College Recruitment Starter Kit

INTRODUCING:THE COLLEGE RECRUITING STARTER KIT

THE CHALLENGE...HOw CAN YOUR DEPARTMENT EFFICIENTLY RECRUITHIGHLY TRAINED INDIVIDUALS TO JOIN YOUR ORGANIZATION?

THE ANSwER?

THE ANSwER? COLLEGE RECRUITING.

SOME BENEFITS OF COLLEGE RECRUITING:wITH A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND ENERGY, YOUR DEPARTMENTCAN FIND HIGHLY TALENTED AND TRAINED INDIVIDUALS.

AND, BEST OF ALL, IT’S FREE.

START BY ADVERTISING YOUR POSITIONSON A COLLEGE CAREER wEBSITE.

HERE’S HOw...

JUST VISIT STATERECRUITERS.ORG ANDGO TO THE COLLEGE RECRUITING PAGE.

YOU CAN ADD UPCOMING SRRT MEETINGS TO YOUR CALENDAR...DOwNLOAD THE SCHOOL AND COLLEGEExCEL SPREADSHEET.

IT’S A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF SCHOOLSAND COLLEGES IN CALIFORNIA.

USE THE CATEGORY FILTER TO FIND SCHOOLSwITH PROGRAMS THAT MATCH YOUR NEED.

IN THIS ExAMPLE, wE’RE GOING TO ADVERTISEON UC SAN DIEGO’S CAREER wEBSITE...

YOUR DEPARTMENT wILL NEED TO “REGISTER”AND CREATE A FREE ACCOUNT.

HELPFUL HINT: BEFORE YOU DO THIS, wORK wITH YOUR IT DEPT. TO CREATE A RECRUITMENT EMAIL.

RECOMMEND YOU NAME IT SOMETHING LIKE:JOBS@DEPARTMENTNAME.CA.GOV

HERE’S A NICE BONUS:

HERE’S A NICE BONUS:ONCE YOU’VE CREATED THE ACCOUNT,MOST SCHOOLS wILL INVITE YOU TO THEIR CAMPUS RECRUITMENT EVENTS.

FINALLY, ADDING CONTENT IS A BREEZE, BECAUSE IT’S ON A wORDPRESS PLATFORM.MOST COLLEGE CAREER wEBSITESwILL LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

IN THIS ExAMPLE, wE ARE ADVERTISINGFOR A CYBER SUPER HERO...FORM.

(AKA STAFF INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYST)RM.

ONCE YOU HAVE ENTERED THE JOB POSTINGINFORMATION, YOU CAN PREVIEw IT.

THEN UPDATE YOUR ExCEL SPREADSHEET, ADDINGYOUR USERNAME AND PASSwORD.

AND ADD YOUR VACANCY AND DATE,IF YOU wANT TO TRACK IT ON THE SPREADSHEET.

ENJOY USING THE SPREADSHEET.YOU wILL FIND MORE THAN 50 SCHOOLS ON IT.

STARTING YOUR COLLEGE RECRUITMENTCAMPAIGN IS SIMPLE.

SO GO FIND A SUPER HERO TODAY.

THANK YOU. qUESTIONS?TOM.GJERDE@CDCR.CA.GOV LINKEDIN.COM/IN/TOMGJERDE