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On-Campus Recruiting < On-Campus Recruiting Recruiting for the Fall Term begins Tuesday, September 23rd and ends Friday, December 5, 2008. Spring Term recruiting begins Tuesday, January 20th and ends Friday, April 24, 2009. Interviewing for summer internships begins Thursday, February 5th and ends Friday, April 24, 2009, with the recruiting dates between February 5th and February 19th (except for February 13th) being reserved exclusively for summer internship interviews. To assist you in choosing your recruiting dates, a schedule of recruiting dates can be found here. All first round interviews should be scheduled in our on-campus recruiting suite, or in the nearby Inn at Penn, and not in Center City hotels. If you wish to do a first-round schedule outside of these two venues during the first four weeks of fall recruiting, or during the first two weeks of internship recruiting, please speak to Patricia Rose, Director of Career Services, before scheduling. We look forward to working with you again in the coming year. If you need additional information about our services, or if you wish to discuss your firm's on-campus recruiting strategy, please do not hesitate to call us. Use this menu to navigate the page
Fill out the Reservation Request Form in PennLink PennLink, part of the NACElink system, is the online recruiting system used by the University of Pennsylvania. In order to schedule a recruiting visit you must register in PennLink first. You may also use PennLink to schedule Information Sessions, register for career fairs, and post job listings. Once registered simply click the "Create New Schedule Request" link from the Quick Links list or choose the "On-Campus Recruiting" tab at the top of the page. Fill out all of the required fields and we will get back to you within 2 business days to confirm a date. Please note: Requests are processed in the order received. While we cannot guarantee the date you request will be available, we will make every effort to help you find a suitable date for your organization's recruiting on campus. Marlene Cohen or Debra Koita will call you to discuss your reservation. A typical 30-minute schedule allows for 14 half-hour interview slots beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (two 15-minute breaks and a 90-minute lunch break are built into the schedule). A 45-minute schedule is normally comprised of nine interview slots (with two 15-minute breaks and a 90-minute lunch break). Please note that the form will ask you to provide the duration of the interview. This is designed to help us in scheduling rooms--for example, employers holding 30-minute back-to-back interviews generally require two interviewing rooms for this purpose. Please see our Recruiting Calendar for a complete listing of available interview dates and recruiting deadlines for the 2008-2009 season. You'll be asked to give four choices of dates for each permanent and summer position. Please note that providing us with a selection of dates enables us to better accommodate you. Finally, you may want to review our recruiting policies (listed below). There will be a reservation fee of $100 each for the first two rooms (per day). Each additional room is $25. Due to high demand for the rooms in our recruiting suite, we are capping the number of rooms employers may reserve there to 15 per organization per day. (There is no charge for the first two rooms for non-profit organizations. Additional rooms are $25 each.) Reservation fees are billed at the time of registration. Please note: Room reservation fees will not be refunded if cancellations are made after the resume submission period begins. After your date has been confirmed you may request an Information Session or Presentation through PennLink, listed under the "Events" tab at the top of the page. Most visits, unless taking place at the Inn at Penn, will take place in our On-Campus Recruiting Suite. Leonard A. Lauder Career Center, Suite 90, McNeil Building, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6209. When you arrive you will be greeted at the front desk and shown to your recruiting room. Our facility opens at 7:45 a.m. and we offer a continental breakfast in the morning and a snack tray in the afternoon. We also have a computer lab and wireless access for your laptop. We will have a final copy of your schedule as well as the resumes of the students you have preselected in a folder with additional information for you. Some students who may not have been invited to an interview may have dropped their resumes for you as a walk-in request, these resumes will also be included in your packet. Please review those candidates and let us know at the front desk whether or not you would like to see those students to fill any openings you may have on your schedule. We're looking forward to working with you! Exploding offers and bonuses put enormous pressure on our students to make a decision before they have completed the interviewing process. Most students are not ready, nor should they be, to make a final decision before completing all their interviews. Furthermore, students with exploding offers are calling other employers in an attempt to arrange early interviews, thus greatly inconveniencing those firms. Regrettably, pressure to accept early offers makes it harder for us to enforce our policy against reneging. If you make offers at the end of the summer to interns returning for senior year, we ask that you give them until November 3, 2008, so that these students may participate in on-campus recruiting. If you make offers to students through fall recruiting (for summer 2009 start dates), we ask that you give these students three weeks or until December 1, 2008 (whichever comes later) to decide, and that offers made on or after January 1, 2009 be held open for two weeks. In some cases, students may ask for extensions beyond these deadlines; we hope you can accommodate them. We would also like to request that no large exploding bonuses be offered for early acceptances. We ask that if there is a sign-on bonus, it be honored whenever the student accepts the offer. If you are interviewing for summer interns, internship recruiting begins February 5, 2009. Please give interns until February 24, or one week, which ever comes later, to decide on offers. Most employers have been very understanding and willing to give our students the time they need. We appreciate your cooperation in the past, and ask for your flexibility in the future. First Round Interview Locations All first round interviews should be scheduled in our on-campus recruiting suite, or in the nearby Inn at Penn, and not in Center City hotels. If you wish to do a first-round schedule outside of these two venues during the first four weeks of fall recruiting, or during the first two weeks of internship recruiting, please speak to Patricia Rose, Director of Career Services, before scheduling. In order to eliminate the cancellation of first round interviews, we have instituted a second round interview policy. During the fall, please do not hold second round interviews outside of Philadelphia on September 23, 24, 25, 26 and October 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8. You may hold second rounds in Philadelphia on any date, but please be flexible with students in scheduling times. Students should not be asked to cancel a first round interview at the last minute in order to make a second round. (We strongly encourage you to schedule second round interviews in Philadelphia at the Inn at Penn as it is much more convenient for students than Center City hotels.) Please adhere to the following schedule for second round interviews during internship recruiting: Confidentiality Policy All materials received from our students (letters, resumes, transcripts, via email or hard copy), should be shared only with those persons at your firm involved in the hiring process. Please do not forward emails from students to others inside or outside your organization. Forwarding these messages not only causes embarrassment for applicants; it also creates a negative impression of your organization. Alcohol and Recruiting Policy We know that you are anxious to host students in as gracious a manner as possible during the recruiting process, but please do not serve alcoholic beverages. Serving alcohol to underage individuals is against the law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and in other states. While it is not illegal to serve alcohol to those 21 or over, it puts all students in an uncomfortable position, as they may feel pressured to drink whether they want to or not. By serving alcohol, you are giving the impression that drinking is a requisite part of the work environment at your organization. Students who, for personal or religious reasons, do not drink may be dissuaded from accepting employment with your firm. Furthermore, please do not hold recruiting events in bars or clubs. These requests are in keeping with University policies, and the policies of the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Please let us know if you have any questions. Updated April 2008. All registration requests will be held in strict confidence. NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY STATEMENT The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks talented students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era veteran in the administration of its educational policies, programs, or activities, admissions policies and procedures, scholarship and loan programs, employment, recreational, athletic or other University administered programs. Questions or concerns regarding the University's equal opportunity and affirmative action programs and activities or accommodations for people with disabilities should be directed to the Director of Affirmative Action, 1133 Blockley Hall, 418 Service Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021 or (215) 898-6993 (Voice) or (215) 898-7803 (TDD). |
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