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Recruiting Information for Students

߲ݴý Career Services provides platforms and opportunities for students to connect with top employers and recruiters from a variety of industries.

Open Opportunities for Students

Employer Information Sessions

Throughout the year, ߲ݴý Career Services facilitates information sessions on campus, led by visitors and recruiters from an array of employers. Students are highly encouraged to attend these sessions for several purposes:

  • To learn more about industries and careers as part of their personal career discovery process.
  • To learn more about employers and fields of interest.
  • To begin a conversation with an employer of specific interest.

For information about upcoming information sessions, check the campus calendar (careers and graduate school category), and read ߲ݴý Career Services weekly emails.

߲ݴý Handshake

Explore job and internship opportunities from employers interested in recruiting ߲ݴý students and recent alumni.

߲ݴý the platform:

  • ߲ݴý Handshake is ߲ݴý University’s online job and internship board. Handshake uses machine learning to direct opportunities to you based on your preferences. If you search a lot of public relations jobs, for example, it will begin to bring more opportunities in that industry to your feed. The “Career Interests” section of your profile influences the types of opportunities that Handshake will display in your jobs feed. Filling this out accurately will greatly improve your experience and help Handshake and Career Services to bring opportunities that are relevant to you.
  • Premier opportunities:
    • Premier opportunities are jobs and internships, usually brought by alumni or parents, that are cultivated by Employer Relations. This connection to alumni or parents often acts as a unique entry point into organizations where it can be difficult to get hired through traditional channels. In Handshake, Premier opportunities can be found by filtering for our “߲ݴý Premier” label in the “Jobs” section of Handshake. Note that restrictions may be in place on some posted positions:
  • Some positions may only be open to students from specific class years.
  • Some positions may only be open to students in the ߲ݴý Premier Recruiting Program. To join ߲ݴý Premier, see the information below.
Advising appointments

Our professional career advisers are here to help you get prepared to meet with employers and pursue opportunities.

߲ݴý Premier Recruiting Program

The ߲ݴý Premier Recruiting Program provides enhanced options for students to connect directly with employers who have formal recruiting relationships with ߲ݴý Career Services.

Often, ߲ݴý is connected to these employers via a ߲ݴý graduate in their ranks who recognizes and is specifically recruiting the qualities embodied by ߲ݴý students and alumni. This gives ߲ݴý students an inside track to great opportunities.

All students may join the ߲ݴý Premier Recruiting Program, but complete several steps for certification.

Benefits

Certified student members of ߲ݴý Premier have the following benefits:

Enhanced Access to ߲ݴý Handshake

Apply to positions in the ߲ݴý Handshake online job listing platform that have a ߲ݴý Premier restriction. Applications to ߲ݴý Premier positions go directly to ߲ݴý alumni or ߲ݴý-friendly recruiters (instead of mixing with applicants from other schools).

Summer Funding

All members of ߲ݴý Premier automatically qualify to apply for summer internship and fellowship funding.

Join ߲ݴý Premier

To become certified for ߲ݴý Premier:

  • Log on to  and update your profile. In your profile, you must agree to Career Services' .
  • Certify your résumé with a Career Services adviser. Your résumé must be recertified each academic year to remain eligible (except for seniors who were certified during their junior year).

Not sure if your résumé is certified? Contact Career Services to check your status.

While it is a great resource, students should not rely solely on the ߲ݴý Premier Recruiting Program when searching for an internship or job.

More about finding a career path

Accepting Job Offers

Thankfully, many students complete the employment recruiting process with one or more employment offers to consider. This can be an exciting, but also daunting, time — weighing the options, negotiating where appropriate, and selecting the best fit.

߲ݴý Career Services’ toolkit provides valuable resources for evaluating and selecting the best opportunity. Career advisers are also available to assist students in their evaluations.

Career Services Toolkit

Contact Career Services 

Avoid Reneging on Job Offers

Once a student accepts a job offer, it constitutes an agreement made with the future employer. Once such an agreement has been reached, students should stop actively applying to other jobs and interviewing with other companies.

“Reneging” on a job offer refers to backing out of such an agreement. It entails accepting a job offer and then retracting that acceptance to take a different offer elsewhere.

In school, a student may register for a class and then drop it for another course during drop/add with no penalty. The same does not apply to job offers. Once a student accepts an offer, that student has made a promise to join the team under the conditions specified.

Reneging after accepting a job offer is unprofessional, and can have serious long-term impacts and implications.

Impact on future offers

The adage “It’s a small world” is true, particularly when it comes to industry hiring and referrals. Reneging on an agreement will burn a bridge with this employer and their recruiter. It may eliminate the possibility of future offers from this employer later in one’s career.

Impact on your personal network

Often, students lean on their personal networks, alumni, family, and friends, during the job search process. Networking may open access to a company, and individuals may even serve as official and unofficial references.

Reneging on an agreement risks tarnishing the reputation and relationship of your personal connections and references with the employer, and in turn tarnishing your reputation within your own network. These individuals may no longer be willing to refer you for positions or advancement.

Impact on institutional reputation

Recruiters engage with ߲ݴý because its students and alumni are excellent and reliable candidates. When a student reneges after accepting an offer of employment, however, it may cast a negative light on the reliability of ߲ݴý candidates. This may have negative implications for future generations of students as recruiters reconsider whether to continue formally recruiting at ߲ݴý.

Think carefully about your job search and each offer. Is this the right job for you? If you are not satisfied with the job or components of the offer, avoid pressure to accept the position because it is your only offer. Desperation can cloud your decision-making.

߲ݴý Career Services Recruiting Policy

Students who participate in the ߲ݴý Premier Recruiting Program first agree to the , and have therefore accepted the following:

“Accepting an employment offer is a commitment. As such, I will not accept an offer of employment without sufficient information to understand the opportunity and whether or not it will be a good fit for me. Upon acceptance of an internship or job offer, I will withdraw from all other active searches, without exception. I also agree not to engage in additional interviewing or accept another offer once I have done so.”