**PLEASE NOTE: You must meet job requirements for all of the following options:

Open Interview Schedules: Students submit interview preference via CARS for those interview schedules in which they have an interest.  The computer will randomly select students for interview schedules.

Preselected Interview Schedules – Interested Students: Students indicate preference for those interview schedules in which they have an interest.    Resumes of these students will be available to companies.  The companies will select individuals for their preselected interview schedules.

Preselected Interview Schedules – Resume Searches/Resume Books: Companies may also preselect from resume searches or Master’s online resume books.  These interview schedules are posted, but students will be unable to submit preference for them.

Half Open, Half Preselected Interview Schedules: Job Postings can also have multiple schedules with any mix of the above types of schedules.
 
 

Monday, 12:30 p.m. On-campus job postings will be posted on the Business Career Center CARS website, http://www.cars.csom.umn.edu.  Postings of interview schedules will be listed either as “Open”,  “Preselect”or“1/2 open-1/2 preselect” or “Resume”. Thursday, 12:30 p.m.

Deadline for students to indicate preference on the CARS website.

All week

Tuesday, 12:30 p.m.

Primary candidates can begin signing up for interview time slots.

Thursday, 12:30 p.m.

Alternate candidates can begin signing up for interview time slots.

Tuesday, 12:30 p.m.

The sign-up period ends on CARS.  After the sign-up period students who have scheduled interviews can no longer reschedule via the web.

All week

BCC will accommodate any company that requests campus interviews that meet students’ interest, even though they may fall outside the normal timeframe; therefore, it is important for all students to check their CARS account on a daily basis to ensure they do not miss any interview opportunity.  The BCC wants to maximize the number of student opportunities available.

If you have any other questions, please call the Business Career Center at 624-0011.
For all updates and status of your interview times, please check the CARS website.

Registration

Registration is required of all Carlson School students using our facilities and must be completed prior to preferencing for postings.  To interview on campus students must:
1)  Complete CARS Registration online and
2)  Upload a resume to CARS.

 

Interview Policy

Campus interviewing is restricted to students receiving a Carlson School degree, or other specific degrees (ICP, or BS/BA Actuarial).  Some companies will ask that a student not interview with the same company more than once (even if they are coming for more than one position).  A student can only interview for positions for which they meet stated qualifications (graduation date, degree, etc).  This policy has been adopted at the request of the company recruiters.

 

Interview Schedules

For changes and cancellations check your CARS account.  It is the most reliable source.

 

Waiting List

If an interview schedule is full, students may sign up on a waiting list through CARS between 12:30 pm three working days prior and 12:30 pm one working day prior to the interview date.  On the day of the interview, the interviewer will receive a list and resumes for all students on the waiting list.  The interviewer may choose additional names from this list to interview. If you are selected to interview you will be contacte that morning. Dress appropriately in case you are called.

 

Cancellations

If a student cannot meet the obligation to interview with a company, he or she must remove his or her name from the interview schedule by the end of the sign-up period.  To cancel the interview after that date passes, the student must come to the Business Career Center. There is almost no excuse for missing an interview.  However, if an emergency should arise, students should contact the BCC front desk at 612-624-0011 as soon as possible so we will not lose the interview opportunity for other students. (Please see further detail under No Shows below.)  This policy is designed to help students maximize their interview opportunities.

 

No Shows

A student who does not show up for an interview in the BCC on the day it is scheduled will be immediately locked out of CARS. To get a CARS account reactivated, students MUST meet with a career coach in the BCC and write a letter of apology to the recruiter. The student is responsible for initiating this meeting. Every effort will be made to schedule this meeting as soon as possible after the request. To schedule, call 612-624-0011 or visit our front desk at 1-110. Please note: The BCC reserves the right to remove students who have no showed from future interviewing schedules. Again, "No Shows" result in being removed from CARS.  After 2 No Shows, you will lose office privileges.

 

Citizenship Status

Many companies interviewing on-campus are interested in interviewing students who are Authorized to work indefinitely in the United States regardless of citizenship status.  Therefore, students must meet this requirement, if specified, in order to interview with these particular companies. 

 

Emphasis/Major Abbreviations

MA-HRIR, MBT, CEMBA, MHA, MS-MOT have no particular emphases or majors.

MBA Areas of Emphasis: Consult = Consulting, Fin = Finance and Accounting, MIS&T = Management of Information Systems & Technology, Mktg = Marketing, Other = Strategic Management or Other, SCM = Supply Chain Management and Operations.

BSB Areas of Emphasis: Acct  = Accounting, BFin = Finance, Mktg = Marketing, Ins = Insurance, GM = General Management, Intl Bus = International Business, Act. Sci = Actuarial Science, MIS = Management Information Systems, ES =Entrepreneurial Studies, and HRIR = Human Resources and Industrial Relations.

 

Company  Information Sessions

Company Information Sessions will be posted on the CARS website as they are scheduled.   The sessions will also be posted on the bulletin board outside of the Undergraduate BCC office.   All students on the sponsoring company’s interview schedules should attend the associated Info Session.  Students on the interview schedule who can not attend the information session should inform company directly.  Any other interested students are welcome to attend company information sessions.   Students are encouraged to sign up on the web if they expect to attend.  Those who find they cannot attend after signing up are requested to cancel online. Students may RSVP, or cancel an RSVP, up until (but not ON) the day before the Info Session.   Companies will receive a list of students who expect to attend their Info Sessions.  

 

Job Descriptions

Detailed job descriptions from the interview schedules posted are available to view or print off the web site by clicking on the schedule code or job title.

 

Company Contacts, Peer Contacts, and Alumni Career Network Contacts

The Search Contacts pages on the student and alumni CARS sites contain names, addresses and phone numbers of company representatives responsible for making on-campus recruiting arrangements. Also available, are current Carlson students and Carlson alumni who are willing to talk with students about their jobs, companies and careers 

 

Company  Information

The best information about companies is available on companies' websites, which can be found by searching the Search Contacts pages on the student and alumni CARS pages.   The BCC web site also has a list of job research sites, and a list of companies that the Carlson School works with, including links to the companies' web pages.

 

Interview  Evaluations

Recruiters are asked to complete a student evaluation after each interview.  Students may view their evaluations only after accumulating three evaluations in their file.  Students must view the first three evaluations with a counselor; thereafter they may look at additional evaluations in groups of three.  The BCC assures companies that the invaluable feedback will be kept anonymous, therefore the grouping in threes for review is necessary.

 

Recruiter  Evaluations

Students are asked to fill out a recruiter evaluation form after every interview.  Recruiters will give each interviewee an evaluation form after the interview, or ask for one at the front desk.  Complete forms can be turned in at the front desk.  Many recruiters appreciate feedback on how effective they are at interviewing.

 

Job Offers

Students are asked through CARS to report all offers. Click here to report an offer.  This means offers received through our services and offers received through other sources, whether the offer is accepted or declined.  This data is critical in serving our students effectively.  We prepare quarterly and annual reports on Carlson School graduates used internationally as one measure of the quality of Carlson School grads.   A source for this information is the offer forms that students fill out.  Offer forms help students,  employers, and us by reporting this information.  Salary information is used for averages only, and is completely confidential.  Annual Placement Statistics are available on the Business Career Center website.

 

Job Acceptances

Students will discontinue interviewing upon the acceptance of an offer. Students will honor all employment agreements with companies. CARS privileges will be suspended if you renege on an offer that you have already accepted. Please also contact the BCC to cancel any pending interviews you may have. And submit your offer info in CARS!
 

Student Correspondence

A timely reply by students to all correspondence from companies (or our office) is necessary.   ALL INVITATIONS TO HAVE AN INTERVIEW ON CAMPUS MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED WHETHER OR NOT THE STUDENT PLANS TO INTERVIEW.   The student should contact the company if he or she decides not to interview there.  That interviewer may be a contact for a future job.

 

Emergency Closings

When the University is closed, the BCC will also be closed that day and evening.  Please contact us the next working day regarding rescheduling of cancelled activities.

 

Drug Testing

Please note that it is common for companies to conduct pre-employment drug screening.  If a student refuses or fails the test, he or she may be denied employment.

 

Accommodations

If you require an accommodation because of a disability, please contact the Business Career Center at (612) 624-0011.