BUS T276 Kelley COMPASS 2 Honors

You might want to do a bit of background research on your company and its industry before delving into recruiting. See the Company and Industry Research tab for that.

  Start with company websites  

To understand and effectively present on company recruiting, you'll need to gather information from various sources. An obvious first step is to look at the company website for information on recruiting and hiring, but also realize that the entire website is communicating not only with potential customers, but also with potential employees. Consider the website through a recruiting lens:

• What does the company say about themselves, generally (not just in the job or career sections)?
• What do they say about working there?
• Are there testimonials from employees?
• Have they won awards that are relevant? (i.e. Best places to work lists, etc.)               

In their online career sections:

• Do they talk about company culture?
• Do they address benefits? Professional development and advancement opportunities? Diversity, equity and accommodation?
• Are there live listings?
• Can you apply via the website?
• How much information do you get about the position?
• Do they list recruiting events? If so, what more can you learn about those? How easy is it to get more information?
• How easy is the site to navigate?
• How clear are the steps to take to apply?

  Next, look for career channels and job listings online 

• Check to see if the company has a career channel on YouTube. 
• What kinds of information do they provide on their social media channels, like LinkedIn, Indeed, etc.?
• Where are they placing ads?
• What do those ads cover?
  • What does the company say about itself?
  • How do they describe the job?
  • Do they address work/life balance? Child care? Insurance? Vacation?
  • Look across similar positions at other companies: how do pay and benefits compare?

Pro tip: Search for company recruiters (or similar positions, like "talent acquisition") on LinkedIn and see what they say their jobs entail. There may be information about campus recruiting activities, job fairs, or other recruiting activities.

 Do they have a relationship with schools? 

Try checking the career sections of major business schools, like this one at Kelley: Does the company seem to have a relationship with these schools? If your industry is something like pharmaceuticals or data science, try looking at websites for major university programs in those areas, like this one from the Luddy School.

 Now you can move on to Library databases 

Search "your company name" AND ("job fair" OR "career fair") in library databases like NexisUni and Factiva (linked below) to find career fairs in which your company participates.

You can also search databases like EBSCO Management, Business Source Complete and ProQuest Business to learn about recruiting trends in your industry. Try a search like: pharma* and (recruit* or hir*) and (trend or strateg*)