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Build Your Visibility on Campus

Recruiting is relationship building. The processes and programs that you use to recruit students say a lot about your company. Building a relationship with the campus and career services office is critical to successful recruiting. Relationship building is a year round process and can take several years before an organization establishes a brand or image on campus.

Below are a few programs to assist you in building relationships on campus. For more information, please contact ecc@ku.edu.

  1. Mock Interviews & Resume Critiques — Participate in a day or half day of mock interviews or resume critiques with students. Engineering Career Services promotes your visit to campus and arranges a schedule of students for you to meet with. Provide students feedback on their interviewing skills or professional tips on their resumes. This is a win-win situation as our students will feel more confident and better prepared for the job market and you will gain the opportunity to promote your organization's name and meet quality candidates for the future.
  2. Information Sessions — Conduct an evening or afternoon information session in Learned Hall. We suggest using an interactive format where students can mix and mingle with recruiters as opposed to a formal presentation. Also, be creative! Use a creative title for your evening information session to attract students. Suggestions include "Late Night with ________"; "Mix at Six"; or "Hawk Talk". You might also consider forming the theme around a food item — "Late Night" could be popcorn and prizes for movie tickets; or "Hawk Talk" might involve sending your KU alums to talk to students. The Engineering Career Center reserves the room, food and media equipment for you!
  3. Your Company Day — Designate a day for your company to be on campus, e.g. XYZ Corporation Day. Reserve a table in the Engineering courtyard or outside of the computing labs to greet students as they come out of class or enter the building. Hand out goodies or food to promote your organization. This is an informal way to market your company and reach out to numerous students. The Engineering Career Center can help make the arrangements on campus.
  4. Career Fairs — Reserve a table at the Fall or Spring Engineering & Computer Science Career Fairs. This is an excellent way to showcase your organization and connect with students. Check out information on our upcoming Career Fairs.
  5. Evening With Industry — This event is held the night before the Fall Engineering & Computer Science Career Fair and is sponsored by the KU Chapter of the Society of Women Engineers. Reserve a table for your company and send a representative to connect with students at dinner. For more information, please contact Florence Boldridge, Director of Diversity Programs at fboldridge@ku.edu.
  6. Network With Student Organizations — Contact a student organization and offer to provide a speaker for a chapter meeting or send a few representatives to review resumes of members. Be creative and contact the student organization's faculty advisor for advice on what works best for the group. See our list of student organizations
  7. Advice & A Slice — Visit campus to conduct a lunch hour information session, provide pizza, and present a topic of your choice to the students. Examples of topics include, Resume Writing Skills, Interviewing Skills, My Career as an Engineer, How to Network with Professionals, or other topics of your choice. Contact the Engineering Career Center for assistance.
  8. Connect With Faculty — Attend the Employer/Faculty Reception offered the evening before the Spring Engineering & Computer Science Career Fair. Other ideas include inviting faculty members to lunch or dinner. Send a company representative to present information about the company to members of the faculty or keep the session informal and enjoy interacting with faculty members over a meal.
  9. Senior Design Projects — This is an excellent way to establish a relationship with an engineering department. Do you have a project that you would like to outsource? Consider allowing undergraduates to tackle your project and produce deliverables. Work directly with the department to sponsor a real world engineering or computer science project. See our list of academic departments in the School of Engineering.
  10. On Campus Interviewing — Conduct on campus interviews in the fall or spring semesters! This is an excellent way to promote your organization's name. The Engineering Career Center manages the interview schedule for you! For more information contact Lindsey McCaig in the Engineering Career Center at lmccaig@ku.edu.