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As a marketing major, I have had an enjoyable recruiting experience since it
seems like every major company in the world, especially CPG, wants to hire
marketers from Kellogg. We are inundated in our first quarter with various
company presentations, dinners, and other spreads. While marketing is very well
represented, consulting companies hire the most students. Every major bank and
consulting company recruits heavily (many visit campus more than 6-7 times a
quarter) as do a multitude of other companies. General management is also a
popular function and while those companies are harder to come by, there are
certainly many on campus. The industry specific companies also provide ample
recruiting opportunities. Healthcare and biotechnology has a huge representation
on campus (from Big Pharma like Pfizer and Merck to smaller biotechs like Icos
and Neurocrine). Retail is also making its presence felt ?? this year we have
seen Target (once again) and companies such as Best Buy. The tech sector is also
bouncing back with Microsoft, Palm, Amazon, Intuit making appearances on campus.
In short, there are careers available for any interest.
Our Career Management Center does a great job in reaching out to companies each
year. They increase the standard list of companies (which is hundreds of
companies) and meet and speak with many more based on student survey and
interests. Most companies come for both internship and full time recruiting
opportunities and come during different quarters to address each program
separately. Kellogg is looked at highly in the recruiting world, due to strength
of program and type of atmosphere. From what I??ve heard, companies love hiring
Kellogg students because of the team-based nature of the school and the ability
to lead groups (after so much group work at Kellogg!).
Campus recruiting is done through a closed list/ open list process. Closed
list candidates are pre-selected by the employer from resume books and open lists
give students a chance to bid points (much like class bidding) for a particular
company. Some companies may favor one list over the other but for the most part,
offers are pretty evenly spread between the two lists. Aside from formal
recruiting, there is also a Kellogg Career Network where companies will simply
post openings and solicit interest and interviews rather than have a set schedule
on campus. I believe all students who wanted an internship last year (99.9%)
obtained one.
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