September 16, 2011

Dear Recruiting Employer:

First of all, let us take this opportunity to thank you for recruiting with our consortium colleges and universities over the past years.  We are thankful for the experience and networking opportunities offered by your organization during the Job Market annual career fair.  We formed some wonderful relationships with you, and we look forward to continuing those relationships through a more intentional effort.

Due to the economic downturn, which has lasted far beyond our expectations, the Job Market consortium has recognized a need to rebuild and reconnect to each employer through a formal on-campus recruitment model.  It is our hope that this timely revision in our recruitment model will prompt variety and purposeful student and employer participation levels while promoting a strategic collaboration as we move towards 2012 and beyond.

Furthermore, the national trends identified through our professional affiliate, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) indicate a strategic recruitment model which emphasizes stronger university-employer partnerships through formal interviewing. This process will lead to quality career employment offers and hiring that, ultimately yields competitive benefits, resulting in a win-win situation—our students hired by you!

Finally, due to the varied consortium academic schedules coupled with the untimely loss of one of our strongest consortium members, Lambuth University, we are unable to achieve the ethical stewardship previously offered by the Job Market.  In an effort to respect your resources (people, budgetary, and time), while ethically seeking to improve recruitment for our students, the consortium has committed to a new collaborative model that allows you to recruit at each campus without scheduling conflicts while also providing a high-quality recruiting experience.  Each institution is committed to helping you get the most out of your travel budget, and therefore, will work together to provide same-day recruitment opportunities for your organization through the on-campus, formal interview process.

So, while the Job Market is no longer a consortium fair opportunity, we welcome your continued and strategic partnership with each of our colleges/universities.  For a list of on-campus recruitment dates/fairs at each individual campus, please contact the appropriate representative listed below.

 Thank you again for recruiting with us!

Respectfully,

The Job Market Consortium

Jim Brown, Freed-Hardeman University • jbrown@fhu.edu • 731.989.6449
Jacqueline Taylor, Union University • jtaylor@uu.edu • 731.661.5316
Heather Stone, Bethel University • stoneh@bethelu.edu • 731.352.4246
Virginia Crump, Lane College • vcrump@lanecollege.edu • 731.410.6709