7 Things to Know about Recruiting 

Virginia Tech Pamplin Business Students 

Fall 2012 (UPDATED)

1. Thanks for attending the 30th Annual Business Horizons Career Fair. Over 2500 students attended. We are often asked the demographics of attendees. Here you go:

• 63% of all Pamplin seniors (741 of 1184) attended the fair 
• 50% of all Pamplin juniors (450 of 904) attended the fair
• 30% of all Pamplin sophomores (252 of 848) attended the fair
• 40% of all Pamplin freshmen (277 of 689) attended the fair
• 63% of all Accounting and Information Systems students (370 of 590) attended
• 60% of Business Information Technology students attended
• 50% of Marketing, 41% Management, 38% Hospitality and 38% Economics attended
• 83% of all attendees were from Pamplin
• 17% of all attendees came from 50 of the remaining 71 university majors
• 58% male, 42% female

2. Due to employer demand, we are creating the 1st Annual Business Horizons SPRING Career Fair on Monday, February 18 from 1-6pm at Cassell Coliseum. There will only be about 100 booths for the spring event compared to 160 booths in the fall. About a dozen firms have already registered, please do so now. 

3. From my onsite visits with employers, a popular conversation topic is counting the supply of students. Here is the most current enrollment report outlining the supply of Pamplin students by major by year since 2000. A couple of highlights:

• Total number of BIT students jumped 30% to 450 and about 158 are graduating seniors.
• Accounting and Information Systems increased 6% to 590 with over 200 graduating seniors. 

4. Each year we partner with Michigan State asking our college employers to take a survey that creates Recruiting Trends 2012-2013. For your time and participation, you will also receive a complimentary copy shortly after it is released on November 16th. Please spare a minute and help us  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MSURT1213                        

5 . Company Days in the lobby of the Pamplin College of Business is a easy and free opportunity to brand yourself by setting up your booth and interacting with students while going to and from classes. In the past two years 150 of these events have occurred. If you would like to schedule a date, email Stuart Mease at smease@vt.edu. 

6. As you schedule activities, Fall break is Friday, October 12. There will be no classes the week of November 19 - 23 for Thanksgiving.  

7. Thanks for your interest in our students. We greatly appreciate you!