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May 25, 2015
Newsletter Article
If your company has a commitment to recruiting young talent into your business, then you have probably spent some time in the recent weeks planning out your fall recruitment travels, which likely includes researching what campuses you want to visit, what career fairs or industry events are taking place, and considering sponsorship strategies that will put your company brand and opportunities in front of the most students. In an industry filled with opportunity, and graduates filled with ambition, campus recruiting remains crucial to ensure that your company has a constant and effective presence among young graduates.
When deciding what events/campuses to attend/visit, your organization must begin by evaluating what’s available. Ask yourself; does that school have a strong educational discipline that matches the type of candidates we’re looking for? Is there a club or organization on that campus providing opportunities to students that will make them stronger hires for our company? Does the campus offer a career fair specific to my industry that will draw students to the event? Do I have a strong campus ally either in career services or in a faculty member/club advisor who can help me get in front of the students I want to recruit? Evaluating you’re responses to those questions will help you determine what career fairs to attend and what schools you want to begin building relationships with for future visits. AgCareers.com has compiled an online listing of career fairs at schools with strong agricultural programs, this listing includes events dates and links to the school webpage or contact for more information. To view that listing click here.
Industry related and professional events can also provide opportunities for your company to shine in front of young talent. These are groups who bring together elite young talent for two- and three-day conference activities that revolve around a specific educational discipline or student interest. For example, The National Agri-Marketing Association, the American Society of Agronomy, and the dairy, poultry and cattle industries all hold annual professional conferences and provide activities for collegiate students to attend and begin networking with companies who employ people with that background. The students who attend these events are typically the best and brightest in their educational program at their college or university. By attending these events, you are able to network with students from across the nation at a central location.
Additionally, there are organizations like Alpha Zeta (AZ), Agriculture Future of America (AFA), Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) and the Post-Secondary Agricultural Student Organization (PAS) who provide students from all disciplines with professional development-orientated conferences. Attending these events will also provide employers with top candidates from across the nation at a central location. That opportunity to brand your company in front of student’s representing numerous schools from across the nation at one event can be critical in a time when travel budgets and recruiting resources are minimal.
Like many of you, AgCareers.com has also spent some time investigating which collegiate and university events we’ll attend in 2010. We ask ourselves the same questions listed above, and also evaluate the positions we are seeing advertised on our site, to which we provide traffic. We spend time listening to our Partnership Clients who share the desire to employ top talent for internships and entry level roles, to understand what schools and professional organizations with whom we can partner, to bring them that talent. Below we’ve included a list of the events where you may see us this year. As we have offered in past years, if you are an AgCareers.com Partnership client and you are unable to attend an event that you see we will be attending, we will be happy to promote your company and career opportunities from our booth. Please contact your account manager with information on the events of which you would like exposure and make arrangements to send in your company materials. Also, for all clients, be sure to update your job postings so they will be visible as we’re showcasing AgCareers.com at these events. Your AgCareers.com account manager can assist you with this.
2010 Fall Career Fair and Industry Event Schedule
AgCareers.com Campus Ambassadors: A cornerstone of the AgCareers.com University Relations program is our Campus Ambassador program. As part of this program we hire 6 to 8 university students to promote AgCareers.com and partnership clients on their campus during the school term. We are looking for campus ambassadors at the following schools. If you know of a student who would be interested in the opportunity, please have them visit the job description for the appropriate school listed below.
We wish everyone safe and successful travels this fall. If you have any questions about on-campus recruiting feel free to contact your account manager or send an email to agcareers@agcareers.com.
