Employer Recruiting and Marketing Guide

In today's highly competitive job market, many companies are
re-strategizing their recruiting efforts to identify and hire the best and brightest MBA candidates. That is why you are here, reading this site. You want to find the most cost-efficient and effective way to recruit Santa Clara MBA students to your company. You want to have a successful recruiting season, and you want to start a buzz on campus about your company.

Before you create a buzz, you should know more about Santa Clara University's MBA program. I have complied some useful information for employers who are interested in reaching our MBA students.

Recruiting Resources for Employers
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Recruiting Resources for Employers
Click here to find out how to post jobs and internships, request resume searches, and register for on-campus interviewing.

Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business
Located in the midst of the world's greatest concentration of technological and scientific talent, within one of the most dynamic economic climates and competitive marketplaces, Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business is the heart of Silicon Valley in more ways than one.

The energy that fuels Silicon Valley illuminates our classrooms and inspires our students, resonates within our faculty, permeates our curriculum, shapes our graduates, and underscores our commitment to quality instruction, rigorous inquiry, and high performance expectations. We are proud to be a Jesuit Business School, taking seriously the education of the whole person. Although our alumni lead organizations diverse in size, structure and strategy, they share the common goal of creating value for their communities.

Our MBA Students
Since its inception in 1961, Santa Clara's Evening MBA program has supplied the region's businesses with employees who are well grounded in graduate business study and whose skills are sought by the largest employers in Silicon Valley. Graduates of the Leavey School of Business lead more than 25% of the fastest-growing high tech companies in Silicon Valley.

Most Evening MBA students are working professionals, forming a broad network of contacts within some of the leading companies in the region. Along with their studies, MBA students invest time in student groups such as the MBA Student Association and the MBA Women in Business Club. Santa Clara University's year-round admission and completion schedule for MBAs allows for ongoing recruitment.

In addition to Evening MBA students, we also have the Saturday MBA program, Executive MBA program, and the newly-created MSIS program. While these programs have a smaller number of students than the evening program, they all receive the same commitment to stellar academic training and a majority of them work at the top companies around Silicon Valley.

Graduate Business Career Services
Graduate Business Career Services assists Leavey School of Business students and alumni with career assessment, exploration and professional job-search strategies appropriate to their academic background, employment experience and career goals. Our Career Services office will also guide employers through the recruitment process and will serve as their liaison to the graduate business student population.

Building Relationships with our Graduate Business Students and Alumni
SCU's Graduate Business Career Services is dedicated to building and maintaining strong relationships with Bay Area employers. As mentioned above, many of our students are working full-time while enrolled in our program. However, some are looking to change their careers during or after the course of the program and some are full-time students looking for the next career opportunity.

There are many ways for employers to target the graduate business students. Because most of our students are working professionals and classes in our graduate business programs meet at 5:30, 7:05 and 8:30 PM respectively, most events with employers need to be planned either in the morning, evening, or on a Saturday. Please consider these potential events when planning your MBA recruiting efforts at Santa Clara. Click on the links below for more information:

Employer Briefings

Career Planning Workshops

Graduate Business Career Happy Hour

Career Fairs & On-campus Interviews

Create Your Own Event
We would welcome the opportunity to see firms exercise their creativity and design their own events to enhance students learning experience and showcase a firms expertise. Please contact AnaKarina White at a1white@scu.edu if you would like to create your own event.

CONTACT GRADUATE BUSINESS CAREER SERVICES

AnaKarina White,
Assistant Director of Graduate Business Career Services and Employer Relations Manager
a1white@scu.edu, (408) 554-4304

Susan Rockwell, SCU Undergraduate Career Center On-Campus Interviewing Coordinator
srockwell@scu.edu, (408) 554-2189

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