With an eye on the softening job market, some B-schools are staging career events earlier in the calendar.
Business school students used to marvel that internship recruiting—a rite of passage for first-years—began as soon as school started in the fall. But the hiring is slowly starting to creep into the summer months. And with the softening of the job market, career services officers are urging students, especially first-years, to start thinking about their internship and job hunts earlier than ever before. To help them, business schools are ramping up their offerings. Career services officers are planning summer career panels, opening up alumni databases to first-years and incorporating career activities into orientation programs.
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