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Your Role in Student Hiring

Students certainly look to faculty for information and connections in many career fields. Employers frequently form relationships with faculty that result in requests for assistance in identifying qualified potential employees. Faculty have historically served important roles as references.

However, a faculty member who frequently refers students for employment may be at risk if a failure to comply with Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action regulations can be proven. The Center subscribes to the Principles of Professional Conduct, established by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), to guide career services professionals, employer representatives, and third-party recruiters. NACE also provides A Faculty Guide to Ethical and Legal Standards in Student Hiring. The Center would be happy to answer faculty questions regarding these guidelines.

We would naturally appreciate the chance to work with faculty to bring employers to our campus, or to ease their consideration of our students in other ways as well. Faculty should check the sections of this site that are aimed at employers, both to understand the scope of our activities and to identify our staff members involved with employer assistance.

Questions and comments are welcomed by Mike Cahill, our Director and by Debi Walker, our Assistant Director for Recruiting and Employer Relations.