Career Services at Virginia Tech
On-Campus Interviewing Program

How many employers and students participate in OCI?
OCI Activity per year 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-2000 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97
Number of employers 300 230 301 387 344 278 286 274 217 334 484 679 >650 >620 >550
Number of employer visits 546 452 618 521 486 584                  
Average number of visits per employer 1.82 1.96 2.05 1.34 1.36 2.10                  
Number of interviews for
total university		 6821 5830 6734 7666 7166 6717 7040 6683 5784 8236 12,605 14,269 17,033 16,900 12,800
Number of interviews by college:                              

- Agr & Life Sci

 90 43 76 51 62 40                  
- Arch & Urb Stu 24 25 42 29 19 24                  
- Bus 2863 2807 2917 3154 2783 3099                  
- Engr 2974 2355 3052 3649 3549 3316                  
- Interdisciplinary 17 14 23 16 17 10                  
- Lib Arts & Hum Sci 591 397 424 476 449 175                  
- Natural Res 11 12 5 8 34 19                  
- Sci 243 172 188 275 203 113                  
- Other/unknown 7 5 7 8                      
Number of students interviewed 2810 2314 2510 2583 3002 2617 1959 2815 2565 2545 2794 2750 2180 >1900 >,900
Average number of interviews per student 2.40 2.51 2.68 2.97 2.39 2.57 3.59 2.37 2.25 3.24 4.51 5.19 7.81 8.89 6.74


Why the changes year to year?
The economy!
OCI activity increased from the mid-90s through the 1999-2000 academic year, as a reflection of the economy. 
OCI activity declined 2000-01 through 2002-03, reflecting economic trends. 
Recruiting activity began to increase again in 2003-04. 2008-09 was the beginning of another downturn. 2010-11 began another upturn.
As of early September 2011, the 2011-2012 year is in progress and we are seeing an increase in employer recruiting activity based on interview room bookings.
OCI reflects the upswings and downswings of the overall economy and job market, although it is important to be aware that OCI itself does not include all industries and does not include the entire job market.
Employers' recruiting methods: changes / alternatives:
Many employers who do not physically travel to campus DO choose to post jobs for our students.
Many employers choose to recruit at career fairs, which are large one- to two-day events bringing in a concentration of students, instead of through OCI, which is ongoing through several weeks of fall and spring semesters.
Lack of student applications:
In recent years we have received feedback from some employers that they receive fewer applications than they would like to receive in response to job postings in OCI. This reduces student participation numbers -- by choice of the students -- and it dissuades some employers from scheduling future campus visits.
How do graduates actually get jobs?
That's contained in the Post-Graduation Report: viewable by university, college and major.
How grads found jobs by college, multi-year (pdf).


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