2004 Headlines
Groundbreaking "Just About Jobs" Returns to Johnson SchoolLandmark Recruiting Event Again Brings Prospective Employers to Ithaca March 12, 2004, Ithaca, New York The Johnson Graduate School of Management today announced that "Just About Jobs," last year's groundbreaking recruiting effort that was remarkably successful and received national attention, is returning this year to the MBA school's upstate campus. Dubbed "Just About Jobs II," the event will take place over two days, March 18th and 30th, and will welcome New York City- and Boston-based employers who have never recruited at the top-ranked MBA school. "Last year's event was quite successful," said Karin Ash, director of the Johnson School's Career Management Center (CMC). "Its genesis was the need to do something unique to help our students find employment in a poor economy. One year later the economy is improving, but we still believe that we need to go this extra mile for our students." The goal of the innovative program is to connect students from the Johnson School's pool of high caliber MBAs with companies of choice. Recruiters from the two cities will be transported directly to Ithaca on NetJet corporate jets provided by the S.C. Johnson Corporation (a valued corporate partner of the school) and two generous Johnson School alumni, Peter Meinig and Bruce Waterfall. The recruiter-laden planes will make the round trip journey in one day and recruiters will maximize their time on campus by spending 6 hours interviewing pre-screened and pre-selected students who are potential employees or summer interns. Students, faculty and staff will mingle with recruiters during coffee hour, lunch and an afternoon reception at Sage Hall, the Johnson School's home building. Following the afternoon reception, recruiters will board their planes and return to their home cities. Director Ash added, "Just About Jobs II is a great opportunity for larger firms-under economic pressure to cut the number of core recruiting schools-to hire a Johnson School MBA with no additional cost to their recruiting budget. It is also a great opportunity for smaller and medium-sized companies that do not have formal MBA recruiting programs to attract quality talent." The successful 2003 event brought 25 employers to the Johnson School's Sage Hall and resulted in 24 job offers being extended. The Johnson School at Cornell University, founded in 1946, is Cornell's graduate school of management. The Johnson School combines leading edge intellectual capital with "real time, real world" business practice and is among the top business schools in the world. The school is distinguished by a diverse, multinational community working closely within a small, interactive and intensely collaborative environment. The Johnson School offers a wide variety of opportunities for experiential learning, such as immersion curricula and student-run venture capital and mutual funds. Programs include MBA and doctoral degrees, a twelve-month MBA option for students with advanced degrees in science or engineering, an executive MBA and a variety of customized executive education programs. The Johnson School is located at the center of Cornell University-the largest of the Ivy League schools and one of the world's top research institutions. For More Information |
