Employers

Helping you reach top prospects

Our goal is to assist you in coordinating successful on-and-off campus recruitment of VU students and to provide students with opportunities to connect and network with industry professionals to obtain quality internship and full-time positions.

We can help you develop an on-campus presence and connect with candidates through Industry Career Days; tailored programs for your industry, job and internship postings, e-resumes and on-campus interviews; employer sessions and more.

The Vanderbilt Career Center serves the needs of undergraduates, recent graduates (0-2 years out) and graduate students seeking opportunities in industry, government, education, and non-profit. For more details of who we serve, please reference VCC Overview.

We partner with Owen Business School Career Management Center and Peabody Career Development Office when employers want to maximize their campus visit and connect with top MBA , MS Finance, and MS Education graduates.

For detailed information about our student body, please reference the Office of Admissions profile.

 

Recruiting Information

The Vanderbilt Career Center is committed to working with you to develop win-win recruiting strategies. We recognize and appreciate that you make a significant investment of both time and money to recruit at Vanderbilt and that different companies have different recruiting needs. Therefore, we strive to provide a flexible recruiting process that meets your needs, and we look forward to helping you create a customized marketing plan.

• Posting Internships or Full-time Opportunities
  Advertise internships and full-time opportunities to our students in a targeted manner through DoreWays, Vanderbilt Career Center’s free, web-based recruiting system powered by Symplicity. Go to https://vanderbilt-csm.symplicity.com/employers and click on “Register and Post a Non-OCI Job” or call us for assistance at 615-322-2750.
• Host an Information Session
  Provide more information about your organization and employment opportunities! Schedule an information session by contacting our Recruiting Coordinator or through DoreWays.
• Conduct On-Campus Interviews
  On-Campus Interviewing (OCI) gives employers and students opportunities to connect through on-site interviews in the Vanderbilt Career Center. Interviews are scheduled Monday through Friday during normal business hours (8:00 am – 5:00 pm) throughout the fall and spring recruiting seasons. You will need to book interviewing rooms through our Recruiting Coordinator, who is also available to assist with logistics and scheduling.
• Participate in an Industry Career Days (ICD)
  The Vanderbilt Career Center has moved from hosting one large traditional Career Fair event to offering multiple smaller industry specific events. These Industry Career Days (ICD) are invitation-only events which offer a smaller, more intimate atmosphere in order to facilitate connections between Employers and Vanderbilt's top talent.
  Both Vanderbilt undergraduate and graduate students attend these events seeking full-time/internship opportunities and to connect with companies of interest. Please see the below Recruiting Calendar for dates for each event. 
• Reach out to Students via Virtual Connections
  If your schedule does not permit a campus visit at this time, you may post your positions on DoreWays, and have the resumes forwarded directly to you for consideration. Vanderbilt Career Center can also arrange Skype or video conference calls with students for long distance interviewing.
• Building your Brand with Vanderbilt Students
  Your company’s employment opportunities can be marketed to Vanderbilt students through our weekly email campaigns, directly targeting students with specific majors who have expressed an interest in your industry.
• Advertise with Student Media
  You may also choose to place an ad with our student media via the newspaper, The Vanderbilt Hustler, or the on-line student community, InsideVandy. For more information about purchasing an ad with student media, please visit http://www.vscmedia.org/advertising.html.
• Career Education Opportunities
  Serve as a Career Panelist, Mock Interviewer, or Workshop Host.
  Vanderbilt Career Center hosts a number of workshops and panel presentations throughout the year that focus on a variety of topics from "How to Break into the Job Market?" to “Case Interviewing.” To learn more about these opportunities, please contact our Recruiting Coordinator.

Recruiting Calendar

Important Dates for 2012-2013 Academic Year
For information about Industry Career Day participation, please call 615-322-2750 or click the event below to send an email requesting additional information.

Fall 2012
August 6	OCI Positions go LIVE to students
August 22	Classes begin
September 10	Information Sessions begin
September 12	Business, Communications, & Consulting Industry Career Day (ICD)
September 13	On-Campus Interviews begin
September 19	Non-Profit & Government ICD
September 19	Law School Fair
September 20	Finance ICD
September 27	Engineering & Information Technology ICD
October 4-5	Fall Break - No On-Campus Interviews or Information Sessions
November 16	On-Campus Interviews or Information Sessions end
November 17-25	Thanksgiving Holiday
December 6	Classes end
Spring 2013
January 7	Classes begin
January 14	On-Campus Interviews or Information Sessions begin
January 21	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No classes
February 12	Engineering & Information Technology ICD
February 12	Nashville Area Consortium Career Fair
March 2-10	Spring Break - No On-Campus Interviews or Information Sessions
April 19	On-Campus Interviews or Information Sessions end
April 24	Classes end
May 10	Commencement

For more information on other University events and important dates, please review the University Calendar. 

Employer Recruiting Policies

Students, faculty, and staff at Vanderbilt University commit themselves to honor the Vanderbilt Community Creed uniting the Vanderbilt community in a common set of values: scholarship, honesty, civility, accountability, caring, discovery, and celebration. The Vanderbilt Career Center (VCC) embraces these values and has established the following recruiting policies. We believe these recruiting policies will facilitate positive engagement between students and employers.

EMPLOYER POLICIES

Employer Eligibility
The VCC works with employers posting professional opportunities. Our office does not engage in connecting students with summer opportunities such as camps, study or work abroad, business-oriented educational programs, and other summer education programs unless they are a Vanderbilt University Campus Partner.

Non-Discrimination Policy
The Vanderbilt Career Center's policy is to promote employment of its students and graduates with no discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, military services, sexual orientation or disability. The VCC facilities are available only to those employers whose practices are consistent with this policy, as well as all applicable laws and regulations governing employment discrimination.

Second Round Interview Policy
Every effort should be made to accommodate candidates' class and interview schedules. The following are the minimum considerations that we request be made:

Fall 2011

• We ask that you conduct second-round interviews outside the Nashville area after October 15, 2011
• We encourage you to give at least 72 hours notice if asking students to leave the Nashville area after October 15, 2011

Spring 2012

• We ask that you conduct second-round interviews outside the Nashville area after February 4, 2012

Full-time offers from Summer Internships
If you are participating in Fall 2011/Spring 2012 On Campus Interviewing and you have made offers to students at the end of their summer internships, we ask that you allow students until October 15, 2011 to make their decisions. We feel that this date allows students time to participate in the first few weeks of On Campus Interviewing and early Fall Industry Career Days. This time period is suggested to give students sufficient time to explore opportunities and make sound decisions resulting in a more committed hire for you.

Offers to 2012 Graduating Students during Fall Recruiting
If you are participating in Fall 2011 On Campus Interviewing and you make offers of employment to students graduating in 2012, we ask that you allow these students a minimum of three (3) weeks from the time of the offer to make their decisions.

Cancellation of Interviewing on Campus
If you need to cancel a recruiting schedule, we request that you communicate this information directly to students. We will assist in this process but believe that such communication is more appropriate coming from you in order to maintain your organization's credibility in the minds of students.

Cancellation of Information Sessions
The VCC requests that companies canceling information sessions provide 72 hours notice. You will be reimbursed your information session fee. With less than 72 hours notice we will be unable to reimburse the information session fee.

Alcohol Policy
The VCC adheres to the National Association of College and Employers (NACE) policy, which states that the serving of alcohol should not be a part of the recruitment process. Therefore, all recruiting activities, including the information sessions should be alcohol-free.

See All Vanderbilt Career Center Policies

 

Employment Statistics

Annual Salary Averages for 2010 Vanderbilt graduates by Career Cluster

Cluster	# Reporting Salary	Average	Range
Consulting, Management & HR	23	$49,760	$24,000 - $72,000
Education, Community Organizations & Non - Profits	23	$34,230	$20,000 - $46,000
Engineering & IT	15	$60,133	$40,000 - $90,000
Finance, Real Estate, & Insurance	21	$65,333	$40,000 - $85,000
Healthcare	6	$41,666	$20,000 - $55,000
Public Policy, Government & Law	9	$44,739	$24,000 - $71,000
*Single salaries are not reported; range must include at least 3 salary figures. 2010 Post Graduation Report 2011 Post Graduation Report

 

Contact

Recruiting Coordinator
615-322-2750
recruiting@vanderbilt.edu