Presentation Calendar & Policies
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Second-Year Event Guidelines
Recruiting activities exclusively for second-year students can begin on September 8, 2008.
- On-campus presentations can take place on certain dates from September 8 to October 10, 2008 and again from October 22 to December 3, 2008.
- Off-campus presentations and events can be held on Thursday evenings after 7:30 PM or any time on Fridays beginning September 20, 2007.
Joint-Year Event Guidelines
Formal on-campus joint-year corporate presentations targeting both first-year and second-year students can be scheduled on certain dates between September 22 and December 3, 2008. No recruiting events involving first-year students may take place before September 22, 2008.
Off-campus presentations and events including first-year students can be held on Thursday evenings after 7:30 p.m., beginning September 25, 2008, or any time on Fridays, beginning October 10, 2008.
First-Year Event Guidelines
On-campus presentations exclusively for first-year students can take place on certain dates from October 22 to December 3, 2008.
Off-campus events may take place any evening after 6:30 p.m. between November 17 and December 3, 2008, with Career Management Center clearance, excluding the stated blackout periods below.
Event Blackout Periods
Recruiting events of any size may not be held during exams. Recruiting events involving eight or more studentsheld on or off campus, including breakfasts, lunches, dinners, cocktail receptions, informational interviews, case competitions, case preparation sessions, office hours, coffee chats and corporate presentations may not be offered during the following reading, examination and vacation periods. Events planned or approved by the School, such as study trips, may be held in exception to this rule.
- April 24–May 7, 2008 (final exams)
- June 19–24, 2008 (J-term exams)
- August 7–15, 2008 (J-term final exams)
- August 16–September 8, 2008 (J-term summer break and start of fall term)
- October 15–21, 2008 (midterm exams)
- November 26–30, 2008 (Thanksgiving vacation)
- December 4–17, 2008 (final exams)
- December 18, 2008–January 20, 2009 (winter break and study tours)
- March 4–15, 2009 (midterm exams and spring break)
- April 23–May 6, 2009 (final exams)
Informational Interviews
- Feedback from corporate representatives, students and faculty members indicates
that student visits to corporate offices are best kept to a minimum. Since
repeated student visits to firms are disruptive to both classes and the workplace,
we encourage companies to streamline the
informational-interview process and limit visits to each firm to one or two visits per student. - Please e-mail your company’s informational-interview policy to your on-campus recruiting account manager so that the Career Management Center can provide clear directions to students about managing their schedules.
RSVPs
Companies should request student RSVPs for lunch presentations and evening
off-campus events. Companies may request RSVPs for evening on-campus presentations;
however, they may be difficult to manage and certain venues may have capacity
limits*. For catering purposes, it is wise to reduce RSVP numbers by 20-25percent.
* By assisting companies with RSVPs,
Columbia Business School and MBA Career
Services take no responsibility for
companies with University, federal,
state or city laws including those
involving venue capacity.
Pre-interview Dinners & Sell Days
Pre-interview dinners are generally not allowed. Exceptions may be made for companies outside the tri-state area. Please consult Natalie Rios or your account manager about your company's circumstances.
Sell Days should never conflict with academic commitments and are therefore best held on Fridays or Saturdays. Additionally, firms may not invite students to sell days or other post interview events until after offers are extended.
Sign-in Sheets
Students note that sign-in sheets at major events create delays in entering. Instead of sign-in sheets, we encourage your firm to provide students with a card to complete and drop off later during the event. This will speed students’ entry to the event and still allow interested students to receive follow-up information from your firm. Student clubs may develop their own rules about sign-in sheets at events they plan.
