August, 2014

Only 10 Booths Remain in the Large Ballroom 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.

About 90 companies that attended last year's fair have not registered and only 40 booths remain.

Pamplin Recruiter Kickoff Events this Week in Richmond and Tysons

Each year we hold events in Tysons and Richmond to help you jump start your college recruiting season. Over 65 company representatives 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 - University Career Services
Reza Barkhi - Accounting Department Head
Alan Abrahams - Professor BIT Department
Brian Collins - New director of the sales center
Emily Africa - Diversity Recruiter for Pamplin
Parviz Ghandforoush - Associate Dean, NOVA Center
Various student organization representatives

Speak in Classes and Student Groups

Each year we provide a 1-page document of Pamplin faculty who want employers to visit their classrooms. Here is the Fall 2014 list. I am pleased to say that we have many more professors and classes that are on board.

Additionally, here is the Fall 2014 list of student group leaders and faculty advisors. Contact these groups directly if you would like to speak to their groups.

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, KPMG, Pepsi, Keiter, Grant Thornton, NVR, Enterprise and 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.