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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS graduated from W&M in 2022.  He visited the career center his junior year and most interactions with them were virtual (Fall of 2020, Spring of 2021.). They had multiple career fairs and meet and greets with various companies but it was extremely challenging because most of them were virtual.  At the meet and greets, the company would put on a presetation - selling their company, talking about their benefits, work culture, etc.  Then they would have queues you would go into to meet a rep from the company.  Trying to "talk" to people in a virtual setting was frustrating but he slogged through it.  Before and after Covid, the meet and greets were more informal "cocktail reception" type events.

The career counselor he was assigned worked with him on his "elevator pitch" and his resume.  The counselor advised him how to network and he started by contacting one of his fraternity brothers who had graduated a couple of years earlier.  That first networking phone call led to other calls.  Fall of his senior year, companies started visiting campus in person and he again went to everything.  He ended up receiving four job offers by early November '21.  The job he accepted was with a company he actually only interacted with virtually.

My DS felt the career center was excellent but he did admit he had to be proactive with them.  [/quote]

It's not clear from your description but from their website it looks like they still have the on-campus recruiting process set up so students can apply for jobs via their portal and interview 1:1 on campus also, in addition to the general meet & greets, etc.

I graduated many lifetimes ago but I found the Career Center to be incredible, had multiple interviews every week with a broad range of companies and government and at least 3 job offers by Christmas. If that's not a standard service that every college provides, that's something my 11th grader needs to pay closer attention to because I had assumed it would be even better at more prestigious and expensive schools. [/quote]

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