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Introduction to Campus Recruitment

Location: United States
Experience Type: Virtual Work Experience Opportunities
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The world’s first early talent recruitment job simulation, built by early talent recruiters for aspiring early talent recruiters

Early talent recruiting is an exciting career path. Recruiters have the opportunity to work with students from all majors to help them jump start their careers.

As an early talent recruiter, you will grow skills in sales, marketing, strategic planning, relationship building, effective communication and making data-driven decisions. Recruiting makes for a lucrative career path with growth opportunities in Human Resources and People Operations.

This program is self-paced. It takes approximately 3-4 hours to complete.

Skills Learned:

  • Storytelling and Influencing
    Practise your strategic thinking by crafting a narrative to influence and convince internal and external stakeholders on a recruitment strategy.

    • Strategic Thinking
    • Persuasive Writing
    • Campaign Management
  • Unlocking Potential
    Develop candidates in your pipeline by providing advice and guidance on preparing for job applications and interview processes.

    • Coaching
    • Presentation Skills
    • Communication
    • Interview Skills
  • Strategic Program Management
    Develop a strategy to ensure that interns who have been hired stay engaged between the date of hire and their start date.

    • Program Management
    • Strategic Thinking
    • Event Management

Experience Information

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Contact & Location

Phone
540-231-6241
Email
cpd@vt.edu
Website
http://career.vt.edu
Address

Smith Career Center
870 Washington St. SW
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Career Service Hours

Day of the week
Summer AM Hours Summer PM Hours
M Monday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
T Tuesday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
W Wednesday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
TH Thursday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
F Friday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Meet the Team

Matthew Cowley Meet Matthew
Amy McPherson Meet Amy
Tatiana Balasenowich Meet Tatiana
Hannah Blanton Meet Hannah
Kayla Branson Meet Kayla
Leigh Anne Byrd Meet Leigh Anne
Jama Coartney Meet Jama
Sue Ellen Crocker Meet Sue Ellen
Autumn Davis Meet Autumn
Anna Devlin Meet Anna
Meredith Gerber Meet Meredith
Heidi Gilbert Meet Heidi
Zoie Hairfield Meet Zoie
Alyssa Henderson Meet Alyssa
Jim Henderson Meet Jim
Patricia Hughes Meet Patricia
Krystal Johnson Meet Krystal
Katherine Murphy Meet Katherine
Tracy Newton Meet Tracy
Taylar Palmer Meet Taylar
Ashley L. Roberts Meet Ashley
Becca Scott Meet Becca
Kelly Shannon Meet Kelly
Suzanne Shelburne Meet Suzanne
Brenna Stiles Meet Brenna
Emily Vedder Meet Emily
Grace Wagnon Meet Grace
Julia Ward Meet Julia
Donna Weikel Meet Donna
Lauren Willis Meet Lauren
Crystal Wiltsee Meet Crystal
Anya Work Meet Anya
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Phone
540-231-6241
Email
cpd@vt.edu
Website
http://career.vt.edu
Address

Smith Career Center
870 Washington St. SW
Blacksburg, VA 24061

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