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Economy Report: Recruiting Trends for 2016-2017 and the Presidential Election
On September 21 we welcomed 200 companies to our Fall Career Fair; an additional 23 were placed on a waitlist and were ultimately offered the opportunity to sign up early for the Spring Fair. While we hate to turn away our employer partners, we were excited by the implication that this indicated strong hiring and […]
Federal Government Rules in Favor of OPT Extension for STEM Graduates
In the last edition of our employer newsletter, we reviewed some of the benefits employers gain by hiring employees from the international student population at WPI. Since then, the Federal Government has issued a new ruling that will allow international students on F-1 visas to work for longer periods of time in the United States […]
NACE Article Highlight – Effective Campus Branding
Companies of all sizes must be conscious of how they convey their brands on college campuses. Here at WPI, we have many conversations with employers about the best ways to develop brand awareness in a college population that is consistently turning over. A recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) shed […]
Highlight: Why Hire an International Student?
WPI currently hosts approximately 1,300 international students from nearly 80 countries around the world. These students help diversify our classrooms and campus by bringing with them wonderful insight, experience, and new ways of thinking. For example, they might look at an engineering problem from a new perspective, tackling a marketing campaign idea from a new […]
Educational Resources on Hiring International Students
As a career development office, we often hear from employers who are concerned about hiring international students due to the constant changes in immigration regulations and confusion around the different options available to them. We have put together a few resources to help you learn more about the different ways you can employ international students, […]
