July, 2014

Each year we hold events in Tysons and Richmond to help you jump start your college recruiting season. Over 40 firms are registered to attend. Have you?

The Pamplin Recruiter Kickoff Event in Northern Virginia at Tysons will be held on Tuesday, August 5 at 10 a.m. at the Tysons Crowne Plaza. Register now.

The Pamplin Recruiter Kickoff Event in Richmond at Short Pump will be held on Friday, August 8 at 10 a.m. at the Hyatt House at Short Pump Mall. Register now.
Scheduled to attend one or both events include Jim Henderson of University Career Services, Alan Abrahams of the BIT department, Brian Collins - the new director of the sales center, Emily Africa - the diversity recruiter for Pamplin, Parviz Ghandforoush - associate dean of the Northern Virginia Center, and student organization representatives.

Only 50 Booths Remain for the Fall 2014 Business Horizons Career Fair

The Business Horizons Fall Career Fair will be held on September 18, 2014 Register now for the fall fair now by visiting BusinessHorizons.org. To reserve interview space the day after the fair, please email Sarah Karlin at sgkarlin@vt.edu.

Registration for the Spring fair will occur in October.

Over 100 firms have registered for the Fall fair. The last few years the event has sold out in August.

Meet the Public Accounting Firms

Meet the Firms will be held on Thursday, September 4 from 5-8pm in the Pamplin Atrium. There is no cost to attend, but you must register.

From 5-6pm, 6-7pm and 7-8pm, the Accounting department will be holding mandatory meetings for its sophomore, junior and senior classes. By holding the Meet the Firms at the same times of these meetings we feel more students will come to both events.

Tables and chairs will be provided.

Pamplin Grads Still Seeking Employment

In mid-April, we sent you a list of Pamplin graduates who were still seeking full-time employment.

If you are still looking for graduates to fill open positions, please review this list - if you missed it. Additionally, here are a few more who are still on the market too. Please contact directly.

Pamplin Diversity Recruiter Sponsorships

Last year under the direction of Emily Africa, we began the implementation of the Pamplin Diversity Recruitment Strategy. We created this strategy to increase the enrollment of underrepresented students by engaging employers in the process.

The results have been encouraging.

We awarded 10 $20,000 scholarships to incoming freshmen.

We increased the critical mass of underrepresented ethnic and Asian students from 24.2% to 30.26%.

The number of African-American students nearly doubled.

Please help support this initiative - like these firms have - and continue the momentum. There are only a few spots remaining for the upcoming year.

Altria, GE, EY, PWC, Dixon Hughes, Target, Deloitte, Keiter, Grant Thornton, NVR, Sherwin Williams.

For additional questions, comments, or concerns, please reach out to Emily Africa directly: eafrica@vt.edu or 540-231-3379.

Events Needing Employer Participants

Each year we host various workshops for students. If you would like to participate, contact Emily Africa at (eafrica@vt.edu).

9/23/14 - How to Prepare for an Interview (2 spots)
10/7/14 - Consumer Packaged Goods Day (many)
10/14/14 - Sales Industry Day (many)
10/22/14 - Procurement/Contract Industry Day (many)
10/29/14 - Consulting Industry Day (many)
11/3/14 - The Value of a CPA with Beta Alpha Psi (many)

Also, if your firm would like to setup a table in the lobby/atrium of Pamplin, just let us know a date.

Surveys

There are three surveys we encourage our students to take - Business Week for Pamplin rankings, Universum for employer branding purposes, and the Virginia Tech Post-Graduation Survey for our future students.

For your 2014 hires, would you please send these students this link and ask them to complete it?

https://www.career.vt.edu/scripts/postgrad2006/survey/login/login.asp

Thank you!