MindSumo and a few other ventures offer a new and potentially promising twist on college recruiting, an annual rite of passage for many businesses.
Members tend to be large companies with well-developed college recruiting programs.
Thanasoulis-Cerrachio, who spent 25 years running college recruiting for Wall Street firms like Merrill Lynch and Citicorp, suggests that students include their school logo along with their name and contact information.
We also increased our college campus recruiting and internship programs, to build our brand.
Far from leveling the playing field, college sports recruiting offers the moneyed a substantial advantage over less wealthy families.
College football recruiting has become a big business, with the likes of ESPN nationally televising the campus selections of young men.
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So it turns out that Snapchat, a form of text messaging, is currently prohibited in college football recruiting, according to an NCAA spokesperson.
The basketball coach is a name that anyone who follows college basketball recruiting might recognize: Jack Keefer, whose program produces a steady supply of top-level prospects, including such past Lawrence North talents as Mike Conley Jr.
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Agents routinely complain about the business of recruiting of college football players.
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It is also instructive to keep in mind that all the large companies headed up by non-degree holders also invest heavily in recruiting top college graduates to acquire the talent they need to drive the future success of their organizations.
Roberto Angulo, chief executive of AfterCollege, an online-recruiting service for college students, says 63% of graduates surveyed by his company had a hard time finding a job this year.
In other words, it also sounds like the perfect recruiting tool for a college coach.
He also earned a reputation for something rare in college basketball: winning games while recruiting by the rules and graduating his players.
Successful recruiting campaigns are necessary for college football programs to win.
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Austin, which is home to the University of Texas and many other higher education institutions, is just one of many college towns in which local businesses do heavy recruiting locally, knowing that there are plenty of educated, talented candidates in the area.
But in an interesting and timely twist, the survey showed that college campus career fairs are still the most popular recruiting method for employers, possibly debunking the notion that social media is replacing traditional recruiting methods.
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Applications from China to the university's Fisher College of Business jumped 30% between the 2010 and 2011 recruiting seasons.
Told of Moglia's plan, Osborne played devil's advocate, reminding him of a coach's arduous recruiting schedule and often difficult job of dealing with college kids.
Given the frequency with which college coaches are courted by the NFL, the ultra competitive recruiting landscape, the higher-than-average academic standards relative to other Division I schools, and the inherent uncertainty of knowing how 18-22 year old kids will perform under pressure, there are no guarantees for prolonged success.
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Farrell played for Oklahoma State in college, and then served as the assistant coach and pitching and recruiting coordinator for the Cowboys for five seasons from 1997-2001.
And recruiting talented students can, in theory, help boost a college's rank and reputation.
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In three of his five years at lsu, Saban had top-rated recruiting classes, meaning the 25 high school seniors drawn to a college by a football scholarship.
The reason this matters is that over 40% of undergraduates in the United States attends a community college, and not surprisingly these schools are not on the itinerary for Wall Street recruiting trips.
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Any college or university that starts to ask such questions establishes a great marketing initiative to recruiting future female students and improves the finances of alumnae who may be prone to donate more to their caring alma maters.
High-school coaches with premium college prospects on their teams also have front-row seats to a master class in football recruiting.
When Neha Gupta prepared to graduate from college last December, she faced a difficult job search since many large companies weren't recruiting for winter openings.
In college, career services and advisors push students to get jobs through career fairs, on campus recruiting and a myriad of other ways that result in 20% of students getting jobs, leaving the other 80% feeling like losers who now have no opportunities to pursue.
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"As the (US) economy continues to improve, so does MBA recruiting, " said Jeff Rice, head of career services at Ohio State's Fisher College of Business and president of the MBA CSC.
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