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...United States a dark blue binder containing the resumes of the 750 students in its class of 1981. The resumes contain the usual academic and employment histories, as well as each student's areas of career interest. Of these, McCreery selects about 300 to forward to various Exxon division managers as possible employees. The managers select about 200 to receive a Mailgram inviting them to sign up for interviews during Exxon's visit to the B-School. Of these, about 100 accept the offer, and it is these 100 McCreery concentrates on in earnest...
...There are certain negative perceptions students have, which we work at correcting," he says, citing the primary one: "Exxon is so big you can get lost." McCreery stresses Exxon's "decentralized management approach," and its "emphasis on management development," which "makes size an advantage..." Representing an enterprise with 180,000 employees, whose $4.3-billion profits in 1979 represented more than the profits of DuPont, Sears, Proctor & Gamble, Xerox, and RCA combined, McCreery fights an uphill battle in convincing students they will be more than just a rung on the corporate ladder. But, he says, "Once you give people the idea...
...less-than, flattering public image, and McCreery somewhat reluctantly admits and "there's no question our image is something we're quite concerned about, and we make every attempt to present the company as it really is." But he finds that B-School students are looking at Exxon "in terms of what challenges and opportunities it presents to them--once they get an understanding of the integrity of the management of Exxon that becomes a moot point." McCreery insists that he attempts to portray an accurate--not idealized--picture of Exxon to interested students. "We try to portray Exxon...
After the 100 students Exxon has invited to interviews have an accurate idea of the size and integrity of the company, McCreery and his team settle in for the three days of interviews. In addition to the seven actual interviewers, all of whom are field or line managers rather than personnel employees, McCreery brings additional team members, ranging from recent B-School graduates who can give students a description of the academia-employment transition, to Lilly Whalley, a Black woman who offers women and minorities her personal perspectives on integrating the corporate world...
...some point during the three days, each student has a 30-minute interview with someone like Dick Swersey (see box). Resumes and interview reports for about 60 of them are interview reports for about 60 of them are referred to managers at Exxon headquarters in New York. About three-quarters of the 40 students invited to New York, for an "on-site-visit" accept the offer. In New York, they spend one or two days talking to perhaps ten more managers and supervisors in the department in which they hope to work--and the are treated to cocktail parties, receptions...