OHIO UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Guide for Recruiters
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Mission The mission of Ohio University’s College of Business is to provide a transformational learning experience for our students. We want to prepare our students to succeed in their chosen fields. The new competitive global labor market is demanding that graduates be ‘ready now,’ that is have the discipline knowledge, competencies, and experiences to make an immediate contribution to the organizations they join. Our objective is to develop not only ‘ready now’ graduates but also graduates who can develop into the next generation of leaders, professional practitioners, and academic business scholars. The academic departments offer major fields of study in accounting, business prelaw, finance, international business, management, management information systems, marketing, and business. A Bachelor of Science in Sport Science degree with a major in Sport Management is also available. The College of Business has been an accredited member of the AACSB—The Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business—since 1950. The School of Accountancy received separate AACSB accounting accreditation in 1995.
Departments/Schools
Minors and Certificate Programs
Majors Leading to a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree:
Ohio University baccalaureate candidates may complete any of the following minors or certificate programs:
• Accounting
• Business Administration minor
• Business Economics
• Finance minor
• Business Prelaw
• Marketing minor
• Entrepreneurship
• Sports Administration minor
• Finance
• Entrepreneurship certificate
• International Business
• Financial Planning certificate
• Management and Strategic Leadership
• International Business certificate
• Management Information Systems
• Sales certificate
• Marketing Major Leading to a Bachelor of Science in Sport Science Degree • Sport Management
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Business Honors Program The Business Honors Program is specially designed for academic achievement-oriented students with a unique, demanding, engaged, and applied learning experience. Students of the COB Honors Program belong to a highly selective group of students who have access to smaller classes, scholarship opportunities, mentorship opportunities, real-life consulting projects, and one-onone interaction with top business faculty.
Majors
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MAJOR
ACCOUNTING MAJOR
In today’s global economy, all businesses–whether large or small– are affected by international competitors and global events. Success in the global marketplace will depend on the capabilities of managers to understand the structures and processes that underlie international business. The international business major is designed to provide this understanding and to develop the requisite competencies of global business leaders.
The curriculum completed by School of Accountancy graduates provides all accounting and business courses required to sit for the CPA examination (generally referred to as being CPA ready). Successful students can choose to complete the 150 semester hour requirement by double majoring as an undergraduate student or by enrolling in a one-year graduate program of their choice.
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MAJOR BUSINESS PRELAW MAJOR The business prelaw major recognizes the business and economic emphasis of the practice of law and also provides the breadth of training and philosophical background that is conducive to success in law school. ENTREPRENEURSHIP MAJOR Success in entrepreneurship requires a broad base of conceptual knowledge, personal skills, and competencies. The required courses ensure a variety of rich developmental experiences that can include applied learning, case analysis, research projects, teambased active learning projects, and guest speakers, in addition to traditional classroom lectures and discussions. This major places a strong emphasis on written and oral communications skills, teamwork, and personal initiative. FINANCE MAJOR The finance major prepares students for the dynamic environment of corporate finance and financial services. Coursework is available in the fields of financial management, commercial banking, financial institutions, security markets, and risk and insurance.
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The management information systems (MIS) curriculum is designed to develop skills in the analysis, design, and implementation of business information systems. Our program teaches students to look at businesses holistically as an integrated system of people, business processes and information technology. We move beyond “techie” skills such as programming to emphasize a functional understanding of technologies and how they can promote business strategies. MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP MAJOR Today’s dynamic and highly competitive businesses require energetic and capable leaders who can add value and create high performance at all levels of enterprise responsibility. The major in Management and Strategic Leadership is designed to create the foundations of knowledge and personal capability requisite to lifelong professional learning and career-long success in business leadership. The required courses ensure a variety of rich developmental experiences that can include community service learning, individual leadership and emotional intelligence assessments, case analysis, research projects, team-based active learning projects, and guest speakers, in addition to traditional classroom lectures and discussions.
MARKETING MAJOR
Certificates
Marketing is the lifeline of any organization. It links the organization with its customers and is vital not only to the survival of the organization, but also to the maintenance of the free enterprise system. The marketing curriculum is designed to give students both a broad overview of marketing knowledge and experience. Foundational marketing courses include: professional selling, marketing research, consumer behavior and marketing strategy.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP CERTIFICATE
SPORT MANAGEMENT MAJOR Sport management is an applied field of study based on the integration of the special nature of sport endeavors and management theory, and administrative principles applied to sport involvement. Sport management includes any combination of skills related to planning, organizing, leading and evaluating within the context of an organization or department whose primary product or service is related to sport. The program leads to a Bachelor of Science in Sport Science and a minor in business.
The objective of the certificate program in entrepreneurship is to expose non-Bachelor in Business Administration (nonBBA) students to entrepreneurship and to cultivate an “entrepreneurial mindset” within these students. A primary focus of the program is allowing the student to tailor the program to their individual program of study. FINANCIAL PLANNING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM This program prepares students for a career in personal financial planning. Students completing this program will be eligible to sit for the national CFP® Certification Examination administered by the CFP Board. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CERTIFICATE Students learn the basic issues involved with international business, while maintaining flexibility in adapting the program to various areas of interest. This certificate program consists of fifteen semester hours including four required courses, one elective course, and completion of one approved international experience. SALES CERTIFICATE The sales certificate differentiates tomorrow's sales leaders with real sales readiness training in the classroom, fostering self-discovery, and providing professional development. The program is for undergraduates in any major who want to develop knowledge and skills in professional selling.
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APPLIED LEARNING EXPERIENCE I have been extremely impressed with the quality of student I have interacted with, interviewed and hired from the Sales Centre at Ohio University. The level of maturity and professionalism continues to exceed expectations making the Sales Centre a great resource for finding future stars.” James Brown, Vice President U.S. Grocery Sales at J.M. Smuckers Co.
The CoB Centers of Excellence At the College of Business, our overall philosophy is one of application – to leverage experience with learning. It’s not enough to learn in the classroom; students must put knowledge to work. One way students are able to apply skills is through a number of innovative centers that provide a rich, hands-on experience for students.
The Ralph and Luci Schey Sales Centre The Ralph and Luci Schey Sales Centre is a partnership between business faculty and successful business executives to provide a solid initial grounding in the curriculum. The Professional Sales Advisory Board (PSAB) works to ensure the Sales Centre remains on the cutting-edge of changes in business practices, including a strong focus on innovative and entrepreneurial thinking in sales. The Sales Centre offers a Sales Certificate for undergraduate students in any major who seek understanding about professional selling and development. Completion of this 28-hour credit program is required for the certificate, which is officially recognized at graduation and on transcripts. The certificate program provides professional selling and problem-solving training, and the skills development needed for success in sales and related fields. This selective organization provides practical experience helping run the Centre as a small “business.” Initiatives outside the classroom include: • An assessment strategy that allows students to understand their personality preferences, know their strengths, and learn which type of sales job fits them best while in college • Two cross-cultural, communication competency workshops during the school year that teach students how to work and succeed in today’s diverse workplace • Formation of the SalesCats—a team that competes in collegiate sales competitions around the country; SalesCats have consistently finished in the top 10 of 64 schools at the National Collegiate Sales Competition
www.thesalescentre.com
Robert D. Walter Center for Strategic Leadership Any business school can provide a degree, but through the Robert D. Walter Center, with support from the Cardinal Health Foundation, we provide a holistic leadership development experience through a multi-layered approach: • An integrated curriculum that tackles the pressing issues facing business • A major dedicated to the student of Management and Strategic Leadership—linked directly to the Robert D. Walter Center for Strategic Leadership • Specific leadership assessment, development and feedback for each year of academic study and advancement, all linked to developing a leadership pipeline of “ready now” talent • Mentoring and coaching linked to talent assessments, feedback and progression • The Select Leadership Development Program that provides concentrated student and application of leadership practices and processes for high potential talent. • Applied assignments and experiences that provide opportunities to practice and deliver tangible results. • Career planning for building executive presence, career exploration, interviewing skills and an ongoing commitment to learning.
http://cob.ohio.edu/leadership
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Center for Entrepreneurship As a partnership between the College of Business and the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, the Center for Entrepreneurship builds upon and raises to new levels longstanding efforts at the University and throughout the region to provide entrepreneurial education, business assistance services, and investment capital for entrepreneurs and start-up businesses. The Center for Entrepreneurship: • teaches students how to use creativity, experimentation, and action to harvest opportunities • engages students in student-led clubs and organizations that focus on developing entrepreneurial ideas • offers real-world opportunities to meet informally and work with successful entrepreneurs • offers many entrepreneurial activities, including pitch and business plan competitions, as well as the Bobcat Hatchery
www.ohio.edu/entrepreneurship
Center for International Business Education and Development The Center for International Business Education Development (CIBED) provides a broad array of international and cross-cultural programs and experiences that transcend the traditional classroom environment, such as: • Global Consulting Program (GCP): Students work in another country (e.g., China, Spain, Brazil, Italy, Greece, France, Slovakia, Germany, Argentina) for two to four weeks, in conjunction with teammates from the CoB and foreign partner universities, to conduct analyses and present recommendations to a foreign client company. • Cross-Cultural Leadership Immersion Program (CLIP): Students work in another country (e.g., Hungary, Botswana) for six to 10 weeks, in conjunction with teammates from the CoB and foreign partner universities, to help develop and apply entrepreneurial solutions to strategic problems confronting a foreign client company.
It’s hard to describe how amazing my experience was in Italy [as part of the GCP],” said Rachael Tovtin, a senior studying marketing. “It was an amazing learning event that everyone should try and take part of through their college experience.”
• Student Abroad and Student Exchange: Students study abroad for part of a summer, a semester, or even a full year, with opportunities at universities around the world. • Ohio International Consulting Program (OICP): Students work with an Ohio-based company for eight to 10 weeks in collaboration with teammates from the CoB and foreign partner universities to develop and apply solutions to strategic problems facing the client. • International Business Major: A unique program designed to develop the understanding, competencies, and mindset required for success and global business leaders. • International Business Certificate: A program of study that integrates international business coursework with practical, hands-on experiential exercises and activities designed to develop capabilities needed for success in an increasingly global competitive environment. • Executive Development Seminars: These customized training programs enhance executives’ ability to successfully manage within the increasingly complex and changing environment of global business.
http://cob.ohio.edu/cibed
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BUSINESS CLUSTER Rather than teach core subjects as isolated units, the Business Cluster combines traditionally independent classes — management, marketing, management information systems and finance — into one integrated class taught by a team of professors. Working in teams, students solve authentic business problems and get a taste of what it is like to work in the real world.
Center for Sports Administration Forty years ago when the idea for an academic program built around sports administration came to fruition, one could hardly predict the level of complexity that the sports industry has become today. Through the years, the sports industry has continued to evolve, becoming increasingly global and more complex in its approach to business. As such, Ohio University’s Center for Sports Administration was founded to serve as a resource to solve the increasingly difficult issues facing the sports industry. • Offers a Bachelor of Science in Sport Management • One of the top three programs in the nation, according to Sports-Management.com • All faculty are veterans of the Sports Industry • Students from Europe, Pan-Asia, and Africa offer global perspectives on sports • Local hands-on opportunities with Ohio University Bobcats (Mid-American Conference) and Southern Ohio Copperheads (Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League) • 1,200+ graduates in key positions in intercollegiate and professional sports provide multiple internship and career opportunities around the state and the U.S.
www.sportsad.ohio.edu The greatest benefit for students is that it challenges them with very realistic business issues, like they are going to see in their careers, where there is no certain answer.” Dr. Gary Coombs, Interim Director of the Management Department
Student Organizations Students have multiple chances to put their leadership skills to the test, with more than 25 student organization and practicum opportunities. Here’s a sample: • The Select Leadership Development Program: A unique program that accelerates personal growth, professional development, and leadership identity of high-potential students using principle-based leadership practices. Through the process of discovery, application and evolution, students develop skills to differentiate themselves as leaders. • SOX 404 Fellows Program: Students put their accounting knowledge to work auditing the accounts of the Ohio University Foundation. SOX Fellows document existing controls, determine sufficiency of internal controls in place, and assess the effectiveness of those internal controls. • The Student Fixed-Income Management Group: This student-run management group helps manage the $2 million fixed-income securities fund for the Ohio University Foundation. • The Ohio University Student Equity Management Group: This student-run group manages a $2.1 million equity fund for the Ohio University Foundation. The student managers research companies for a few weeks and present their 20-page findings to the group of about 25 other student managers to make decisions regarding investments. The OUSEMG has consistently outperformed the S&P Index since its inception.
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RECRUITMENT PROCESS College of Business Office of Career Management You can be certain that every student you meet through Ohio University’s College of Business will be ‘workforce ready’. We help students prepare for their careers at every step of their education through professional and applied learning experiences, coupled with academic excellence that gives students a competitive edge in the market. Our students have been groomed to be ‘workforce ready’ through:
I have been recruiting at OHIO University for over eight years and have been extremely pleased with the caliber of students we interview.” Linda Burstein, Deloitte Services LP
1. Robust, four year career planning checklist that guides students through a blend of academic and professional coaching to develop a student’s career readiness. 2. Personal assessments that expand awareness of personal skills, maximize leadership potential, and demonstrate how to use strengths to achieve life-long success. 3. Required career management strategy class that helps students take a thoughtful approach to planning and achieving long-term career goals. 4. A code of conduct that guides students on the college’s expectations for professional conduct and performance. 5. Training that enables students to communicate effectively in an interview setting ensuring potential employers can identify the right candidates for their openings.
Developing Your Campus Presence The Office of Career Management (OCM) at Ohio University’s College of Business will work with you to develop short- and long-term strategies to meet your talent needs. We get to know you and your company through campus visits and ongoing communication throughout the year, becoming an effective recruiting partner. OCM works with you to create a campus presence and brand by connecting you with faculty, students, and student organization leaders to establish your company’s visibility. This recruitment strategy enables you to preview exceptional talent for internship and employment opportunities. »»
HOST AN INFORMATION SESSION Conducting an information session with our students is an excellent way to provide a thorough overview of your company and begin development of relationships with students ensuring your access to preferred potential employees.
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LUNCH AND LEARN Hosting a smaller group of interested students in a conference room and providing lunch can provide a more informal atmosphere conducive to developing relationships with students. We can also arrange a Lunch and Learn with CoB faculty members providing the opportunity to identify high potential candidates that fit your business’s needs.
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SPEAK TO CLASSES Faculty in the College of Business believe strongly in problem-based learning and providing students with professional development opportunities as part of their classroom experience. Speaking to a variety of classes can be arranged for your next visit to campus. Skype and Adobe Connect options with classrooms and student groups can also be arranged.
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HOST COB STUDENTS AT YOUR FIRM’S OFFICE Hosting students for a day enables them to return to campus fully informed and better equipped to help you develop your footprint on campus.
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CORPORATE LITERATURE Sharing literature about your company, the on-boarding and retention programs, and your corporate culture is an effective way to provide students with information about your firm.
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JOB & INTERNSHIP POSTINGS You can recruit online using Bobcat CareerLink, a joint system shared by the Ohio University Career and Leadership Development Center and the College of Business. Here you can post positions, schedule on-campus interviews, request information sessions with students, and manage your recruiting activities. Résumé books allow you to screen and sort across a range of search parameters.
Here are a few companies that also recruit OHIO College of Business students: • Abercrombie & Fitch
• J.P. Morgan Chase
• Cleveland Cavaliers
• TEK Systems
• American Greetings
• KeyBank
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber
• Exel
• Cardinal Health
• PNC
• EMC
• Limited Brands
• Deloitte & Touche
• Progressive Insurance
• Hyland Software
• J.M. Smucker Company
• Ernst & Young
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Kroger
• Bank One
• Fifth Third Bank
• Whirlpool
• Orlando Magic
• CGI
• Accenture
• American Electric Power
• Nationwide Insurance
• Northwestern Mutual
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On Campus Recruiting The University Career and Leadership Development Office schedules seven weeks of oncampus interviews each semester. We encourage you to schedule your on-campus recruiting dates if you have not done so already, as dates fill quickly. Log onto Bobcat CareerLink at www.ohio.edu/careers to request an On-Campus Interview Schedule. Please contact Christi Lee, recruiting coordinator, at leec@ohio.edu for assistance. • Prescreen (closed) and Open Scheduling Options: We offer the option of prescreening candidates for interviews or having an open schedule. You may also conduct pre-nights and/or informational sessions prior to your visit. • Information Sessions/ Pre-Night Sessions: In an effort to increase their organization’s presence on campus, many employers elect to hold either a pre-night session the evening before their scheduled on-campus interviews or an information session weeks in advance of their visit. Another reason for scheduling such an event is to provide students additional information that you feel you might not have time to share with them during your on-campus interview. All sessions are advertised through Bobcat CareerLink well in advance of your visit. Information Sessions may be scheduled by logging into Bobcat CareerLink.
Offer and Hiring Information It is critical to our outcomes measures to receive offer and relevant employment data of newly hired students in a timely manner. Information is kept in aggregate form. We ask that you supply hiring and salary data to Tracy Corrigan by email at: corrigat@ohio.edu. Your cooperation is appreciated in keeping us informed of your employment decisions.
Full-Time or Internship Offers For all full-time or internship offers made in the fall, we suggest giving the student until November 1—or a minimum of three weeks after an offer is made—to make their decision to accept or decline so they may participate in fall recruiting. For companies interviewing in the spring, we recommend giving the students until March 15, or three weeks after an offer is made. Students are urged to notify employers immediately of offers they do not plan to accept. Reneging on previously accepted offers is considered a serious breach of our College recruiting policies, and such situations receive immediate attention.
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VISITOR INFORMATION Lodging Information Ohio University Inn 331 Richland Avenue Athens, OH 45701 740-593-6661 Hampton Inn 986 East State Street Athens, OH 45701 740-593-5600 Holiday Inn Express Athens 555 East State St Athens, OH 45701 (800) 345-8082 Baymont Inn & Suites 20 Home Street Athens, OH 45701 740-594-3000 -or 800-434-5800 Super 8 Motel (53 rooms) 2091 E. State St. Athens, OH 45701 740-594-4900 Knights Inn 997 E. State St. Athens OH, 45701 740-593-5565 The Blennerhassett 320 Market Street Parkersburg, WV 304-422-3131 -or- 1800-262-2536 The Inn at Hocking College 15770 State Route 961 Nelsonville, OH 740-753-3531
http://www.ohio.edu/athens/
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Office of Career Management 103 Copeland Hall Athens, OH 45701 T: 740.597.2169 cob.ohio.edu/careers
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