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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 Center for Student Professional Development 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 the About Us 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 Center for Student Professional Development 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, the Center for Student Professional Development’s free, web-based recruiting system powered by Symplicity.  Visit DoreWays 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 Center for Student Professional Development. 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 Center for Student Professional Development 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 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. The Center for Student Professional Development 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 Vanderbilt Student Media
  You may also choose to advertise with our student media via the newspaper, The Vanderbilt Hustler, or the online student news source, InsideVandy. 
• Career Education Opportunities
  Serve as a Career Panelist, Mock Interviewer, or Workshop Host. The 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 and 2013-2014 Academic Year
For information about Industry Career Day participation, please call 615-322-2750 or click the event below.

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
Fall 2013
May 6	DoreWays opens to employers to request On-Campus Interviews and Info Sessions
August 5	On-Campus Interview positions go live to students
August 21	Classes begin
September 9	Information Sessions begin
September 11	Business, Communications, & Consulting Industry Career Day (ICD)
September 12	On-Campus Interviews begin
September 18	Finance ICD
September 19	Nonprofit and Government ICD
September 19	Law School Fair
September 25	Engineering & Information Technology ICD
October 3-4	Fall Break - No On-Campus Interviews or Information Sessions
November 15	On-Campus Interviews or Information Sessions end
December 5	Classes end

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 Center for Student Professional Development 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 Center works with employers posting professional opportunities. Our office does not engage in connecting students with part-time jobs or summer opportunities such as campus brand manager, campus marketer, campus ambassador, camps, study or work abroad, business-oriented educational programs, or other summer education programs unless they are a Vanderbilt University Campus Partner. Please contact the Student Employment Office at www.hireadore.com or call 615-343-4562 to obtain directions on how to post these opportunities.

Additionally the Center does not post fee based programs or commission only opportunities. We will post professional full-time and internship opportunities for third party recruiters that offer full disclosure.

The Center is unable to post blind postings or postings for third-party vendors who are unable to reveal client names. Third-party job postings MUST include the name of the hiring party in the title of the opportunity posting.

All opportunities must have a valid company email address. We will NOT post opportunities with @gmail.com, @yahoo.com, @hotmail.com, @comcast.net, @verizon.net or any other non-business email address.

Please note: The Center has the sole discretion to authorize the posting of opportunities and use of recruiting resources. The Center makes these decisions on a case by case basis.

Non-Discrimination Policy
The Center for Student Professional Development'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 Center 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 2012

• We ask that you conduct second-round interviews outside the Nashville area after October 12, 2012
• We encourage you to give at least 72 hours notice if asking students to leave the Nashville area after October 15, 2012

Spring 2013

• We ask that you conduct second-round interviews outside the Nashville area after February 2, 2013

Full-time offers from Summer Internships
If you are participating in Fall 2012/Spring 2013 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, 2012 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 2013 Graduating Students during Fall Recruiting
If you are participating in Fall 2012 on-campus interviewing and you make offers of employment to students graduating in 2013, 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 Center 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 Center 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 Center for Student Professional Development 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 three salary figures.

2011 Post Graduation Report

2012 Post-Graduation Report

 

Contact

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