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On-campus interviewing at Rutgers University allows you to recruit high caliber students from a variety of disciplines. Interviews for full time hires take place during 10 weeks in the fall at our state-of-the-art Interview Center and 10 weeks in the spring. Most internship recruiting activity occurs in the spring semester, February-March. Engineering Co-op assignments run January through June and July through December. Recruit for January positions in October or November and July positions in March or April.
The Rutgers on-campus interview system utilizes CareerKnight, which is powered by CSO Research, Inc. Ours is a 100% pre-select system, so you only choose those candidates whom you want to interview on campus. To get started, simply go to CareerKnight to request a recruiting date. Then follow the step-by-step process discussed below. The process typically takes four weeks to complete from initiation of your position posting to the interview day.
We can accommodate those employers who are trying to fill an opening quickly by modifying our standard timeframe and offering customized solutions to your recruiting needs.
Employer Recruiting Policy
The following organizations will be permitted to post jobs through CareerKnight and participate in career days on the New Brunswick/Piscataway campus. However, they will not be permitted to participate in the Rutgers on-campus interviewing program:
Third-party Recruiters: These include executive search firms and employment agencies.
Commission-only Employers: These include organizations that do not pay a base salary to their employees.
Multilevel Employers (also known as "Pyramid Employers"): These include organizations that depend on employees recruiting others to sell products and services on a commission basis.
Upfront Product Purchase Employers: These include organizations that require employees to invest their own resources in the purchase of supplies, products or services to carry out their business.
On-campus Interviewing Process
You will need approximately four weeks to complete this process. All steps between the initial request and the campus interview are handled electronically.
- Go to CareerKnight to arrange an on-campus interviewing date. All recruiting dates must be scheduled through the CareerKnight system.
- Career Services sends an email confirmation of your recruiting date.
- Complete the job description by the deadline date indicated in your recruiting confirmation. Your job description must be attached to your interview date so those students can view it and submit their resumes.
- Students submit their resumes prior to the resume submission deadline.
- Review students' resumes, which are available to you online.
- Select the students whom you would like to interview.
- Selected students sign up for their interviews one-week prior to your on-campus interviewing date.
- Interview students on campus.
Scheduling Your Visit
Recruiting visits for our next recruiting season may be scheduled now. Please go to CareerKnight to arrange an on-campus interviewing date.
Interview Schedule Options
Interviews are typically conducted in half-hour sessions, starting at 9:00 a.m., which allows our employers to interview a maximum of 12 students. Other options, including 45 and 60 minute interview times and varied start and end times, are available and can be arranged as needed.
Deadlines
Interview dates cannot be honored unless all job descriptions are received and candidates are selected by the stated deadlines. If you miss these deadlines, you may need to change the date of your recruiting visit.
Job Descriptions
Students are made aware of your organization, positions and interview dates through your job descriptions. It is critical that your descriptions be informative, but succinct. Students want to know what they will be doing, what technology will be available and what skills are required for each position. Please note that our system does not allow for attachments.
Citizenship Requirements
In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), interviews will be made available to interested students who are authorized to work full-time in the United States regardless of their citizenship status, unless U.S. citizenship is legally required. If citizenship is legally required for your company, please indicate this under job requirements on your CareerKnight job description.
Employer Information Sessions
Many employers plan information sessions, often the evening prior to their interview date. Whether you are seeking to generate additional interest in your organization or are targeting a specific group of students, you will find a variety of meeting facilities at Rutgers University.
To reserve a room for your information session, please contact:
Student Life - Student Centers Reservations
613 George Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
Phone: 732-932-8821
Fax: 732-932-1302
To reserve a room for your information session, please call 732-932-8821. They will reserve a room at one of our student centers, audiovisual equipment and all of your catering needs. Be sure to complete these arrangements well in advance of your information session.
Promoting Your Visit
You have several opportunities to promote your visit to students:
- You may wish to advertise your visit in our student newspaper, The Daily Targum. Call 732-932-7051.
- Career Services produces an insert to The Daily Targum, which includes information on our programs, is published during the fall and spring semester but utilized throughout the semester. Your advertisement in this publication has a circulation of seventeen thousand students specifically looking for career information. Contact The Daily Targum at 732-932-7051 for advertising rates.
- Information on your organization, opportunities, and college relations activities can be presented to students through the Career Services Guide, our primary career search guide for all Rutgers University students. To include your advertisement in the special Employer Reference Section, please contact Hector Barrera at hector@CRMPubs.com. Please note: this publication is produced once a year only.
Accommodations
Click here for a list of local hotels and motels for you to arrange overnight accommodations. You must make reservations directly with the accommodation of your choice.
The Interview Day
Parking: Plan to arrive at least 30 minutes prior to your first interview, because parking may be limited. Directions, parking information and maps can be downloaded prior to your visit. Park in Lot #51 located in front of the Busch Campus Center. Your Rutgers parking permit must be completely filled out. Please do not park at a meter. Parking tickets received by you while parked in a metered spot will not be voided. Display the permit (hangtag) on your rearview mirror, with the color side facing the exterior of your vehicle. (Your parking permit will be mailed to you in advance of your visit—you can also obtain a permit upon arrival at the Career & Interview Center.)
Meeting Students: Interviews begin at 9:00 AM. Plan to arrive by 8:30 AM. All interviews are conducted in the Career & Interview Center located in the Busch Campus Center. Upon arrival, you will be greeted and briefed by a Career Services staff member and escorted to your interview room. Meet students in the reception area.
Business Cards: Please be sure to bring a supply of business cards for the interview day.
Food and Beverages: There is a food court for breakfast, lunch or snacks. Gerlanda's (pizza and sandwiches), Burger King or Chinese take-out are available. Please help yourself to complimentary coffee, tea and water in the kitchen area of our office.
Staying on Schedule: Interviews begin at 9:00 AM. Plan to arrive by 8:30 AM. Please make every effort to stay on schedule. Keep in mind that students have classes and work commitments and may not be able to stay beyond the interview time period. Your interviews at Career Services will end by 4:30 PM. If you wish to continue interviewing after 4:30 PM, you must request special permission from our recruiting coordinator at 732-932-7287. Access to the Career & Interview Center is limited after 5:00 PM.
Resumes: We do not maintain a paper file of student resumes. Almost all students bring copies of their resumes to the interview, so feel free to ask them. However, if you need a single resume, we can print it for you.
Evaluation Form: Please fill out the form at the end of the day and leave it with our receptionist.
Testing
Career Services' interview facilities should be used by employers primarily for the purpose of interviewing students from Rutgers University. If space is available, we will schedule a room at the Interview Center for employment related testing. There may be a fee if a room rental is necessary.
All employers administering pre-employment tests during a recruiting visit must complete a document specifying the test(s) to be administered and releasing Rutgers University's Career Services of any liability associated with pre-employment testing.
Please direct questions regarding this policy to Dorothy Kerr, Executive Manager, Employer Services at 732-932-7287 or daf@rutgers.edu.
Salary & Hiring Information
It is essential that Career Services receive starting salaries of newly hired Rutgers University students. Employers are asked to report all hiring data through our CareerKnight system.
Employer Offer Guidelines
The Office of Career Services strongly recommends the following guidelines with regard to response times once offers have been extended to students:
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Full-time Offers – Fall
Until December 1st
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Full-time Offers – Spring
A minimum of two weeks for students to decide
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Internship Offers – End of Summer
Until November 1st
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Internship Offers – Fall
Until December 1st
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Internship Offers – Spring
Until March 12th, or a minimum of two weeks for students to decide
In some cases students may ask for extensions beyond these suggested guidelines. We hope you can accommodate these requests to enable students to complete their recruiting process. Please refrain from offering large exploding bonuses as incentives for early acceptances.
Renege Policy
Rutgers Career Services prohibits the acceptance of multiple offers by our students. We strongly discourage students from accepting an offer from an organization and later reneging or declining the offer.
Accounting Recruiting Program Guidelines
Recruiting Cycles 2009-2010
Fall Recruitment for Internship Recruitment (Winter/Spring 2010) – Class of 2010/'11
Fall Recruitment for Professional Entry-Level Career Opportunities – Class of 2010 (ONLY)
Spring Recruitment for Internship Recruitment (Summer 2010) – Class of 2011/'12
Fall Recruitment Dates
First initial Interviews September 22 (NWK); 28 (NB) through October 23, 2009
Second Interviews October 26 through November 13, 2009
"Offer" Expiration Date December 1, 2009
Spring Recruitment Dates
First initial Interviews February 1 (NB); 2 (NWK) through February 19, 2010
Second Interviews February 15 through March 19, 2010
"Offer" Expiration Date March 26, 2010
(including Externships from previous summer)
The Career Centers at the Newark and New Brunswick campuses will function as the "central link" for recruitment for ALL of the participating firms.
Students who contact firms directly concerning interviewing for internship and/or entry-level professional positions will be referred back to their respective career center for involvement in the formal on-campus recruitment programming.
Alumni [2009] may apply directly or through their respective career services office. Interested alumni MUST see a Career Counselor during Walk-In Period to learn how to proceed.
On-campus Events
Firms will be permitted to conduct information sessions according to campus/career center policy. Firms may hold pre-interview receptions the evening before their on-campus interview dates. If such events are held off-campus, firms will be responsible to see that the event is alcohol free.
Extending & Accepting "Offers"
Offers from firms can be transmitted to the student (candidate) at any time during the recruiting period, HOWEVER, no student (candidate) will be required to respond to an offer prior to the agreed upon "Offer Expiration Date."
Full-time "offers" may be made by a firm to a student who has already "interned" with that firm (or a Junior involved in a summer program), and in this situation, the agreed upon "Offer Expiration Date" is: September 9, 2009.
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Last Updated: 11/03/2009