Recruiting Policies

The staff of the W. P. Carey MBA Career Management Center strives to make the recruiting process as successful as possible for both our students and recruiting partners. To ensure this goal is achieved, MBA recruiting practices should align with the following guidelines:

Confidentiality
Students have consented to make their resumes available to companies and organizations through the various W. P. Carey MBA resume books and resume submission process. Resumes are to be used solely for recruitment.

First-Round Interview
First-year MBA students may not miss class or academic commitments to participate in full-time or internship interviews, recruiting events or travel related to those activities. Employers cannot require students, as a condition of their employment candidacy, to interview at a time that conflicts with their individual academic schedules.

Second-Round Interview
We ask that recruiters make every attempt to provide students with sufficient notice of the timing of second-round interviews.  We appreciate efforts to avoid scheduling conflicts with students’ academic responsibilities and recommend that employers offer at least one alternate date for second round or on-site interviews. 

Offer Consideration and Acceptance
Because of the importance that employers, students and our staff place on accepting an offer, we strongly recommend that companies provide sufficient time for a student to consider an offer.

• Students who have received a full-time offer should be allowed until Dec. 11, 2009, or at least 15 business days from the date of the offer, whichever comes later, to respond.  For students receiving full-time offers prior to the start of second-year on-campus recruiting, reply dates must not preempt their ability to participate in on-campus recruiting.
• Students who have received an internship offer should be allowed until March 12, 2010, or at least five business days from the date of the offer, whichever comes later, to respond.  

We understand that an organization’s plans depend on student acceptance of offers; therefore, we counsel students to respond to offers promptly and, if possible, prior to these dates.

Negative Offer Terms and Actions
Negative offer terms such as exploding offers that require students to respond to verbal (not written) offers, or that result in changes to offer terms, delays in employment start dates, changes in position roles and responsibilities, or the rescission of an offer, can do great harm to a firm’s credibility at the W. P. Carey School and impact future recruiting. Recruiters who find themselves faced with such a situation or have questions regarding these circumstances are requested to immediately contact Jim Clayton, CMC director, at 480-727-7160. 

Honoring Offers and Acceptances
We expect all offers and acceptances to be made in good faith. Students are obliged to honor accepted offers. Reneging on an acceptance is a breach of the W. P. Carey MBA student recruiting policies. If a student reneges on an offer, the recruiter should notify Jim Clayton, CMC director, at 480-727-7160 as soon as possible. We will review the situation and follow up on the organization’s behalf.

Communicating Student Status
Maintaining an open line of communication throughout the interview, offer and evaluation process is important to both the employer and student. As a general guideline, we ask that companies establish and maintain, at most, a four-week window of communication with candidates throughout the process. For example, if you conduct interviews on February 12, please send a follow-up communication by March 12, even if the message simply states your process is continuing and that candidates will be notified by an approximate date. In addition, all candidates not selected for further consideration should receive notification of their final status once the selection process has been concluded.