In 1992 the Department of Marketing held the first of its annual Sales and Marketing “Meet the Firm Night”. The purpose of our Meet the Firm Night has been and continues to be a venue where our students can acquaint themselves with companies who hire and offer internships and provide an opportunity for companies to find out about the talents and ambitions of our graduates. The Meet the Firm Night is an excellent opportunity to display materials about your company and to talk with students interested in sales and marketing.
Unlike a traditional “job fair,” our Meet the Firm Night is a forum for communication between you and our students and faculty. We want to connect current and potential students with the career opportunities available in a wide range of industries and firms and for company representatives to meet our students as well as our faculty. Not all companies attending the Meet the Firm Night have immediate openings. Just because a company may not have current openings doesn't mean they won't be seeking candidates in the future. However, many companies attend our event for the purpose of finding candidates for both internships and permanent positions.
All of our students will be strongly encouraged to attend Meet the Firm Night with resumes in hand. We do our best to prepare them via announcements in the classrooms, e-mail announcements and one-on-one encounters prior to this event. We have found that our Meet the Firm Night for many of our students is their first encounter talking with company representatives. Historically, company representatives have enjoyed meeting our students.
After attending the Meet the Firm Night, we have found that students have a clearer picture of the many avenues open to them as well as a good idea of which companies they will target to begin their careers in sales and marketing.