As job recruiters swarm back to America’s college campuses, career fairs aren’t enough to stand out in the competitive labor market. Now, some employers are pulling out all the stops with intimate gatherings and flashy presentations.
Fifty-three Baylor University students attended an invitation-only speed-networking event with employees of Academy Sports + Outdoors in the presidential suite of the campus’s football stadium in late March. The students were chosen because of their grades, activities, majors and desired careers paths. They ate hors d’oeuvres and learned about Academy while taking in a sweeping view of the gridiron through floor-to-ceiling windows.
Booths at a career fair are “kind of impersonal” compared with a private event in the presidential suite of a stadium, Mr. Ennis added. Academy expects five to seven Baylor students to accept offers the company made after the event and plans to hire 35 to 40 students from Academy nights across the state.This semester, several companies are operating from a similar playbook, giving students standout experiences to make a stronger hiring pitch.
“Gone are the days of the regular info sessions,” said Ms. Furnia. Many students haven’t experienced a recruiting cycle on campus and are learning how to network and interview in person, she added. It was the first time that Mx. Diaz, who uses the gender-neutral honorific, had attended a career fair since high school. In person, “it was just easier to understand the kind of work I would be doing,” Mx. Diaz said.
McKinsey & Co. said its incoming summer class of interns and full-time hires comes from the widest variety of schools the firm has ever had, which can be attributed in part to digital recruiting, said Kristin Altenburg, associate director of recruiting.
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