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...Even worse, students applying for fellowships or participating in the recruiting process must also coordinate with OCS. “I felt I was put in the middle of offices that weren’t communicating with each other,” says Delaney. She was further frustrated by OCS??s unsympathetic response to the complications with her Fulbright application. “OCS was mad at me because nothing looked right [on my application],” Delaney recalls. But the consequences of not receiving senior standing are not limited to those looking to land a fellowship...
...among them, they seemed a little surprised and politely asked me why. When I told the Quincy House business tutors, they did the same, and then handed me a ten page essay critiquing consulting as the Harvard student’s default dream job. When I went to OCS??s orientation session, they too reminded us that there are lots of other jobs out there, that eRecruiting companies represent only a small percentage of industries...
Like many of my classmates, generous remuneration is a temptation to give into an 80-hour/week existence as an Excel and PowerPoint jockey. But as I sat staring at the OCS??s e-recruiting forums last month, I started feeling guilty about my motivation—what could only be described as my crass, money-hungry impulse. I was haunted by that nagging question: Is this what my liberal arts education at Harvard really prepared...
This is the introductory meeting for those who want to participate in OCS?? online recruiting program. The OCS staffers running the event present a slideshow explaining in detail how to register for the online e-recruiting system—contracted to a company interestingly called Experience, Inc.—that puts students in contact with employers and eventually in line for a gauntlet of interviews...
Other companies have also keyed into this strategy, presenting their entry-level positions as a way to ease into the real world from college. According to OCS?? Assistant Director for On-Campus Recruiting Deborah A. Carroll, both Microsoft and Capital One refer to their offices as “campuses” as a way to compare office life to collegiate life. More and more, businesses have begun to incorporate the lifestyle concerns of their young employees...