Recruiting Policies 2023

DARDEN RECRUITING GUIDELINES

Career Center

D A R D E N SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

2023–24

WELCOME TO RECRUITING AT UVA DARDEN

Our recruiting guidelines are references for any company recruiting Darden students in the 2023–24 academic year. The goal of these recruiting guidelines is to provide all employers with a level playing field and a fair process that takes into consideration the needs and requirements of Darden MBA students. We believe that our combination of student and employer guidelines enables employers to develop valuable long-term relationships with Darden and provides students the maximum number of career opportunities.

These guidelines apply to any company that utilizes Darden’s recruiting platform (Darden Career Link [DCL]), Career Center services, or partners with a student club to promote, market or showcase their job opportunities to students through events or interviews — whether held at Darden or virtually.

2023-2024 RECRUITING TIMELINES

Second Year (Full-Time) Recruiting Start Dates

Recruiting Events Begin: 22 August 2023

Interviews Begin: 26 September 2023

First Year (Internship) Recruiting Start Dates

Recruiting Events Begin: 18 September 2023

Interviews Begin: 3 January 2024

Recruiting Event Scheduling

Event dates are not guaranteed and will be scheduled based on a first-come, first-serve basis. It is our goal to maximize student attendance. We will focus on coordinating across industries, functions and target audiences.

Recruiting Event Blackout Dates

Employers are not approved to host company events during August prematriculation, final exams, or on other specific dates. Blackout dates will not be available for request in Darden Career Link (DCL). Please note that additional blackout dates may arise in response to changes in the academic calendar.

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RECRUITING POLICIES

Darden’s Policy on Academics and Recruiting

The academic calendar is the main driver of recruiting dates and availability.

• Darden students may not miss class or academic commitments for any recruiting-related activities.

• Employers cannot require a student, as a condition of employment candidacy, to interview at a time that conflicts with that student’s academic schedule.

• First Year students are expected to meet with their Learning Teams Sunday through Wednesday evenings. Participation in Learning Teams is an academic commitment that is critical to student success in Darden's Case Method learning environment.

New Policy: Limited Number of Recruiting Events

Darden's goal is to ensure that there are a sufficient number and variety of recruiting events for firms to meet and learn about our students, and for the students to get to know our recruiting partners. However, we are mindful of the time commitments and demands that Darden's arduous academic program places on our students. For the 2023-24 academic year, we are piloting a program that limits each company to four individual recruiting events per class year, regardless of location (Darden Grounds, Charlottesville, or virtually). This policy does not include student-requested informational interviews, or multi-company educational events such as panels or conferences. “Ambassador” or coffee chat events that engage individual students and extend over multiple days will be counted as one event. If you have further questions about which events are included under the four-limit policy, please email recruiting@ darden.virginia.edu

Diversity Recruiting

Darden supports firms that choose to participate in early diversity recruiting programs and national conferences. If students and companies engage with organizations and events such as Consortium, Forté, NBMBAA, MBA Veterans, ROMBA, etc. and enter employment contracts, they do so at their own risk. Darden will not reinforce recruiting policies on those arrangements.

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GUIDELINES AND TIMELINES FOR OFFERS

EXTENDING OFFERS AND OFFER TIMELINES

Darden’s offer policies and deadlines are aimed to meet the needs of both recruiters and students and to benefit all parties.

All students must receive an offer in WRITING . The beginning of the offer period will coincide with the date of the written offer.

Full-Time Offers (Second Year Students)

Your summer interns are permitted to receive offers at any time. For students who have not participated in a summer internship: Regardless of format (virtual or in-person) and location (at Darden or remote), no employment interviews or job offers may be extended prior to the first interview date of 26 September 2023

Extending Full Time Offers:

• An offer received from a summer internship will be given a deadline of 31 October 2023 for students to consider.

• An offer received from recruiting as part of the fall interviewing process will be given a deadline of 31 October 2023 or three weeks — whichever is later from the written offer date — for students to consider.

Internship Offers (First Year Students)

• Regardless of format (virtual or in-person) and location (at Darden or remote), no initial employer interviews or job offers should occur prior to 3 January 2024 .

• Internship offers will be given a deadline of three weeks from the written offer date to consider.

• Due to academic commitments, the earliest a Darden student may begin an internship is 21 May 2024.

EXPLODING OFFERS AND WITHDRAWING OFFERS

Employers are not to apply undue pressure or unreasonable expectations related to accepting offers. Please note that students are being coached to provide standard answers to these situations and will engage the Career Center when appropriate.

• Exploding offers (i.e. offer is rescinded within a shortened timeframe if not accepted)

• Requiring students to respond to verbal (not written) offers

• Changes to offer terms

If an employer must withdraw an offer, contact the Managing Director of Employer Engagement and Recruiting, Kevin Kennedy, immediately at +1 434-243-4400.

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EXPAND YOUR RECRUITING BASE

DARDEN'S PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS

In addition to Darden's renowned Full-Time, residential MBA program, we also have world-class Executive MBA, Part-Time MBA and MS in Business Analytics programs. We encourage you to engage these audiences for recruiting, and suggest hosting targeted events at the Sands Family Grounds location in Arlington (Rosslyn), VA (a short drive from Charlottesville). Please contact Emily Funk, FunkE@darden. virginia.edu, Assistant Director of Employer Engagement and Recruiting, for more information.

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ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES

RENEGING

If a student reneges on an acceptance of employment, contact the Assistant Dean of the Career Center, Jeff McNish, at +1 434-297-7971.

GRADE DISCLOSURE

Darden’s grading process does not incorporate a class ranking or GPA, nor will the school disclose grades (i.e. transcripts) to a third party.

WORK AUTHORIZATION

When recruiting at Darden or creating a job posting, the Career Center needs information on work authorization requirements in order to ensure that students understand any constraints placed on positions.

REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL/INTERVIEWS

Typically, employers will reimburse students for travel-related expenses for secondand final-round interviews. Students are advised to divide expenses among recruiting companies when more than one company is visited during their trip.

NONDISCRIMINATION AND DISCRIMINATORY HARRASSMENT

UVA is committed to providing a working and learning environment free from unlawful discrimination and harassment. Review UVA’s policy on discrimininatory harassment.

SEXUAL HARRASSMENT

We are committed to providing our students with a safe recruiting environment. The Career Center strictly prohibits any acts of sexual harassment and takes reports of such behaviors very seriously. Any reported incident of sexual harassment will result in the immediate revocation of a company's recruiting privileges.

DARDEN ALCOHOL POLICY

For all events that are held at Darden that have alcohol, companies must purchase alcohol through the Abbott Center. Externally purchased alcohol is not allowed on the premises. Please read UVA’s full alcohol policy.

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WHEN GUIDELINES ARE NOT HONORED

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND EMPLOYERS

Our policies were developed using the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ (NACE) Principles for Professional Practice. These policies aim to provide a fair recruiting process for all students, faculty and recruiters, balance students’ and recruiters’ needs and honor the significant commitment of employers making offers to our students.

Any disclosure of student information outside of the educational institution will be with prior consent of the student unless health and/or safety considerations necessitate the dissemination of such information. Any company that recruits at Darden must follow these policies. Please share them with anyone at your company who is involved in the recruiting process. Read the full list of NACE’s principles.

Darden School students are permitted to report non-compliance of recruiting policies. CDC staff will then investigate the matter and communicate directly with the employer. In the case that a matter is not resolved, any of the following corrective actions may be taken based on severity of offense or repeated offenses:

• Communication from the school to the senior management of the company, informing them of the policy infraction

• Inclusion for up to three years on student-facing website of Employer Recruiting Violations, describing the infraction

• Giving less priority to company’s recruiting dates globally vs. competitors in the following year

• Restriction of the company’s access to students which may include: panel/ industry discussions, corporate presentations, club events, or other recruiting activities

• Exclusion of the company from Darden recruiting activities

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THESE GUIDELINES

Darden’s Employer Engagement and Recruiting Team would be happy to help. Please email recruiting@darden.virginia.edu with any questions or concerns.

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CONTACT US

Planning and scheduling of recruiting events takes place in partnership with a member of the Employer Engagement & Recruiting team. We support implementation, success and scheduling. Request your recruiting reservation packet today!

Kevin Kennedy

Managing Director of Employer Engagement and Recruiting