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Career Center Events
Internships
Special Programs
SJSU News / Updates
Hiring Trends and Outlook
Employer Consultation
The CONNECTIONS newsletter provides updates on SJSU Career Center programs and events, college recruiting trends and best practices and noteworthy news about San Jose State University. This newsletter, formerly LINK, was renamed in alignment with the “Get Connected” motto of the Career Center. Our goal is to get you connected to our diverse and talented SJSU student population to meet your hiring needs.
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Connecting with SJSU's talented and diverse student population is easy through the various programs offered by the Career Center. Each event provides access to potential interns, upcoming grads, and alumni. We invite you to register for any of our 2006-2007 events or services that align with your hiring needs.
Job Fairs
Business / Technical Career & Internship Fair – October 18, 2006
Health / Human Service Career & Internship Fair – November 15, 2006
Social Work / Bridging the Gap Career & Internship Fair – January 23, 2007
Teacher Recruitment Fair for Santa Clara County – March 17, 2007
Teacher Recruitment Fair, CAEE – March 24, 2007
Business / Technical EXPO - Career & Internship Fair – March 7, 2007
Hospitality Management / Recreation / Summer Jobs– April 2007
For general information on our job fairs or recruiting events, please visit our website: http://www.careercenter.sjsu.edu/employers/services/jobfairs.html
SpartaJOBS
Career Center 's Job Posting Service is available all year long at no charge. Post your part-time, internship and career level positions on SpartaJOBS to advertise your opportunities and recruit SJSU students.
Information Sessions
Promote your organization and opportunities during a networking session with students.
Recruiting Tables
Increase your visibility on campus and recruit students for part-time and seasonal positions by hosting an employer recruiting table.
Competition for the best and the brightest talent begins with internship programs.
Recruit SJSU students early in their academic studies and you will attract, identify, develop, and retain skilled candidates for future employment. For guidelines to implement quality internship programs and gain the competitive edge in your college recruiting strategy, contact the Career Center Internship Coordinator, Garrison Dyer, at gdyer@sjsu.edu or 408/924-6028.
Sponsors / Recognition
Employers enhance their branding, overall college recruiting strategy and benefit from “elite” recruiting services by investing in sponsorship programs through the Career Center. The 2005-2006 Sponsors and other key Career Center employer and academic partners will be acknowledged at a Partner Appreciation Recognition event held at the MLK Library on November 28, 2006 with SJSU Provost Carmen Sigler presenting the welcome. If you are interested in the learning about our 2006-2007 Sponsorship program, please contact the Program Coordinator, Irene Peck at ibpeck@sjsu.edu or 408/924-6022.
SJSU Ranked in Top 10 Best Colleges
Once again, SJSU excels in the U.S. News & World Report magazine's college rankings. The 2007 edition of “America's Best Colleges,” which is now available on newsstands and online, shows SJSU tied for 10th place among the West's top public universities offering bachelor's and master's degrees. The University also tied for 12th place among the nation's best undergraduate engineering programs and fifth among the nation's best undergraduate computer engineering programs. To summarize, San José State maintained its position among the West's top public universities, jumped two places in engineering, and received recognition for its outstanding computer engineering program, which was not rated among the top five last year. For more information, including criteria, see www.usnews.com .
SJSU Scores High in Diversity Study
SJSU was the nation's No. 1 producer of Asian Americans with bachelor's degrees in business management and the health professions during the 2004-2005 academic year, according to a study published in a recent issue of Diverse Issues in Highe
r Education magazine. The study, which examined bachelor's degrees conferred to African American, Asian American, Hispanic and Native American students nationwide during 2004-2005, ranked SJSU 10th overall in terms of the number of degrees granted to minorities. SJSU also placed in the top 15 for degrees granted to minorities in specific disciplines, including computer and information science, engineering, and the health professions.
For more information on this study, reference http://www.diverseeducation.com/Top100Home.asp . To access SJSU's distribution of students by gender and ethnicity, see http://www.ipar.sjsu.edu/Data_&_Reporting/Students_by_Gender_&_Ethnicity
Starting Salary Offers to New College Grads Continue to Climb Starting salary offers to new college graduates continue to climb, extending a trend seen throughout the 2005-06 academic year, according to a new salary report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). The Fall 2006 Salary Survey report shows that starting salary offers are up for many disciplines at the bachelor's degree level.
If you are interested in obtaining salary information on SJSU graduates, please contact the Career Center for our latest survey results. In addition, if you have hired a SJSU intern or new grad, please let us know, as your information is critical to help ascertain current salary trends in Silicon Valley .
For more information on any of our services or programs, please contact of the Career Center 's Employer Relations team at 408.924.6028. We look forward to enhancing your connections to SJSU and meeting your recruitment needs. If you are unable to see our graphics please copy and paste the web address below into your browser.
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