2014 Diversity Career Fairs Forum

[fruitlobber]

Why do so many employers require a writing sample? UGH. I wanted to wait to get one from my internship but I won't have one in time. Damn.

Why not just use your LRW assignments?

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard from MCCA yet? when do you guys think we will hear

[samcro_op]

Why do so many employers require a writing sample? UGH. I wanted to wait to get one from my internship but I won't have one in time. Damn.

Why not just use your LRW assignments?

Because they are SPS and I don't have time to edit before Sunday.

Also almost half BADCF employers want a cover letter. It won't let you bid unless you upload one one to the employers who request them.

[fruitlobber]

Why do so many employers require a writing sample? UGH. I wanted to wait to get one from my internship but I won't have one in time. Damn.

Why not just use your LRW assignments?

Because they are SPS and I don't have time to edit before Sunday.

Also almost half BADCF employers want a cover letter. It won't let you bid unless you upload one one to the employers who request them.

Can we even upload unique cover letters like that? Or are we supposed to upload a generic one

[EvelynS]

bump

[iheartmonkey]

Why do so many employers require a writing sample? UGH. I wanted to wait to get one from my internship but I won't have one in time. Damn.

Why not just use your LRW assignments?

Because they are SPS and I don't have time to edit before Sunday.

Also almost half BADCF employers want a cover letter. It won't let you bid unless you upload one one to the employers who request them.

Can we even upload unique cover letters like that? Or are we supposed to upload a generic one

I created a unique cover letter for each employer that requested one.

[Anonymous User]

Not the previous poster, of course, but I thought I'd chime in.

I created a unique cover letter in the sense that the addresses/names were different for each one. I honestly doubt that anyone read my cover letters--received interviews without issues. Don't stress out about tailoring each one, unless you really have the time and energy.

[Anonymous User]

BADCF Symplicity won't let me upload more than ten docs total. I have unique cover letters for more than 10 firms that require cover letters to bid (not to mention my resume, transcript and writing sample). Anyone else run into this problem?

[cookiejar1]

(1) Upload the cover letter for firm X.
(2) Select that cover letter while submitting bid to firm X.
(3) Delete cover letter from symplicity "documents" panel.
(4) Repeat for all firms you would like to bid for.

Edit: This is unintuitive, it doesn't make sense, and it could be done better. I already know.

[Anonymous User]

(1) Upload the cover letter for firm X.
(2) Select that cover letter while submitting bid to firm X.
(3) Delete cover letter from symplicity "documents" panel.
(4) Repeat for all firms you would like to bid for.

Edit: This is unintuitive, it doesn't make sense, and it could be done better. I already know.

Well, that's just silly. Thanks for dropping some knowledge.

[Anonymous User]

Is anyone doing dupont?

[Anonymous User]

Is anyone doing dupont?

[lhanvt13]

Get yo shit together Ccba

[Anonymous User]

Get yo shit together Ccba

fo serious. maybe they're not getting the number of students they were expecting? at the very least, i have to think this pushes back the bid results date next month

[lhanvt13]

Get yo shit together Ccba

fo serious. maybe they're not getting the number of students they were expecting? at the very least, i have to think this pushes back the bid results date next month

I hope they stick to the original dates... but either way, less people/bids = better chance. Hopefully that's the case.

[cookiejar1]

Thank you for participating in the 10th Annual Bay Area Diversity Career Fair. We've hit a record number of employer schedules (61) and a record number of confirmed student registrations (605), with 8,453 total bids.

Invitations will be sent to pre-selected students on Monday, June 30; the deadline to confirm is Sunday, July 6.

The lottery selection will be activated on Monday, July 7.

Invitatioins will be sent to alternate students on Tuesday, July 8; the deadline to confirm is Monday, July 14.

Schedules will be available on Monday, July 21.

Hahahahaha, oh god. I wonder how many offices got 500+ bids. Good luck reading all of those cover letters that you requested!

[alicen]

Hahahahaha, oh god. I wonder how many offices got 500+ bids. Good luck reading all of those cover letters that you requested!

Was that sent in an email? Haven't received any sort of confirmation...

[cookiejar1]

Hahahahaha, oh god. I wonder how many offices got 500+ bids. Good luck reading all of those cover letters that you requested!

Was that sent in an email? Haven't received any sort of confirmation...

Don't worry! That's just the message update you get when you log in to BADF's symplicity.

[Anonymous User]

Got an e-mail from one of the firms I bid on for BADCF. Initially thought it was the quickest ding ever; just turned out to be a voluntary self-identification for affirmative action purposes before they look at my resume. Whew.

[Anonymous User]

Got an e-mail from one of the firms I bid on for BADCF. Initially thought it was the quickest ding ever; just turned out to be a voluntary self-identification for affirmative action purposes before they look at my resume. Whew.

Did you not mark your ethnicity on your BADCF profile?

[Anonymous User]

Got an e-mail from one of the firms I bid on for BADCF. Initially thought it was the quickest ding ever; just turned out to be a voluntary self-identification for affirmative action purposes before they look at my resume. Whew.

Did you not mark your ethnicity on your BADCF profile?

I did, but this firm has it's own form to fill out, I guess.

[lhanvt13]

when are bid results out again?

[iheartmonkey]

Got an e-mail from one of the firms I bid on for BADCF. Initially thought it was the quickest ding ever; just turned out to be a voluntary self-identification for affirmative action purposes before they look at my resume. Whew.

WilmerHale?

[Anonymous User]

Got an e-mail from one of the firms I bid on for BADCF. Initially thought it was the quickest ding ever; just turned out to be a voluntary self-identification for affirmative action purposes before they look at my resume. Whew.

WilmerHale?

Yes'm.

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard from MCCA yet? when do you guys think we will hear

No word for anyone yet? Does anyone know which firms are actually interviewing?