Recruiter Career Services

Pitt Business Career Development maintains the policies and best practices set forth by the National Association for Colleges and Employers (NACE) Principles for Professional Conduct for Career Services & Employment Professionals. In addition to the NACE guidelines, Pitt Business Career Development provides some additional guidelines for building and maintaining a successful recruiting relationship with the school and students.

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Benefits of Hiring Our Students

Pitt Business students have that intangible quality that organizations value the most: the ability to make a difference. Our students are talented, they understand business, and they have both quantitative and soft skills . Listen to what recruiters are saying about us.

Why Should You Target Pitt Business Students in Your Recruitment Efforts?

  • Recruiters ranked Pitt Business students #4 among U.S. publics (Bloomberg Businessweek)
  • Pitt Business is ranked the #10 public business school in the country (Poets & Quants)
  • Pitt Business is ranked in the top 10 percent of undergraduate business programs in the United States by U.S. News & World Report
  • Pitt Business students complete an average of 2.5 internships by the time they graduate, and 95 percent complete at least one internship
  • Pitt Business students excel in internships that are not only across the United States, but also abroad through our International Internship Program and Global Business Institute
  • Pitt Business offers a globally focused curriculum for each of our academic majors

Pitt Business Student Recruiting Policy

The College of Business Administration follows the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Principles of Conduct. Employers are encouraged to review and abide by the U.S. Department of Labor Guidelines for Unpaid Internships. For those organizations participating in recruiting, the Career Development office requests that you abide by the following job acceptance policy to allow students sufficient time to make informed decisions about their employment options:

Offers for Next Academic Year:

  • Offers made to students for internships or full-time positions for the next academic year, the offer should remain open until October 4

Internship to Full-Time Offers:

  • Offers made to students for full-time positions after an internship, students should be given 3 weeks or until November 1 , whichever comes later

Fall Recruiting:

  • Offers made to students (internship or full-time), students should be given 3 weeks or until November 1, whichever comes later

Spring Recruiting:

  • Offers made to students (internship or full-time) in the spring semester should be given 3 weeks or until April 4, whichever comes later

Pitt Business Career Development will encourage students to immediately release offers they do not plan to accept. Reneging on an offer is considered a breach of our recruiting policy and such action will receive immediate attention.

Students and employers are encouraged to contact Pitt Business Career Development should a breach in the recruiting policy occur. We are committed to working on behalf of the students and the employers to ensure that all adhere to the guidelines set forth in this policy.

#4 Ranked Public Business Program in the United States by Recruiters