Using OCR Across Campuses
and Career Offices
Purdue
ASU
Online request includes ability to Assign
Rooms/Location
vs.
.
Not Assigning Rooms or Location of
Interview
Single Session
vs.
Multiple Sessions
Use of Notes
vs.
No Notes
Use of Flags
vs.
No Flags
Screening Criteria
vs.
No Screening Criteria
Eight Recruiting Coordinators
vs.
One Recruiting Coordinator
Published and Non-Published Sessions
vs.
Published Sessions only
NACElink Symposium ‘09
Las Vegas, Nevada
June 8, 2009
ASU
One University in Many Places
West
campus
Downtown
campus
•Career Services
•School of Engineering
•School of Construction
•School of Business /Accounting
Tempe
campus
Polytechnic
campus
OCR at ASU
•50 BILLION STUDENTS
(1,690 unique
students used ocr in 08-09)
•A GAZILLION DEPARTMENTS
(7
depts or campuses)
•GINORMOUS AMOUNT OF
EMPLOYERS
(317 employers had ocr schedules in 08-09)
•85 THOUSAND INTERVIEWS
(4,523 ocr interviews conducted in 08-09)
•100% PLACEMENT (
39% of the (3281 of 8322)
returned surveys indicated being employed in new or current job, about a month
after survey was sent)
•
GO DEVILS☺
☺
Getting Started
•System Settings
Same for all Sessions; cannot be customized
–OCR Pre-select criteria & Trigger Dates
–Type of interview schedules (open, pre-select,
room only, etc.)
–Require Employer to attach a job to OCR
request (or not)
–Slot matrices
–Majors pick list (we don’t require student
qualifications for pre-select)
Getting Started
•Assigned Manager Access
–OCR Liaisons: Everything but System
Settings
–Other Users: Limited access (mostly
View Only)
•Created OCR sessions
–Customize locations, date ranges
Sessions
•Fall 2009 Tempe campus
•Fall 2009 School of Engineering*
•Fall 2009 School of Construction*
•Fall 2009 Accountancy week*
•Fall 2009 West campus
•Fall 2009 Downtown campus
•Fall 2009 Polytechnic campus
* not a Career Services office
Employer Perspective
• Advantages
– One system, One username/password
– Targeted recruiting for multiple targets
– Serves general or specific audiences
• Disadvantages
– Confusing; may not realize they’re working
with different departments or campuses
Central Manager Perspective
• Advantages
– Increased capacity
– Tracking campus activities
– Learning from multiple users’ experiences
• Disadvantages/challenges
– Various levels of competence (training,
reporting)
– Communication/updates
– Calendaring
Satellite Perspective
• Advantages:
– Don’t have to start from scratch
– Independence
– Support from Central Office
– Customer Service / Relationships
– Reporting
Satellite Perspective
• Disadvantages/ challenges
– Lack of control / Customization
– Communication / Updates
– Employer confusion
– Calendaring
Our Solutions
• Set-up
– Get input from everyone (new solutions)
• Communication
– Regular meetings & updates
– Conference calls
• Calendars
– Shared Outlook calendars
Questions?
Elaine Stover
Patti Culley
Elaine.Stover@asu.edu
Patti.Culley@asu.edu
(Assoc Dir, Career Services)
(Employer Relations Coord, Sch
of Engineering Career Center)
Patti Munson
Patti.Munson@asu.edu
(Recruiting Coord for Career
Services)