Are students showing any interest in emerging industries?
Six of our top 10 recruiting companies last year were in the life-sciences area — Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, and Guidant, to name a few. Q: Do recruiters have a say in the curriculum? A: Recruiters have a lot of say about what goes on in the academies through the advisory boards. This year, in response to recruiter suggestions, we started a Friday course for first-year students called Leadership, Professional & Career Development. I have time slots in that course to discuss career strategies, and I wrote and delivered a case study on an internship search. Q: How do you serve international students? A: I sent a note out today to different segments of our international population asking them to form a task force to help us think of creative ways to better represent foreign students to recruiters. Q: Do they want U.S. jobs, or are you encouraging them to take jobs back home? A: The market helps them make that decision. We just want to make sure that students have opportunities. There are
