Dear Recruiter:

  

Welcome to on-campus recruiting at the University of Cincinnati.  The following information has been developed to introduce you to our staff and the services provided by the Career Development Center.  We want to familiarize you with the specific materials with which you will be working and present to you informative data regarding students and colleges at the University of Cincinnati.  Please give special attention to the information outlining recruiting procedures.  In order for you to obtain maximum benefit from our system, you should adhere to the specified time lines.

 

Our on-campus recruiting system was developed to serve both employers and students.  It is a system that allows for true flexibility in the recruiting process.  The software has several web-based modules, which allow employers and students 24-hour access to our system with real-time updates.

 

We hope you will find our facilities comfortable, our staff most willing to assist you and our students well prepared for their interviews.  Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to expedite the effectiveness of your visit.

 

If you are not the recruiter scheduled to make this recruiting visit, please forward this information to the appropriate individual.  The maps on our website are specifically designed to aid the recruiter in locating our facility. It is extremely important that your recruiter(s) receive this vital information prior to their visit.

 

We are very pleased that you have chosen to recruit at the University of Cincinnati.  You will find a wealth of information on our website at http://www.uc.edu/career/Employers/employers.htm, or if you have additional questions prior to your visit please call our Recruitment Coordinator, Patti Carroll, at (513) 556-0313.  We look forward to your participation in our on-campus recruiting program.

 

Sincerely yours,

 

 

Linda Bates Parker

Director

 

 

 

The Career Development Center (CDC)

 

The Career Development Center (CDC) has been the centralized placement service, serving all colleges and all students, at the University of Cincinnati since 1972.  CDC, located in University Pavilion, 1st Floor on the West campus, has facilities conducive to professional recruiting and interviewing.

 

Please meet the CDC staff by clicking on this link: http://www.uc.edu/career/All/staff.htm.  

 

CDC Services for Employers

 

If you have employment opportunities or anticipate vacancies that require the competencies of college-educated individuals, then you should seriously consider taking advantage of the following services for employers.

 

The On-Campus Recruiting Program

 

Beginning each year in October and ending in May, this program attracts employers from around the country to conduct on-campus interviews with graduating students for positions within their organizations. CDC utilizes InterviewTRAK software for on-campus recruiting. This system will allow employers 24-hour access to our system, enabling you to submit company contact information, post a position description for On-Campus Recruiting, pre-select candidates for interviews, view your interview schedule and conveniently view registered UC students’ resumes on-line.

Our college recruitment software partner MonsterTRAK, launched MonsterTRAK Hiring Solutions for first time users, and for employers with existing accounts.  MonsterTRAK Hiring Solutions allows you to consolidate your MonsterTRAK and InterviewTRAK accounts so that you can manage both from the same platform.  Additionally, these changes will allow you to recruit across multiple campuses with one simple log in, if you wish.  In order to access your InterviewTRAK account and take advantage of MonsterTRAK Hiring Solutions, you must change your user name and password from the Account Number based scheme previously used with MonsterTRAK.  When you next log-in to MonsterTRAK, you will be required to make that change.  Below you will find instructions on how to update your user name and password using the new MonsterTRAK Hiring Solutions platform.


First, enter  www.college.Monstertrak.com to access the system and click on the Employer icon.

If you are using InterviewTRAK for the first time, you will need to create a new account.

STEPS FOR NEWLY CREATED ACCOUNTS:

Click Create New Account in top right corner of the screen and follow the instructions to complete all required fields.

STEPS FOR  EXISTING  ACCOUNTS

Returning users:   Enter login and click  GO located at top right of screen.

Existing account  but not yet converted:  you will need to click on  “convert  itrak account” in the  top right corner of the screen and follow the instructions below.

1.  Highlight SCHOOL NAME from the list of schools

2. Enter your current InterviewTRAK password and phone number

3. Click on [Validate]

4. Scroll down the page and enter a user name and password

5. Click on [Create Master Account]

6. Click on Manage Recruiting Events

 If you have any questions or would like to be walked through this process, please do not hesitate to contact MonsterTRAK's Client Support Department by email at support@monstertrak.com or by phone at (888) 562-8725, or Patti Carroll, our Recruiting Coordinator, at 513-556-0313 or patricia.carroll@uc.edu. 

Pre-Screening Opportunities

 

Pre-screening helps recruiters identify candidates with outstanding potential for their interview schedules prior to their visit. Please note that resumes may be used only for the purpose of identifying potential employment candidates and are only made available to third party agencies per each student’s designation.

 

Presentations / Informational Nights

 

You may hold an on-campus “information night” meeting for students prior to the day of your campus interviews. Meeting information may be posted to students via your InterviewTRAK Account.  You will need to inform us of your meeting so that we can help arrange and publicize your program. While we do help publicize these events, we are unable to guarantee attendance. Please reconfirm plans a few days prior to your meeting to assure satisfactory arrangements. You have the capability to track the number of students who sign up for attendance at your meeting via your InterviewTRAK account.  You have the option of designating whether or not student attendance is mandatory. You should designate mandatory attendance at a pre-recruiting meeting within your job description.

 

Career Resources

 

The Career Development Center has a comprehensive collection of career resources including employer information, job market data, and career exploration materials and tools. Employers are invited to forward company information to CDC, especially if they are planning to recruit on campus. Such information is very useful to students preparing for their job interviews. Company literature should be forwarded to the Career Development Center as close as possible to your scheduled on-campus recruiting date. We advise our students to utilize information about organizations obtained on the internet to prepare for interviews. Computers are available at CDC to access the internet. Once you reserve your recruiting date with our office, we establish a link from our “Companies Participating in On-Campus Recruiting” to your organization’s home page. You can this page at  

http://www.uc.edu/career/Students/ocr_companies.htm.

 

Student Resume Database

 

Current resumes of UC graduating students, participating in On-Campus Recruiting are maintained on InterviewTRAK.  These electronic resumes can be made available to employers upon request through Patti Carroll, at 513-556-0313.  Students enter their resumes on-line via CDC’s InterviewTRAK system when they register for On-Campus Recruiting. Employers will receive resumes from CDC via email.

 

Alumni Access

 

The Career Development Center provides several services to alumni, including computer-based guidance/assessment tools.  Alums may also obtain web access to a variety of on-line resources, including MonsterTRAK.com.  The four annual career fairs, the annual Worldfest International Career Forum, and job search workshops are all open to alums.

 

Salary Information

 

The Career Resource Center maintains current local and national salary information about graduating students to assist you in making competitive offers to desired candidates. These figures are updated at the end of each quarter. Call us for national data compiled by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).

 

Part-time, Summer, and Internship Recruitment

 

The Job Location and Development Program (JLD) provides screening and referral of student applicants for your part-time, summer, or temporary employment needs. At CDC, we encourage students to pursue opportunities to further their career development and personal growth. Interns and other experiential learning students can offer organizations assistance with special projects and daily tasks that might not otherwise be economically possible. These students also offer fresh perspectives and knowledge gained from their academic programs. For further information on part-time, summer, temporary, or internship vacancies, please contact Arthur Walton, Student Employment Coordinator at (513) 556-0316.

 

CDC Employers Newsletter

 

CDC Employers Newsletter, a newsletter for employers, is published by CDC twice yearly at the beginning of fall and winter quarters. It is circulated on-line to over 1,000 corporate recruiters and employing organizations. CDC Employers Newsletter keeps you current with UC’s campus and CDC services as you plan your campus visit.  Past newsletters can be found at http://www.uc.edu/career/Employers/cdcnewsletter.htm.

 

International Students Access

 

The University is privileged to have among its student body more than 1,500 international students who may be interested in interviewing with your representative. Please indicate your citizenship requirements in the citizenship requirements box to assist the international students in determining eligibility and your interest in their candidacy. Unless otherwise requested, we consider students with the Permanent Residency Visa the same as U.S. citizens.

 

Posters

 

You may send CDC large posters and displays.  We will be happy to post them as space allows.

 

Faculty Contacts

 

CDC can assist you with establishing faculty contacts. Faculty can provide in-depth information regarding specific academic program requirements, provide valuable linkages to other faculty and administrators, and make employers aware of relevant programs and activities associated with the various colleges. You will find it easier to make appointments with faculty if your contact with the college is made several weeks or days prior to your arrival on campus. Same day requests for luncheon invitations are sometimes difficult to accomplish.

 

Career Fairs

 

The University of Cincinnati sponsors five career fairs each year – three in-person events and two totally online. Over 4,000 students annually attend our career fairs.

  • November - Ethnic Student Career Fair.  (ADVANCE Networking Reception - evening before)
  • February - Virtual Career Fair
  • March – Big East Career Fair
  • March-April – Big East E-Fair
  • April -  Bearcat Trackers Careerfest

 

Ten Steps to Successful On-Campus Recruiting

 

The Career Development Center uses an employer pre-screening system for campus interview sign-ups. We adopted this system to provide the most productive interviews possible for you as employers. This system enables us to direct students more effectively to opportunities in which they may have a realistic chance of achieving employment success. Please review the following guidelines to help you understand our procedures.

 

  1. For a complete overview of on-campus recruiting, click here www.uc.edu/career/Employers/empocr_new.htm.   You, the employer, access InterviewTRAK on-line at www.monsterTRAK.com.   Instructions for setting up an on-campus visit can be found here, Directions for arranging On Campus Recruiting interview date. 

  2. CDC will publicize your visit, the types of positions for which you are interviewing, and the preferred educational background for these positions. Registered students interested in your organization will submit their resumes to you for consideration. The number of resumes you receive depends upon the requirements, the attractiveness of your available positions, how familiar students are with your organization, and your own selection criteria in filling positions. Students self-screen based on your specified qualifications. Your specific selection criteria are viewed directly by registered students. This narrows your candidate pool to only those students meeting your specifications.

 

  1. If you follow our time sequence very carefully, you will have 4 days upon receiving the students resumes to screen and pre-select those candidates you wish to interview Timely attention to these resumes will insure success in completing this process. Resumes are submitted through InterviewTRAK.

 

     An interview schedule accommodates 14 students, and you should pick an equivalent number of students per schedule. You may pick fewer and ask us to fill open spots on

     a first-come, first-served basis. If you desire a change from the normal schedule, such as 45-minute instead of 30-minute interviews or a 1 1/2 hour lunch break to meet with

     faculty,  it is essential that you let us know prior to your visit so that we can limit open sign-ups.  Because we guarantee students a position on the schedule if you have

     selected them to be interviewed, please provide enough recruitment time to interview each student that you select.

 

  1. We strongly urge you not to select students based solely upon grade point average or any other single factor. There is a broad array of talent among UC’s student population. Should you see a student with outstanding credentials who might not fit into your normal recruiting constraints, we encourage you to consider selecting this student for an interview as well. You might be quite pleased at the student’s qualities and capabilities.

 

  1. Please be aware that students submit resumes only for positions for which they match the company criteria. However, students who have a sincere interest in a position but who do not have the stated qualifications may be able to make a strong case that although their background does not exactly match all requirements, they posses prior experiences that are closely aligned with the employer’s needs.  These students may be allowed to submit their resumes for review only after CDC has contacted you for approval.

 

  1. Please inform us if you plan to include other students on your interview schedules than those students who have submitted their resume to you for interview consideration. Students from other sources will not be recognized by CDC’s on-campus recruiting computer system. This will present difficulties, as these students will be unable to access our sign-up system.

 

  1. We also stress the importance of reporting to us, on time, the names of those students you have selected to interview. The specific deadline date for reporting selected candidates is 10 days prior to your on-campus recruiting date. If you need special accommodations, please contact our Recruiting Coordinator.

 

  1. Approximately 4 days before your scheduled visit to UC, the interview schedule containing those students you selected will be available.
     
  2. Should you determine that you have not established enough schedules to accommodate all of the students you would like to interview, please contact us immediately about adding additional schedules.  We will be happy to accommodate you provided space is available.

 

  1. You will not be expected to respond to students you have not selected in your resume screening. Students who submit a resume for initial screening, but who are not selected for an interview, are advised not to expect any further contact from you.

No-Show Policy

 

A student who signs on a company’s interview appointment schedule, but does not show up at the scheduled time to interview is considered a No-Show. We fully understand that No-Show students take away interview opportunities from other students and greatly inconvenience employers who come to our campus with the express intention of interviewing selected students. Therefore we have strenuous policies with regard to “No-Shows” and communicate this information to all students involved in on-campus recruiting.

 

If you have a No-Show student on your recruiting day, please complete a No-Show Card and return it to the CDC receptionist as soon as possible. A No-Show student must write a letter of apology to the recruiting representative and provide a copy of the letter for his/her CDC file.

 

Scheduling Your Recruiting Visit to CDC

 

All inquiries concerning your recruiting visits should be directed to:

Patti Carroll, Recruitment Coordinator

Career Development Center

University of Cincinnati

P.O. Box 210104

Cincinnati, Ohio  45221-0104

Telephone: (513) 556-0313

FAX:  (513) 556-0650

E-mail: patricia.carroll@uc.edu

 

We suggest that you phone two days in advance of your visit to confirm the number of student sign-ups and the times of the appointments. We will call you if any problems arise in the development of your schedule. If you have to cancel your visit, please let us know at least one week in advance.

 

Logistics

 

Directions to CDC 

 

Please view/get the directions to CDC by clicking on http://www.uc.edu/career/All/directions.htm.

 

Parking

The three garages closest to CDC are CCM Garage, Calhoun Garage, and Corry Garage:

  • From CCM Garage
    Park     near the wall marked “Electronic Media Studios” (painted on the wall).  Enter through the doors that say “Electronic Media Studios”.  Take the elevator to 2000 level (*2).  Exit building through the door and you will be facing a light grey building which is the University Pavilion.  As you go to the right, the entry way to the Career Development Center will be under the University Pavilion sign on the far left wall.
     
  • From Calhoun Garage
    Exit garage to Corry Boulevard.  Follow west on Corry Boulevard to CCM Boulevard.  (The CCM buildings will be on your left.)  You will walk on a red brick pathway.  Where the road and the steps meet, proceed down the hill (Nippert Stadium will be on your right). At the fork in the road, bear left (Backstage Drive).  The University Pavilion is a light grey building.  The entrance to the Career Development Center is located on the 1st floor, the right side of the building, bottom level.
     
  • From Corry Garage
    Exit garage to Corry Boulevard.  Follow west on Corry Boulevard (Marge Schott Stadium is on the right; further down Gettler Stadium (soccer field) will be on your left).  Continue to CCM Boulevard.  The CCM buildings will be on your left.  You will walk on a red brick pathway.  Where the road and the steps meet, proceed down the hill (Nippert Stadium will be on your right).  At the fork in the road, bear left (Backstage Drive).  The University Pavilion is a light grey building.  The entrance to the Career Development Center is located on the 1st floor, the right side of the building, bottom level.  

      If you experience problems or need assistance, please call 513-556-3471 for help

 

Interview Schedule Information

 

Interviews begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. unless you specify otherwise.  If you are arranging multiple schedules for different positions and would like to have each schedule held for a specific type of job, please so indicate. Your day will include morning and afternoon breaks and a one-hour break for lunch. If you would like other arrangements (eliminate a break, extend the lunch, etc.) let us know in advance.

 

Interview Day Check-in

 

In order to receive information about schedules and be directed to the interviewing room, your representative should plan to arrive one-half hour prior to the first interview. Please allow at least one hour driving time both to and from the Greater Cincinnati Airport! If it appears that early morning or late afternoon interviews will pose difficulties for your representatives from a travel standpoint, please limit the number of interviews to be scheduled.

 

Because of drive time from the airport and possible delays on Interstate 75, it is recommended that you arrive the night before your recruiting date. You should also plan to reserve a flight out of Cincinnati no earlier than 7:00 p.m. on the day of your visit.

 

Lunch

Lunch is usually scheduled from 12:45 p.m. until 1:45 p.m. For your convenience, we have arranged for a CDC staff member to accompany you to lunch at Mick & Mack’s Restaurant on the main floor of the Tangeman University Center.  We have reserved an On-Campus Recruiting Employer Table at Mick & Mack’s.  Please meet in the lobby no later than 12:45 p.m. to be accompanied to this facility.  Your CDC Representative is there to expedite meal service, to talk with you about recruiting, your company’s hiring needs and to escort you back to CDC in a timely manner for your afternoon interviews. 

Please note CDC is unable to pay for Recruiter Lunches due to budget constraints. 

Please return the Luncheon Card you will receive upon arrival no later than 10:00 a.m. to a CDC staff member or the Receptionist, if you will be joining us at the On-Campus Recruiting Employer Table at Mick and Mack’s for lunch today. 

CDC -- always at your service!

 

After Your Visit

 

Following your on-campus visit, we can assist you in a variety of ways. 

  • Assist with scheduling additional on-campus recruiting visits when you have additional hiring needs.
  • Assistance with locating a student. 
  • Provide salary information. 
  • Provide University contacts across campus with faculty, administrators, and staff.  The opportunity to serve employers recruiting on our campus is viewed as one of our primary activities. To optimize this program, please provide us with the following information.
  • Recruiting outcome data (including number of UC offers, salary information, number of hires, etc.)
  • The completed recruiter evaluation survey

 

Historical Sketch

 

The University of Cincinnati traces its origins to 1819, the year of the founding of the Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio.  In 1870 the City of Cincinnati, under a state act “to enable cities of the first class to aid and promote education,” established the University of Cincinnati, which later absorbed these colleges.  In 1906, the University of Cincinnati created the first cooperative study-experience programs which now serve over 1,300 firms with 3,500 students in the metropolitan area alone.

 

For many years the country’s second oldest and second largest municipal university, the University of Cincinnati became the first municipally sponsored, state-affiliated university in 1968, and achieved full state university status in July 1, 1977. Located on five campuses, the university consists of 18 component colleges and divisions that provide a comprehensive range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs and comprise the complex of learning, research and public service that gives it national and international renown.

 

Accreditation

 

The University of Cincinnati is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, is a member of the National Commission on Accrediting, is recognized by the Ohio State Department of Education, and has professional accreditation in many specialized fields.

 

Colleges and Programs of the University

 

You may get a complete listing of the colleges and programs at the University by visiting,  http://www.uc.edu.

 

Student Organizations

 

For an official comprehensive listing of UC’s student organizations go to http://www.uc.edu/sald/student_organizations/Org_Listing.html

 

Contact Information

 

If there is anything we can do to make your recruiting visit or overall college relations program more effective, please feel free to contact Patti Carroll at 513-556-0313.  Thank you for your continued interest in and support of our on-campus recruiting program.