Job Fairs
The CS Job Fair is offered each year the Monday evening of the Corporate Partners Council meeting in mid-September. Corporate participation in the event is limited to members of the department's Corporate Partners Program. The fair is only open to CS students and Corporate Partners. Participating companies are invited to interview select students the following day in a limited number of rooms set aside for that purpose.
CS students are also encouraged to participate in the Industrial Roundtable (a mid-September fair attracting mostly engineering students), the Computer Roundtable (a mid-September fair attracting mostly technology students), and the High Tech Job Fair for Indiana Companies (a fall event for students of all majors). The Intern Expo (a mid-February fair for students of all majors) is an opportunity for students to find summer employment.
Corporate participation in all fairs is limited due to space constraints. Companies are encouraged to apply several months in advance of the event.
Posting Positions
Companies who wish to promote employment opportunities to students may send their posting, including criteria and contact person to Patricia Morgan at pam@cs.purdue.edu. Email is sent to CS majors every Thursday with a listing of employment opportunities. Employers are also encouraged to contact the Purdue Center for Career Opportunities. Instructions for posting jobs are available on the center's website at http://www.cco.purdue.edu/.
Interviewing CS Students
The Purdue Center for Career Opportunities is the main point of contact for interviewing all Purdue students (including CS), undergraduate and graduate, for internships as well as permanent positions. On occasion (typically when the career center is full) the department may supplement the services of the career center by offering members of the Corporate Partners Program the opportunity to interview CS students in the CS building. Assistance can include help promoting and setting up interviews, offering space within the CS building to meet students and arranging and promoting the information sessions which typically precede the interview day(s). These services are made available to members of the department's Corporate Partners Program and as space and resources are available to other companies.
CS Classes
At least two opportunities exist for speaking in CS classes to members of the Corporate Partners Program. CS 491 is the senior seminar; speakers focus on their sector, their company, and subjects of interest to students pursuing employment. Students work with corporate representatives on corporate submitted problems in CS 307 Software Engineering. Speakers are arranged through the manager of corporate relations; preference is given to members of the department's Corporate Partners Program. Speaking opportunities in other classes are sometimes available. Course descriptions of all CS classes are available at http://www.cs.purdue.edu/academic_programs/courses/.
Senior Design Projects
CS 307 Software Engineering, offer students an introduction to the methods and tools of software engineering and an opportunity to apply them in a "real-world" environment. Students work in teams on select company-sponsored projects. Students communicate with company representatives via teleconference, on-campus meetings and even on site at corporate facilities. Companies interested in sponsoring a project are invited to contact Dr. Pascal Meunier at pmeunier@cerias.purdue.edu.
Student Organizations
Five student organizations are active within the CS department-ACM (a student chapter of a professional association for computer scientists), CSWN (an organization promoting the interests of women CS students), UPE (a CS honor society), GSB (a graduate student advisory council) and the USB (an undergraduate student advisory council). ACM and CSWN will often host corporate representatives for technical presentations. Corporate sponsorship of special events (e.g., social outings) or activities (e.g., contests) is also invited. More information about the organizations is available through the CS website at http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/student_organizations.sxhtml.
Departmental Events
The CS Department sponsors a number of events that offer opportunities for corporate involvement. An important example is the annual spring student awards banquet. At the 2008 banquet, nearly $200,000 in awards (ranging from $50 to nearly $40,000) was distributed to over 65 undergraduate and graduate CS students. Other events inviting corporate support/involvement include Scholarship Day and the summer camps for middle-school students. A calendar of departmental events is posted at http://www.cs.purdue.edu. The site offers links to the official Purdue calendar as well as to athletic schedules.
Last Updated: June 10, 2008 08:37AM
