TM - March 2008 - (Page 21) “Get ’em while they’re young!” might be the rally cry for today’s talent managers who are starved for candidates and struggling to retain those who’ve joined organizational ranks. College campuses are a great place to find the best and brightest, but recruiters have to dip their hands in many different pools to get their attention. T he word recruitment often conjures images of job fairs where hordes of college students wait anxiously for their one chance to impress a potential employer. Yet recruitment strategies today involve much more than the traditional, generic job fair scenario. It has become an ever-changing, ever-evolving strategy to attract the best young talent. Each class that graduates from college is different from the last, but that doesn’t mean the fail-safe methods from 10 years ago should instantly be discarded. On-campus recruiting still is ranked as one of the most effective recruiting tools tied with company internship programs, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ (NACE) Job Outlook 2008 survey. Other top recruitment methods referenced include job fairs, faculty contacts, employee referrals, Internet job postings and student organizations and clubs. Ranking last in the survey were virtual career fairs and video interviewing, evidence that faceto-face time still is important in the recruiting realm. “Technology is necessary, but it’s not sufficient,” said Emanuel Contomanolis, associate vice president and director of Rochester Institute of Technology’s Co-op and Career Services. “I cannot 21
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