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How to get interviews at CONNECTION |
| CONNECTION is an open job
fair day on Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Some of the employers
at CONNECTION will conduct interviews on Wednesday, immediately
after the fair day (2008 list below). Those employers will offer interviews to students
during the open job fair on Tuesday, and/or by calling students
on Tuesday evening after the job fair. |
| Here are answers to some
frequently asked questions about the CONNECTION interviews: |
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| Q. |
How can I get
interviews? |
| A. |
Talk with employers during
the open job fair on Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Make sure you've
read
how to prepare, what to do at a job fair or have gone to a job
fair prep seminar, so you'll know how to make a good impression. Each
employer decides whom to interview. If an employer wants to interview
you, she will invite you to interview, either during the job fair,
or by contacting you later on Tuesday evening. Be sure to check your
voice messages and e-mail. If you receive messages on a land line,
tell your roommates you might get a message that's important. Don't
count on an employer to contact you twice if you don't return his
call or respond to email. Make
sure your voice mail message is appropriate. |
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| Q. |
Will all the employers
at CONNECTION interview the day after? |
| A. |
No. Some employers
will have other ways of following up with students after the job
fair. Some employers will invite students on site to interview.
Some employers will conduct telephone interviews after the job fair.
Some employers will come to campus later to interview. If you are
interested in an employer, and the representative at the fair doesn't
tell you how they will follow up, ASK (it's perfectly appropriate).
Each organization has its own system for recruiting and hiring;
Career Services will not know what each employer's plans are. (Employers who have scheduled to conduct interviews the day after the fair are listed below.) |
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| Q. |
Is CONNECTION
interviewing the same as the On-Campus Interviewing Program? |
| A. |
No. Some employers
who come to CONNECTION may also participate in the On-Campus
Interviewing Program, but the interviewing scheduled through the
CONNECTION job fair is not the same and is not done the same way as
the On-Campus Interviewing Program. |
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CONNECTION interviewing
is all scheduled during the job fair day, Tuesday, with interviews
held only on the day after the job fair, Wednesday. |
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On-Campus Interviewing (OCI)
spans 18 weeks of fall and spring semesters; and you apply at least
four weeks in advance to be considered for interviews. Some employers
you meet at CONNECTION may tell you to apply through OCI or eRecruiting
or through Career Services. To learn what to do, see how
to participate in OCI. |
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| Q. |
Where do I go
if I have an interview? |
| A. |
See student
check-in for interviews. |
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| Q. |
When do I check
in for my interview(s)? |
| A. |
See student
check-in for interviews. |
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| Q. |
Where are the
interviews held? |
| A. |
Throughout Squires in specified
rooms, mostly. However, some employers may interview at Career Services. Either the employer will give you a pass with your interview location, or come to
student
interview check-in to get your pass and find out where to go. Employers will not be interviewing in the
same location you found them during the job fair. |
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| Q. |
What if I have
back-to-back interviews? |
| A. |
Make sure you have all passes before the first interview so you'll know where to go and can get between interviews quickly. If you don't have a pass, come to student
interview check-in. |
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| Q. |
Which of the employers attending the 2008 fair are conducting interviews the day after the fair? (2009 EVENT INFO WILL BE AVAILABLE IN 2009.) |
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Want more info than just the organization name? Complete information for each employer, including link to organization web site can be found at: Employers
attending PAST EVENT IN 2008. |
| A. |
| A.O. Smith Corporation |
| AFLAC |
| Altec Industries Inc |
| American Electric Power (AEP) |
| Approva Corporation |
| ATK Space Systems |
| BearingPoint, Inc |
| BIT Systems |
| Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc |
| Circuit City Stores, Inc. |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. |
| Computer Sciences Corporation North American Public Sector |
| Crutchfield Corporation |
| DAY International |
| Defense Intelligence Agency |
| Dominion |
| Dynax America Corporation |
| Dynetics, Inc |
| Eastman Chemical Company |
| Fluke Networks/Danaher |
| Fluor Corporation |
| Freddie Mac |
| General Electric Company |
| GeoConcepts Engineering, Inc. |
| Georgia-Pacific LLC |
| Hayes, Seay, Mattern and Mattern |
| Honeywell |
| IBM Corporation |
| Ingersoll-Rand |
| Lafarge North America |
| Lutron Electronics Company, Inc. |
| Marathon |
| Marriott International |
| MeadWestvaco (Glen Allen, VA) |
| Measurement Specialities Inc |
| Military Sealift Command |
| MSA |
| National Security Agency |
| Offshore Minerals Management Service OORP |
| Optimal Satcom, Inc. |
| Perot Systems Government Services |
| Philip Morris USA |
| Pyott Boone Electronics |
| QUALCOMM |
| Rolls-Royce North America |
| SAIC |
| Sumitomo Drive Technologies |
| Target Distribution |
| Target Stores |
| The Country Club of Virginia |
| The Goddard School of Ashland |
| Tindall Corporation |
| TMGE Automation Solutions |
| Trane |
| University Directories |
| UPS Freight |
| US Government Accountability Office |
| Western Industries |
| Whiting-Turner Contracting Company |
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Want more info than just the organization name? Complete information for each employer, including link to organization web site can be found at: Employers
attending PAST EVENT IN 2008. |
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| GOOD
LUCK! Be sure to prepare
for interviews! |
