We hope you had a productive 2007-08 recruiting season. It is time to plan for the next academic year, and we would like to invite you to recruit at Columbia again. Below is detailed information for the 2008-09 season.

Career Fairs!

Our annual Career Fairs will include:
Fall Career Fair, September 26, 2008
Engineering Career Fair, October 24, 2008
Not-for-Profit/Public Service Career Fair, March 6, 2009
(Registration for these events will open later this summer)

The Engineering and Not-for-Profit Fairs will be held in conjunction with multiple partner universities. The link above will direct you to further information about our fairs.

Fall and Spring On-Campus Recruitment

We will begin accepting requests for presentations and on-campus interview schedules NO EARLIER than May 27. We want to make the process easy for you, so we will be prioritizing requests on a DAILY as-received basis, not by time stamp. Unfortunately, any requests received prior to May 27 will not be accepted.

This year we will be using our website to capture your on-campus recruiting and Information Session requests.

Employer Presentations

The University has announced that Faculty House (our catering facility) will be closing for a period of at least 18 months for renovations. Due to many of the helpful comments and feedback we have received, the facility will be undergoing massive infrastructure upgrades (i.e. central air conditioning, electrical wiring, and restroom additions). This means during the 2008-09 season, and even for a portion of the 2009-10 season, this facility will not be available for presentations or interview room overflow. We will have limited access to alternate venues. One of the policy impacts will be that employers will only be scheduled one full-time and one summer presentation. We will do our best to accommodate your requests.

Presentations can take place Monday through Friday September 2 to December 4 during the fall semester and January 20 through April 16 in the spring semester. (please note blackout dates on the recruiting calendar.) The times available for presentations Monday through Thursday is either 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm or 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. If you wish to come to campus during business hours we recommend Fridays at lunch, when there are the fewest classes. When submitting requests, we will only consider one firm wide presentation per semester.

To request your top 3 dates and times for employer presentations, please complete our online Presentation Request form.
Please note Presentation fees will vary by location.

Fall On-Campus Interviews

Fall interviews are for full-time hiring only. Interviews can take place Monday through Friday October 2 through December 4. If you are coordinating for multiple divisions within your organization, we ask that you please coordinate with all other representatives so that there is not a duplication of requests. If it is possible, we will schedule your divisions on the same date. We have 13 rooms for 9:00am to 5:00pm schedules. If applicable- when requesting your rooms please indicate which division will be using the room.

Spring On-Campus Interviews

Both summer internship and full-time recruitment interviews take place in the spring. Interviews can take place Monday through Friday, January 20 through April 23. Conditions for fall also apply for spring.

Recruiting Calendar

Please visit our 2008-09 recruiting calendar. All blackout dates are listed here.

We will do our best to accommodate your requests. It may be the case that we receive many requests for the same date and will attempt to match everyone as closely as possible. Please note that we have, in the past, received four or five times the demand than what we can accommodate for the first two weeks of recruitment. It is not advisable to request consecutive dates as we may not be able to accommodate you. It is also unlikely we will be able to host second round interviews on-site. We appreciate your patience as we try to meet the needs of all employers to the best of our ability. Please remember that students will have until November to reply back to any offers as stated by our policies.

Priority for requests will be given to employers who have:

• Submitted payment for 2007-08 recruiting (invoices for outstanding fees were sent by email).
• Completed our hiring survey by May 26.

The survey can be found here
Without submitting payment and completing the survey, it will not be possible for us to guarantee a recruiting date.

On-Campus Recruiting Fees

Fall and Spring Recruiting Season - $75 per interview room.
Fee includes:

• On-line interviewing schedule(s)
• On-line resume submission to your organization
• Interview room(s) as reserved and confirmed
• On-line advertising of your Employer Presentation/Information Session, job description, and homepage
• Ethernet/Wireless connections for laptops and private phones for local calling in each room
• Fax, photocopier
• Coffee, water, & tea throughout the day

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We thank you for your continued interest in our students! Booking a reservation with the Columbia University's Center for Career Education indicates your agreement to abide by our policies and procedures at as well as the NACE Principles for Professional Conduct for Career Services and Employment Professionals.

If you have any questions about these policies, please contact us at careereducation@columbia.edu