Strategies to Enhance Your Symplicity System Barbara Thomson

Strategies to Enhance Your Symplicity System Barbara Thomson Associate Director for Technology & Data Management Rutgers University Brett Jones Assistant Director of Employer Relations and Career Events University of Wisconsin Jeanie Martz Recruiting Operations Specialist University of Notre Dame

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Onboarding to an MSE as a New Employee …and hitting the ground running

Onboarding to an MSE as a New Employee About me: Current Role: I am responsible for: I might be: • 2 years in higher education, career services • 6 years in employer relations • Background in urban planning/public transportation, working with startup company • CSM experience – Salesforce, Sugar, Grad. Leaders/MBA Focus & now Symplicity • Assistant Director of Employer Relations and Career Events – Wisconsin School of Business @ UW-Madison • on-campus recruiting, 2 large career fairs, info sessions and new employer development. Industry expertise in tech/startup, transportation, real estate and venture capital/private equity. • A spy

Find the Differences…

Bucky. Net MSE Overview MBA School of Education Wisconsin School of Business BBA College of Ag and Life Sciences University Athletics Dept. (2016) College of Letters & Science School of Pharmacy School of Human Ecology School of Engineering Wisconsin Law School

Working within an MSE

The Challenge Optimizing Bucky. Net to maximize benefit to Wisconsin BBA program students/stakeholders, while maintaining integrity and collaboration of MSE partners throughout campus. 3 EXAMPLES: • Student search (MSE/BBA) • Employer experience (MSE) • Relationship management (BBA)

Example 1 – Student search Challenge: Student survey data suggests that Bucky. Net job search functions not meeting student needs. • “Recommended jobs” tab - algorithm not delivering optimal results • Job postings that select ‘all majors’ are pulled in • Advanced Search form not optimized to deliver optimal results • Existing picklists not inclusive enough

Solution(s): MSE and Individual instance improvements

Example 1 – Student search

Example 2 – Employer Experience • Employers agnostic when seeking Bucky. Net. • Google search results/SEO • How do we ensure that employers find the right instance? • Centralized support – maybe?

Example 2 – Employer Experience • Collaborating across schools to ensure employer database integrity • Bucky. Net Fraudulent Employers List. Serv

Example 3 – Database refining Is Bucky. Net a relationship management tool? What data goes in? Captured in Bucky. Net Captured In ‘LRM’ Tactical conversations regarding OCR, events, job shadow Strategic conversations regarding ongoing recruiting activities Career Fair attendance Company participation in career event (non info session) Information sessions Company host student trek/site visit Job postings Speaking engagement Badger Business Job Shadow Program University-wide partnerships Recruiting contacts Participation in mock interviews Resume book

Example 3 – Database refining

How to…

Contact Information Barbara Thomson Associate Director for Technology & Data Management Rutgers University thomson. barbara@rutgers. edu Brett Jones Assistant Director of Employer Relations and Career Events University of Wisconsin brett. jones@wisc. edu Jeanie Martz Recruiting Operations Specialist University of Notre Dame jmartz@nd. edu