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Company recruiters coming to campus...

flashbacck

flashbacck

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There are a bunch of consulting firms coming to my visit my campus tomorrow night. I'd like to do more than just walk up to them and hand them my resume. Anyone have any suggestions or advice on how to approach them, what I should be asking and on how to leave them with a good impression in general? I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks!
 
shake their hand, inquire about the position, and hand in a resume. follow up with an email a couple days later if they said it's ok for your contact them. don't kiss ass, don't feign interest.
 
research their companies prior to talking with them. Tell them your interested in their company and why, ask them solid questions about jobs they offer.

Also, dress prfessionally, act mature.


I was just at a UC campus doing this for my firm. I interview 9 people tomorrow, nothing I hate worse than the bubble gum chomping sorority sister giggling while whipping their hair about.


 
Originally posted by: Fmr12B
research their companies prior to talking with them. Tell them your interested in their company and why, ask them solid questions about jobs they offer.

Also, dress prfessionally, act mature.

I was just at a UC campus doing this for my firm. I interview 9 people tomorrow, nothing I hate worse than the bubble gum chomping sorority sister giggling while whipping their hair about.
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Hey, thanks Fmr12B.

When you meet someone at one of these events, what do they do that makes you think "I'm gonna keep this resume safe so I can contact this guy later."

I guess a better question is this: You mention you were just doing an event like this. Is there someone you met, whom you still remember, and would like to do a followup with? What about this person made you feel this way?
 
Originally posted by: toekramp
walk up with a hundred dollar bill hanging from your zipper
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is that how you got your top secret clearance? 😱

To be serious, give a solid handshake, look at them square in the eye. have questions to ask them, so that means do some research on them before hand. Remember that they have to potentially remember you out of the other douches that are there to make an impression also.
 
I once saw this guy come in with a stack of resumes he probably just copied down at the lobby and started handing them to every recruiter. He didn't say a thing nor did he wait if the recruiter was still talking to somebody else. Oh he came in with jeans and a t-shirt.
 
Dress nicely, be polite, BE EDUCATED ON THE COMPANY. Go ahead and bring a paper resume, but also follow up with a soft copy in email or apply on the company site. If the company has a site they want you to apply on, see if you can get an email address to do a quick "thank you" follow up. Know what type of job you are looking for and are qualified for. Don't shoot too high (you can't go straight into a senior level position straight out of undergrad). Intelligently discuss internship opportunities and full time positions.

That will do more to make you stand out than anything else. You'd be amazed how few people actually do those things and do them well.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
I'm tellin ya man.

Get a business card printed up.

Its the most important thing you can have.
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You really think something liket that will help huh. I'm graduating in the spring and I need all the help I can get at finding a job. What else besides the obvious contact information would be good to have on the card. Would printing it yourself be sufficient?
 
Originally posted by: amdskip
Originally posted by: spidey07
I'm tellin ya man.

Get a business card printed up.

Its the most important thing you can have.
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You really think something liket that will help huh. I'm graduating in the spring and I need all the help I can get at finding a job. What else besides the obvious contact information would be good to have on the card. Would printing it yourself be sufficient?
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Think about it.

How many of the people you are competing against are going to have a personal business card? It one of the first things to do when looking for a job at the professional level. Doing it at the entry level just means you've put in that much more effort.

Name, contact information, degree/school, slogan. Doesn't have to be fancy.

What it says is "I wanna be a professional and wanna follow protocol"

To this day my rolodex has over 1500 cards. My greatest asset in my career.

-edit- go to kinkos and get them printed. 50 bucks for your career is nothing.
 
Recruiting events at large universities don't really do all that much in terms of networking, since a recruiter has to chat with several hundred peeps a day, you be lucky if the recruiter even remembers your first name. Also, the recruiting events often brings in alumni students to talk to you, these are not the HR people, and will not be at your interview anyways.

In most cases, the event goes like this:
goto a company kiosk
shake hands and chat
hand in resume if both parties feel interested
they will point you to the right place for application, most likely the company employment site.
say it was nice meeting ya and repeat this process for the next kiosk
 
This reminds me of a story.....

A nicely dressed and presented man walks to a well established and well known company one day to hand his resume in for a job. The receptionist gladly takes the resume and tells him that they'll be in contact.

However weeks pass and they have not contacted him. So he decides to try once more to hand in his resume So he prepares himself once more after waking up early to beat the morning rush hour. All nicely dressed in his business attire and his hair combed nicely. He meets the receptionist again at the HR department to hand in his resume. She again replies back saying we will be in contact. That however that was not good enough for him. So the next day he does it yet again. In fact the man repeats this process approximately 35 times in a 7 week period. If you can do the math, that's exactly 5 days a week. At one point the receptionist denied his resume however he would still greet her everyday and leave it on her counter of her desk. The probability of him getting a job now is astronomically low. Then one day a very important person of the company takes notice of this man. He notices how he takes time out of his day to prepare himself everyday of the work week just to hand in his resume. So when the man returns yet again the next work week, this very important person stops him at the exit doors and asks him if he would like a job.

The point of the story is it's not how you present yourself on a particular occasion. It's your character and dedication that matters so much more. You never know when that one important person could be watching who could change your life forever.

This is a true story.
 
Originally posted by: Imdmn04
Recruiting events at large universities don't really do all that much in terms of networking, since a recruiter has to chat with several hundred peeps a day, you be lucky if the recruiter even remembers your first name. Also, the recruiting events often brings in alumni students to talk to you, these are not the HR people, and will not be at your interview anyways.

In most cases, the event goes like this:
goto a company kiosk
shake hands and chat
hand in resume if both parties feel interested
they will point you to the right place for application, most likely the company employment site.
say it was nice meeting ya and repeat this process for the next kiosk
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this is the most truthful and relevant answer in this thread ... everythings spot-on... dont fret the career fairs too much
 
Originally posted by: LS20
Originally posted by: Imdmn04
Recruiting events at large universities don't really do all that much in terms of networking, since a recruiter has to chat with several hundred peeps a day, you be lucky if the recruiter even remembers your first name. Also, the recruiting events often brings in alumni students to talk to you, these are not the HR people, and will not be at your interview anyways.

In most cases, the event goes like this:
goto a company kiosk
shake hands and chat
hand in resume if both parties feel interested
they will point you to the right place for application, most likely the company employment site.
say it was nice meeting ya and repeat this process for the next kiosk
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this is the most truthful and relevant answer in this thread ... everythings spot-on... dont fret the career fairs too much
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yeah, I'm wondering if I'm stressing out too much. It's not a very large fair though. This is specifically for consulting firms, and there will only be about a dozen there.
 
Take 'em to a strip club, get 'em drunk, then follow-up 3 days later with photographs in a manila envelope to their work address. Its how I got my first job.
 
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