Presents results of the UCLA career center's 1999 Business Attire Survey. The survey polled recruiters about appropriate apparel and accessories for students interviewing for entry-level jobs. Also discusses recruiters' responses beyond the survey questions that reflect corporate policy and personal opinions and help illuminate the quantitative…

College seniors (N=204) responded to a survey that identifies what it takes to attract college job seekers and sustain their interest beyond a signing bonus. Questions concerned: college recruiting; advertising; what sparks interest in employers; interviewing; and what college job seekers want from employers. (Author/MKA)

Describes the strategies behind signing bonuses, with an overview of which companies are using such bonuses to lure employees into their workforce. Discusses how graduates from some schools expect bonuses, the dollar amount of bonuses, ways in which bonuses are paid out, the growing use of bonuses, and some of the rules behind signing bonuses.…

Presents experienced recruiters' techniques for finding the right employee. Encourages recruiters to read extensively on groups, such as Generation X, so as to appreciate prospective employees' goals. Gives tips on marketing a firm, spotting and avoiding recruiting mistakes, ways to build relationships, and strategies for utilizing career fairs.…

Discusses techniques for finding and hiring employees with technical expertise. Explores recruiting strategies such as touting a company's quality of life, educational opportunities, and corporate culture. Also focuses on using interns and consultants, and how to conduct on-campus recruiting. Provides an anecdote to illustrate corporate culture's…

Describes a project at St. Cloud State University (Minnesota) designed to increase the quality of career counseling services while coping with the constraints of diminished staffing and monetary resources. Mock Interview Day is a program that provides each student with an opportunity to have a practice interview with an experienced recruiter from…

Offers advice to recruiters working on college campuses on how they can create a positive image with students and career services personnel. States that a good recruiting organization knows its customers, creates programs with the customer in mind, chooses its recruiting team well, and fosters strong relationships with campus partners. (MKA)

To gauge the interest of employers in interviewing alumni on campus, the career services staff at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville developed and distributed a questionnaire to campus recruiters from 130 organizations. Questions from survey participants' responses are included. Results indicate that a high percentage were interested in…

Describes how 44 recruiters, who interviewed 210 students, responded to a survey determining their assessment of students' interviewing skills and their perceptions concerning the appropriateness of the students' backgrounds, skills, and grade point averages. Results show that recruiters consider interviewing skills to be more important than…

Reports on a survey of company recruiters so as to explore on-site job interviews. Gives information on steps leading from a campus interview to an on-site interview, meals for candidates, schedules generally followed, testing, decision making, and the many forms that such interviews can take. (RJM)

Describes a growing trend in job hiring called Behavior-Based Interviewing in which the interviewer questions the job applicant on past behavior and uses this information as a predictor of the applicant's future behavior and consequently whether this behavior successfully matches the job applied for. Provides detailed description of this process.…

In recruiting for smaller, fast paced companies, telephone interviews are a cost-effective method of screening candidates. The initial telephone interview can determine a candidate posses desirable qualities such as initiative, persistence with charm; positive attitude; quick thinking skills; coachability; superior communication skills; creative,…

Videoconferencing helps people conduct business more efficiently. It allows people from separate sites to meet electronically, allowing them to talk among themselves as they watch each other on video displays. Describes some systems being used by colleges and businesses, early results, user comments, implications, and potential of the technology.…

Discusses perceptions of liberal arts students of Georgetown University who felt that the university's career center did not address their career service needs. Describes the steps taken by the career center's administration to make the center equally useful for all students. (SNR)

Interviews recruiters and human resources professionals to discuss what staffing professionals look for in a resume, the worst resume problems staffing professionals find, and what applicants can expect to happen after a resume has been received. (SNR)