On-Campus Recruiting Orientation

What We Will Cover … Some Career Services Basics What is On-Campus Recruiting (OCR)? Who is Eligible? Steps to participate in OCR → Registering → The Student Home Page → Uploading resumes, cover letters, & transcripts → Searching & applying for positions → Signing up for/canceling interviews → Missed interview policy → Accepting a position → Reporting a position FAQs Final Comments

Career Services Basics Location:Science Library, G-50 Phone: Web site: Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. ► Drop-In Hours: MWF 10 a.m noon TTh p.m. Additional Peer Career Advisor hours TBA

What is OCR? An entirely online structured process facilitated by Career Services to bring students and employers together on-campus to participate in interviewing opportunities. Recruiters are seeking interns and/or fulltime employees. Students of ALL majors may participate in OCR. Students view and apply for listed positions and sign up for interviews online. The system is available

What is OCR? Many recruiters are interested in students of ALL majors, though Accounting positions are typically the majority (over 40%). If you are not interested in the opportunities you see in OCR, there are many other ways to go about finding jobs and internships. Our office is happy to assist you. Several opportunities and resources available to students can be found in the Recommend Resources of your Handshake account

Who Is Eligible for OCR: Fall & Spring OCR is designed to help matriculated students obtain internships and fulltime jobs. To participate you must be… - A junior, senior, or graduate student who is seeking an internship. - A senior or graduate student who is graduating in December seeking employment. - A sophomore who is eligible for a specific internship. Alumni are NOT eligible

Login to Handshake

Your Student Account When you first log in as a student, you will be walked through the following steps:

Maintaining Your Personal Info Update this information regularly: profile, unofficial transcript and resume. (at least once per semester). Any student caught manipulating their personal information in order to appear eligible for certain job postings will lose their OCR privileges. Unofficial Transcript

Get your grades from MyUAlbany. Type and format your transcript in a Microsoft Word document. List the class names, grades, and credit hours. Organize it chronologically with the most recent semester first. Include former institutions and study abroad experience; be sure to note what courses, credits, and grades you received. Please Note: If a position REQUIRES your transcript and/or cover letter, you will not be allowed to apply for the position until you have uploaded these documents into the system. Then you can apply. Posting Your Unofficial Transcript

Student Home Page User settings will allow you export your calendar, upload your documents (parse data), and update profile.

Updating Your Profile Set or Adjust your notifications Preference ( , text, or push via Handshake(for IPhone App).

Updating Your Profile

Name and choose the document you wish to upload. (Description is optional). Check the Public box if you want employers to be able to download this document from your profile. Otherwise, it will be privately kept here to use when applying to jobs and interviews.

Updating Your Profile

You decide what needs to be added and edited.

On Campus Interviewing Learn which companies will be conducting interviews on campus. Note: You can view and register for upcoming Career and Graduate Fairs (Fairs). Register for Career Development and Networking events (Events). And schedule appointments with career counselors.

On Campus Interviews

Timeline for Interview Process On Campus Interviewing Possible “Filter” Requirements

Signing Up For Interviews Change your interview time.

Missed Interview Policy To NO-SHOW for an interview is unacceptable. Any student who cancels the day of the interview will be considered a no-show and treated as such. No-show students will immediately be removed from the system and cannot continue submitting resumes or signing up for interviews until they send a letter of apology to the employer. A copy of this letter must also be submitted to the Recruiting Coordinator in Career Services. NOTE: Students are expected at interviews for which they have already signed up!

Interview Day

Dress in interview attire. Bring all necessary materials for your interview: - Copy of your resume - Transcripts - Portfolio (if appropriate) Arrive at least 10 minutes early. Check to see if your interview has been relocated at the last minute. A sign outside our office will list the companies interviewing and their location (occasionally a company may be in a Campus Center meeting room). Collect business cards or contact information for sending a thank you note or . Contact information will also be at the front desk following your interview.

Accepting a Job/Getting the Offer

Accepting a Job Verbally accept the position. Accept the position in writing. (See the cover letter section on our website for a sample.) Cancel previously scheduled interviews, remove your resume if request period is still open, and cease all interviewing as it is unethical to do otherwise. You do have the options of asking the company making you an offer to extend their offer deadline, and/or asking another company to move your interview to an earlier date.

Report a Hire (if you are hired) We will keep your information confidential; we will only report aggregate data (i.e., Seven students were hired by State Farm in Spring 2016).

FAQ’s What are Information Sessions? - They are meetings where companies provide an overview of what it is like to work for them. Topics may include corporate culture, benefits, training, etc. Many companies do these the night before the interviews. Make every effort to attend; dress is business casual. If a company is hosting an information session, it will be listed with the position description. I missed a deadline; what do I do? - You may contact the recruiter using the contact information in the system. You may also attend the company information session (if they have one scheduled) and see if there were any last minute interview cancellations.

Final Comments Be professional in all of your interactions; all impressions matter! - Check your voic message to ensure that it is professional. - Make sure your address is professional (i.e., NOT or - Be careful about what you put on-line (Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn). Over 80% of companies check! Everything associated with OCR is online. Please contact Career Services if you have any questions about your job search

Final Comments Matriculated students are eligible for Drop-in Hours: - MWF: 10 a.m Noon - TTh: p.m. Visit our website for upcoming workshops, career panels, and career fairs both on- and off-campus: If you are unclear about any aspect of the OCR process, view the On-Line Orientation on our website

Review the Recommended Resources. Resources and articles are constantly be updates or added

Final Comments To be eligible for OCR – Register for Handshake – Fill out the Release FormRelease Form – Turn it into Career Services – SL-G50 You must run this in SlideShow mode for the links to work. The links will open in your browser, you may need to ESC from this presentation in order to view them

Thank You For Attending Please turn in your Release Form before you leave.