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Reimagining Company Information Sessions

Join Kylee Vanek, Associate Director of Student Leadership, for insights on reimagining company information sessions. Learn successful strategies, changes for the future, and how to implement these ideas in different departments or schools. Discover the impact of a day-long conference and lessons learned for future adaptations.

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Reimagining Company Information Sessions

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  1. Reimagining Company Information Sessions Kylee Vanek Associate Director, Student Leadership & Development Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing

  2. Goals for this session: • Overview of planning timeline and conference logistics • Successes and lessons learned from year one • Changes planned for year two • Discussion on how this could be implemented in other departments or at other schools.

  3. What came before • 10- 15 1-hour individual information sessions • Average of 15 students • Occurring between early September- late October • Vastly different offer timelines

  4. Time for CHANGE! • 1 day-long conference • Ultimately 7 companies participated • The biggest success: • Students Registered: 160 • Students Attended: 125 • Almost all partners who attended doubled their hire rates • This also had a lot to do with their strategies after the conference

  5. Schedule: 7:30a – 9:00: Student registration 8:00 – 9:00: Breakfast- Keynote address by Shelley Huff, VP Home and Apparel Walmart.com Rotation 1 9:00a – 9:30: Presentations Round 1 9:40a – 10:10: Presentations Round 2 10:20a – 10:50: Presentations Round 3 11:00a – 11:30: Presentations Round 4 11:40a – 12:30: Lunch- Keynote address by Rachel Mushahwar, Head of Global Retail Enabling for Retail, Hospitality, Consumer Packaged Goods Internet of Things, Intel 12:30 – 1:00: Student Club Fair and Networking Opportunity (student business card pickup) Rotation 2 1:00 – 1:30: Presentations Round 1 1:40 – 2:10: Presentations Round 2 2:20a – 2:50: Presentations Round 3 5:00 – 6:30: Networking reception with all companies in McClelland Park atrium

  6. Getting Students There • Business cards • Faculty support • Free meals • Early access to employers • Comfortable environment

  7. Partner Participation • Began reaching out almost 10 months beforehand • Mixed feedback so we had to be flexible

  8. Lessons Learned & Adaptations for the Future • Long day • Consistency in presentations • AV Issues • Motivate students in a new way

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