October, 2014

Spring Business Horizons Career Fair - January 29, 2015 (1-6pm)

The Spring Business Horizons Fall Career Fair will be held on January 29, 2015. Register now by visiting BusinessHorizons.org.

Interviews will be held on Friday, January 30. To reserve interview space, please email Sarah Messer at sgkarlin@vt.edu. Last month, approximately 60 firms conducted over 700 interviews the day after the fair - the most ever.

We will no longer offer end-cap booths for the fair. Instead all booths will be uniform. If you plan to bring more than a handful of reps, I strongly encourage you to reserve 2 or 3 booths for the event. Multiple booths will be placed side-by-side. This will help with traffic flow for students and your neighbor exhibitors.
Additionally, we will only be accepting payment by credit card.

Each year the fairs sellout. We only have 120 booths for this spring fair compared to the 160 in the fall. Therefore, I urge early registration.

Thank you for your interest in our students.

More Business Horizons Attendance Data

The Fall Business Horizons Career Fair attracted over 2,300 students - an 11% increase from 2013. Almost every major at Virginia Tech was represented and 82% of attendees were business students, which represented about half of the entire b-school enrollment.

About 30% of those attending downloaded the official Business Horizons mobile app.

The Top 10 Most Viewed Employers were Deloitte (177 views), IBM 159, BMW 154, Nestle 145, EY 135, Accenture 132, Baker Tilly 128, GE 124, Apex Systems 122 and Norfolk Southern 116.

The Top 10 Most Bookmarked Employers were

Deloitte 57, EY 51, Boeing 37, Accenture 34, IBM 34, PWC 34, KPMG 33, GE 32, Baker Tilly 30 and Wells Fargo 29.

Pamplin Enrollment - 2014 Census

Pamplin increased its undergraduate enrollment by over 100 students to a total of 3,845. Business Information Technology has 741 first majors, followed by finance at 698, accounting 640, marketing 460, management 397, hospitality 254, economics 116, and over 500 undecided freshman and sophomores. A more detailed tally will be shared in the future.

On-Site Company Visit by Pamplin Reps

During academic breaks, Pamplin Career Services visits company recruiters on-site (DC Metro, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, etc). We are beginning to plan our travel schedules in November, mid-December and early January. If you are interested in a company visit by a Pamplin representative, please email smease@vt.edu.

Increased College Hiring in 2014-15

Each year, we ask you to participate in the Michigan State survey on the outlook for college recruiting. One of the findings include,

"Business school graduates can expect to see a 38 percent jump in hiring, the largest year-over-year increase for any post-secondary degree."

An article on the preliminary findings was released on BusinessWeek.