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New York Recruiting Alliance (NYRA)

New York Recruiting Alliance

Interview Day in NYC: February 25, 2008

UCS participates in a consortium with the career offices of Northwestern University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Smith College to sponsor employment interviews in New York City. This consortium is called the New York Recruiting Alliance. For the past several years, U.Va. has had approximately 35 students conduct interviews in NY as part of this event and we are excited to once again participate. The purpose of the program is to expand interview opportunities for students who are interested in the fields of advertising, publishing, legal services, public relations, market research, consulting, and non-profit organizations. Most employers in these fields do not conduct on-Grounds interviews. We anticipate that 20–30 employers in the fields mentioned will participate in the program. Participation means that the employer will be sent resumes of students from all four schools who are interested in interviewing with that employer; the employer will then select students from each school to interview in New York.

You must be a 4th-year student to participate in this program.

View Employers Participating in 2008

Important Dates to Mark on Your Calendar

Date Time Title
Tuesday, November 18 5:00pm–6:30pm Mandatory Information Session, Bryant Hall at Scott Stadium
Wednesday, January 14 4:00pm Resume Submission Deadline, Bryant Hall at Scott Stadium
Monday, February 23, 2008 8:00am–5:00pm New York Recruiting Alliance in NYC

Frequently Asked Questions

Which employers are participating?

All of last year's participants have been contacted and we've added some new employers to the invitation list. View 2008 employers online!

Are these interviews for real job openings?

Because many of these employers do not have structured training programs nor do they hire in large numbers, it is often difficult for them to predict in February whether they will actually have vacancies in May. Therefore, some of the interviews are more for networking and building contacts for future opportunities. Many students who have participated in the New York Recruiting Alliance have found even the “information interviews” to be extremely worthwhile. In some cases, these contacts resulted in a job offer later.

How can students sign-up to participate?

  1. Attend the mandatory Information Session.
  2. Students must submit a completed Student Registration Card at the information session to be eligible to participate. Then, they must check the list of participating employers and decide which organizations are of interest to them. Resumes will be collected in the UCS Library. We encourage students to visit us immediately upon their return in January. Ask to be directed to the NYRA section in the UCS library. Students should come with one copy of their resume for each employer in which they have an interest and place their resumes in the appropriate employer folder(s); cover letters are optional but strongly encouraged. One resume must also be submitted in the UCS folder for UCS' internal use. The deadline date is firm and non-negotiable.
  3. Resumes will be sent to the employers who will preselect students (and several alternates) for interviews. Students will be notified of preselect and alternate decisions via e-mail.
  4. Students who have been chosen to interview (either preselect or alternate), must confirm their intent to travel to NY on February 25, 2008 and interview. To do this, students visit UCS and retrieve their NYRA Student Registration Card. The reverse side of this card is to be used to confirm the interviews. All preselect interviews are to be confirmed on the top half of the card. Preselects are guaranteed a timeslot. Alternates must confirm their intent to interview by completing the second section of the card. They will be granted an interview only if there are open slots after all preselects have confirmed. These alternate interview slots will also be assigned by rank order and the alternates will be notified if an interview has been granted. Preselects and alternates must sign the card.
  5. Interview Schedules: Completed schedules noting exact times of all interviews will be generated by UNC staff and forwarded via email to all interviewees.
  6. Preselect and Alternate students must attend a mandatory Travel and Interviewing Information Session.
  7. Employer literature is available online. Read it before interviewing. We also suggest that students read career books on the industry for which they are interviewing (eg., advertising, publishing, etc.), and/or speak with alumni in the field or with the employing organization.

What about travel arrangements and cost?

Students are responsible for their own travel arrangements and costs. Students may have a friend or relative with whom they can stay in N.Y. Another possibility is to get together with several UVA students and share a room at one of the nearby hotels. There will be a meeting to discuss travel and other interview day arrangements. We suggest delaying your departure from New York to at least 4 p.m. on the day of the interviews. Some employers have asked students to return to their office to meet other employees.

What if I change my mind about participating after dropping my resume?

PLEASE DO NOT DROP YOUR RESUME IF YOU ARE NOT SERIOUSLY COMMITTED TO PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM. If you are selected by one or more employers and you commit to interviews, you are obliging yourself to travel to N.Y. and interview on February 25, 2008 . If an emergency occurs and you will be unable to interview after you have committed, please call UCS (924-8900) immediately. On the day of event you will be given a cell phone number to call for emergencies. Any student who does not appear for a scheduled interview without notifying UCS in advance will be denied further use of our programs and services.