to beg. Unemployment looks good...

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: interchange
I've done it before. Be prepared to get two types of people:
1) smartypants with 3.94 GPA and a 7 page resume with the audacity to dictate his future job to you, even when he knows nothing of your business and has skills that are only of interest to academia
2) people with poor GPAs and little experience who are desperate for any job

There doesn't seem to be an in-between, sadly.

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