The MIT Careers Office offers a rich recruiting program for current students and alumni. There are two major on-campus recruiting schedules that are run throughout the year, one in early fall (from early September to mid Novmenber) and another in late winter (mid February to late March). The fall recruiting season is by far the busiest and biggest with about 200-300 companies that are registered for the MIT recruiting program each fall. In addition, the MIT Careers Office along with other student organizations and certain employers offer services in resume critique, mock interviews, and workshops in resume writing and interviews.
Last week, the MIT recruiting fall season started with several high-profile companies (like Google, Lehman Brothers, and The Boston Consulting Group) coming to campus to make presentations about their company and meeting with prospective students. These company presentations are hard to miss. Everyday I get solicited not by recruiting staff but by my fellow students to attend these presentations. I typically hear: "Hey Sam. You going to the BCG presentation tonight?" And I would respond by saying: "Oh, I didn't know that there's a presentation." For next few weeks, there will be company presentations on every night (except Friday and the weekend). Even better, some of the presentations have receptions or offer free pizzas. Even though I can afford for a decent dinner these days, like any student, I seek free food whenever I can. I still find gratifying for being to find and consume free food at a school event - yes! 
In fact, last year I was able to get myself fed just by attending these events. This year, however, I actually more motivated to attend a company presenation for learning about a company than solely for food.
The paramount event of the fall recruiting schedule at MIT has to be the MIT Career Fair. According to the student section of the web site, which is accessible to MIT students only, there are currently more than 250 employers who will attend the Career Fair on September 20, 2006 next week. I was at the career fair last year and I was definitely impressed and overwhelmed by the number of companies at the fair. I love talking to representatives from different companies. Even if I am not actively looking for job, it is still a great opportunity for me to learn about a company and network with recruiters - like I always say: "it may come on handy someday."
I look forward to next week's Career Fair and the month long schedule of company presentations. It should be fun.
| 9/16/2006 1:18:41 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00) |
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