2020-2021 RECRUITING GUIDE
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
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FORDHAM FUTURES Fordham Futures is a career planning and professional development philosophy focused on awareness, preparation, and presentation. The Fordham Futures model challenges students to embrace the world with a restless curiosity in their everyday life, with an understanding of how professional experiences play an important role in their development as working professionals.
Fordham Futures sits at the crossroads of academic learning and professional life, where every student’s education is anchored in a core curriculum that inspires and celebrates the liberal arts principles of listening, critical thinking, speaking, and writing.
C O N T E N T S EMPLOYER RELATIONS TEAM
STUDENT PROFILE
CAREER SERVICES IS VIRTUAL
DEMOGRAPHICS
RECRUITING CALENDAR
HANDSHAKE
SPRING CAREER FAIRS NETWORKING EVENTS
SIGNATURE PARTNERS VIRTUAL ON CAMPUS RECRUITING CAMPUS RESOURCES
EMPLOYER RELATIONS NICOLE CATALFAMO ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYER RELATIONS Nicole leads the employer relations team, as well as the strategy for best practices for employer development and programming. She focuses on building relationships with employers in the technology and healthcare industries. Nicole oversees our Signature Partner Program and works with employers on sponsorship opportunities. Please reach out to Nicole if you would like to discuss recruiting and involvement in our signature partners program or sponsorship.
NCATALFAMO@FORDHAM.EDU
MEGAN MCDONALD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYER RELATIONS Assistant Director of Employer Relations, Megan focuses on building relationships with employers in the communications, media and performing arts industries as well as with government and legal agencies. She also plans and supports career fairs and various recruiting and professional development events. Megan works closely with the Office of Alumni Relations on the Fordham Mentoring Program and with Fordham alumni looking to recruit at their alma mater. Reach out with questions or to learn more about connecting with Fordham students, and inquiries about our career fairs. MMCDONALD21@FORDHAM.EDU
EMPLOYER RELATIONS BEATRICE RICE EMPLOYER RELATIONS SPECIALIST Beatrice works on building relationships with employers in the fashion, consumer products, marketing and real estate industries as well as education and non profit organizations. She oversees all information sessions and tabling requests and is dedicated to ensuring an excellent experience for employers while on-campus. Reach out to Beatrice regarding recruitment strategies or for questions about event scheduling and reserving space.
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LINDSEY WORKER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS RECRUITING Lindsey facilitates the on-campus recruiting program and works with employers across industries to coordinate seamless recruiting cycles. She focuses on building relationships with employers in the accounting, finance and consulting industries; she also works closely with the Gabelli School of Business. Feel free to reach out to her with any questions about on-campus interviews.
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CAREER SERVICES IS VIRTUAL VIRTUAL INTERVIEW SUPPORT We are pleased to offer virtual interview scheduling and day-of support for all employers free of charge. Simply request interviews via the interview tab in Handshake and specify VIRTUAL in the description. We will be in touch to coordinate logistics based on your company's specific needs.
VIRTUAL CAREER CHATS Virtual Career Chats give students the opportunity to learn from employers about career paths in a variety of industries. Also, for you to get to know students for more informal, targeted conversations. These chats will provide our students the opportunity to network with employers in a casual setting. This is a great forum to share more about your company's culture, talk about your experiences as a member of your company and discuss the day to day duties of your open opportunities. Virtual Career Chats can vary in format, from one-on-one,to group round table discussions based on your preference. All Career Chats will take place on zoom.
VIRTUAL INFORMATION SESSIONS Create a Virtual Event Host a virtual information session using Zoom, Google Meets or another platform of your choice. We will help you organize, create, promote and facilitate.Virtual Information sessions provide students with an overview of your recruitment processes, programs and company structure; we find that successful presentations have a learning component. Students are looking for ways to apply their coursework to real scenarios and are more likely to attend an event where they learn a marketable skill about a particular industry. In order to request a virtual information session, please log into Handshake and complete a “new event� request. Once completed, you will be contacted by our Employer Relations Specialist to discuss your event in more detail in order for it to be added to our events calendar and marketed to our student body.
RECRUITING CALENDAR SPRING AT FORDHAM JAN 4
UNIVERSITY REOPENS
JAN 18
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY - UNIVERSITY CLOSED
FEB 1
CLASSES BEGIN
FEB 8
INFO SESSIONS MAY BEGIN
FEB 11
SPRING CAREER FAIR*
FEB 15
PRESIDENTS' DAY - UNIVERSITY CLOSED
FEB 25
COMPUTER SCIENCE/DATA SCIENCE/ CYBERSECURITY EVENT*
FEB 23 - MAR 2
MIDTERMS
MAR 4
GLOBAL BUSINESS AND REAL ESTATE EVENT*
MAR 18
STEM FAIR*
APRIL 8
PSYCH NETWORKING EVENT
MAY 5
LAST DAY OF CLASS
*DENOTES DAYS WHERE THERE IS NO ON-CAMPUS RECRUITMENT
SPRING 2021 CAREER FAIRS
DATE: FEBRUARY 11, 2021 TIME: 12 PM-3 PM The Spring Career Fair is our largest career fair of the year. This all-industry career fair will expose you to a large volume of students of all grade levels and majors, such as STEM, business and finance, liberal arts, etc. You will also have the opportunity to network with a vast number of entrepreneurial-minded student groups, leaders, and athletes. This event is a great way to increase your brand awareness on campus, build relationships with our students and promote your company’s offerings. Fordham’s core curriculum equips students to think on their feet, analyze and synthesize information, make logical decisions for the good of a company, institution, or community, articulate their point of view, and adapt to changing circumstances.
DATE: MARCH 18, 2021 TIME: 1 PM-3 PM The STEM Career Fair is designed for all of our undergraduate and graduate students interested in the sciences, pre-health, technology/computer science, engineering, and mathematics from our Rose Hill, Lincoln Center and Westchester campuses. This is a great opportunity for your company to engage with Fordham’s student talent and discuss career opportunities at your organization. Fordham’s rigorous education and world class core curriculum prepares students to utilize ever changing technologies and cutting edge scientific breakthroughs to find ethical solutions to complex problems. Our students go on to work at both startups and well-established tech companies, at some of New York’s most prestigious hospital systems, top cybersecurity organizations, and other industries.
TARGETED NETWORKING EVENTS
With careers in data and cybersecurity becoming ever more important in this rapidly changing technological landscape, this invitation-only networking event provides students and employers with the opportunity to meet face-to-face and facilitate meaningful networking connections. Students attending this event will be studying computer and data science as well as part of Fordham’s graduate cybersecurity program, which was recently designated by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CDE).
Meet promising Fordham candidates from diverse professional and academic backgrounds who are interested in global and domestic public health practice, management, policy, and research. This invite-only Healthcare Networking event will be open to undergraduate and graduate students who are seeking job, internship, shadowing hours and fellowship opportunities, many of whom have gone on to work at major healthcare organizations such as Memorial Sloan Kettering, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, and many others.
Meet promising Fordham candidates from diverse professional and academic backgrounds who are interested in global and domestic public health practice, management, policy, and research. This invite-only Healthcare Networking event will be open to undergraduate and graduate students who are seeking job, internship, shadowing hours and fellowship opportunities, many of whom have gone on to work at major healthcare organizations such as Memorial Sloan Kettering, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, and many others.
STUDENT PROFILE
FORDHAM COLLEGE ROSE HILL
3,794 SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL & CONTINUING STUDIES
1333
FORDHAM COLLEGE LINCOLN CENTER
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, RH
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, LC
2,112
2,308
494
GRAD SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES
GRAD SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
GRAD SCHOOL OF RELIGION & RELIGIOUS STUDIES
824
788
248
DEMOGRAPHICS ENROLLMENT
57.5%
42.5%
28.2%
WOMEN
MEN
UNDER REPRESENTED GROUPS
GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGINS
45 U.S. STATES
73 COUNTRIES
our community Fordham is not an ivory tower suspended above the world but rather, a community forming leaders and citizens in the midst of the energy and hope that defines New York City. They become men and women of competence, conscience, and commitment in the world’s capital of business and finance, communications and the arts, science, scholarship and medicine, and law and international politics.
10,500+ ACTIVE HANDSHAKE USERS
80+ EMPLOYER INFORMATION SESSIONS
50+
270+
EMPLOYERS PARTICIPATING IN OCR
ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEWS
330+ EMPLOYERS PARTICIPATING CAREER FAIRS
Handshake is our online portal through which employers can: Post a job or internship Register for a Career Fair Request an information session or table Request an on-campus Recruiting schedule Learn about upcoming events @ FORDHAM Access to student profiles
All jobs posted on Handshake are manually approved by Career Services staff. Postings will take 24 -48 hours to be approved, and must adhere to the following criteria in order to meet approval: 1. All registrations must be linked to a contact with a company-sponsored email address. No generic email addresses (gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc.) will be accepted. 2. All registrations must be linked to a working website. No registrations will be approved if the website is under construction, or if the website is a “Page” of a LinkedIn or Facebook group. 3. Companies interested in recruiting Fordham students must follow the spirit of Fordham’s Jesuit mission. Companies attempting to recruit students for positions in contradiction with the Catholic tradition will be banned. 4. No postings for positions within a person’s home will be allowed. In-house babysitting, tutoring, housekeeping, or other work will not be approved. 5. No postings which require students to pay any sort of fee will be approved. 6. Internship compensation must meet the U.S. Department of Labor standards. Internships for academic credit are determined on a case-by-case basis between the student and their academic dean. Career Services does not coordinate this process. *Positions 50+ miles outside of the greater NY area may take additional processing time.*
SIGNATURE PARTNERS
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Build your brand with your company name & logo exclusively on all fair materials & marketing. Accounting and Finance Fair- Tech Expo- Arts, Media and Fashion Fair- Spring Fair- STEM Career Fair Government, Law & Public Service Networking Event- Marketing and Sports Networking Event Healthcare Networking Event- Computer/Data Science and Cybersecurity Networking Event Global Business and Real Estate Networking Event- Psychology Networking Event Social Media Spotlights Employers will be spotlighted on our social media pages including twitter, facebook, instagram (feed and story posts) & in our LinkedIn group.
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Additional sponsorship naming opportunities and in-kind sponsorships also available. Please email Nicole Catalfamo (Ncatalfamo@fordham.edu) for details.
SIGNATURE PARTNERS We are pleased to announce the launch of our new Digital Access Pass. This partnership level is designed for employers who want to focus on engaging virtually with Fordham students. MAROON Partner 1 planning meeting per semester with the Employer Relations team Priority scheduling for on-campus interviews, info sessions and tabling Priority participation on at least one specialty panel per year Enhanced info session support Lunch during on-campus interview days Free on-campus parking for all events 1 social media takeover per year Company logo displayed prominently at career services events Company logo displayed prominently in Career Services office Invitation to Employer Appreciation spring wine tasting GOLD Arts/Media Partner All benefits of Maroon Partner PLUS Priority placement at the Arts, Media and Global Business Fair Fee waived for Arts, Media and Global Business Career Fair Invitation to collaborative events with campus partners (Partnered events with Communications, Marketing, Journalism, classroom presentations, club presentations, etc) GOLD STEM partner All benefits of Maroon Partner PLUS Priority placement at the STEM Career Fair Fee waived for STEM Career Fair Invitation to collaborative events with campus partners (research symposium, classroom presentations, club presentations, etc) GOLD Non-Profit Partner All benefits of Maroon Partner PLUS Priority placement at the Common Good Career Fair Fee waived for Common Good Career Fair Invitation to collaborative events with campus partners (Partnered events with Dorothy Day Center, classroom presentations, club presentations, etc) GOLD ACCOUNTING & FINANCE partner All benefits of Maroon Partner PLUS Priority placement at the Accounting & Finance Career Fair Fee waived for Accounting & Finance Career Fair plus 1 general fair per year Invitation to collaborative events with campus partners (Gabelli School of Business collaborations, classroom presentations, club presentations, etc) Targeted email campaigns PLATINUM Partner All benefits of Maroon Partner PLUS Priority placement at all career fairs Fee waived for all career fairs Collaborative events with other departments on campus (Gabelli School of Business, Economics Department, classroom presentations, etc)
VIRTUAL ON CAMPUS RECRUITING Academic Year 2020-2021 Signature Partners may begin requesting dates on April 1st, 2020
Utilizing virtual on-campus Recruiting (OCR) and virtual on-campus interviews is a great option for employers planning on interviewing more than just a few Fordham students for a full-time position or internship program. In order to request an OCR date, log in to Handshake and choose “Create New on-campus Interview Schedule” from the Shortcuts menu on the right. Please contact Lindsey Worker (Lworker@fordham.edu) for more information and questions about virtual OCR.
EMPLOYMENT OFFERS &ACCEPTANCE POLICY Virtual On-campus interviews are designed to give employers the opportunity to interview a large number of Fordham candidates conveniently and virtually all in one day. We handle the logistics so that you can focus on the students. Virtual On-campus interviews begin at 9:30AM with last interviews ending at 4:30PM. We are happy to accommodate early start time and late interviews upon request to our Signature Partners. Partners should send their requests for early start/late finish at least 2 weeks before the scheduled interview day. You can request your OCR dates by logging in to Handshake and choosing “Interviews” from the Shortcuts menu on the right. In order to give students sufficient time to complete their searches, we ask employers to abide by the following offer schedule for the 2020-2021 academic year. Employers must honor all offers extended. No conditions should be placed on these offers. Exploding offers and special incentives such as diminishing bonuses and location preference should not be offered in exchange for early offer acceptance, as pressure on students to accept early makes it difficult for us to enforce our policies against students reneging on job offers. Below are our policies on offer deadlines.
SUMMER LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS CONVERSION Student decision deadline:
JULY 1ST NO CONDITIONS SHOULD BE PLACED ON THESE OFFERS
SUMMMER INTERN CONVERSIONS
FULL-TIME AND INTERNSHIP OFFER DEADLINE
Student decision deadline:
Student decision deadline:
3 WEEKS FROM OFFER DATE
3 WEEKS FROM OFFER DATE
Please note: students may received a decision deadline extension to August 15th if needed.
CAMPUS RESOURCES CATERING
OFF CAMPUS DINING
If interested in having your event catered by Aramark, you must make an account at https://fordham-rosehill.catertrax.com/ To view the menu and place your order. Please note that certain rooms on-campus do not allow outside food and drink. Rose Hill Betty Rodriguez rodriguez-verediz@aramark.com 718-817-0924 Lincoln Center Colleen Clare clare-colleen@aramark.com 646-293-3982
ON-CAMPUS DINING
RH
LC
The Marketplace Urban Kitchen Cosi Chopsticks Pod Express Jamba Juice Starbucks A Crust Above Salt & Sesame
Hale & Hearty Argo Tea Ram Cafe
RH
LC
Little China City 1-347-590-3801 371 E Fordham Rd
Alan's Deli 1-347-590-3801 27 Columbus Ave.
Michelangelo’s 1-718-220-8355 2477 Arthur Ave.
The Flame 212 581-5259 200 W 60th St.
Pugsley’s Pizza 1-718-365-0327 590 E. 191st St.
Hale & Hearty 212 245-9200 55 W 56th St.
Tino’s Delicatessen 1-718-733-9879 2410 Arthur Ave.
Pick-A Bagel (212) 767-0285 39 West End Ave
Antonio’s Trattoria 1-718-733-6630 2370 Belmont Ave.
Whole Foods (212) 823-9600 10 Columbus Cir.
Applebee’s 1-347-226-5120 4752-4766 Third Ave. Chipotle 1-718-220-1276 4760 Third Ave. Healthy Fresh 1-718-618-7200 621 E. 187th St. IHOP (718) 515-0161 817 Allerton Ave.
UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY POLICY POLICY
CAREER SERVICES RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE EVENT REQUESTS ON CAMPUS FOR ANY REASON
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY 2020-2021 RECRUITING GUIDE
We would like to extend our sincerest appreciation for our Signature Partners, and thank them for their continuous support of Fordham students.
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