Design Career Services facilitates employment recruiting of students and offers programming and services supporting students in career development. Staff support employers seeking design students, coordinate events focused on career exploration and recruiting, offer class presentations and one-on-one meetings with students, and can help with outcomes information for accreditations or other reports.
Hiring Students
Resources For Managers
- Student hiring, time tracking, providing guidance (PDF)
- Hourly student hiring process: training resources for supervisors
- Student employee – hire
- Graduate student – hire
- Student employee – add additional job
- Student employee – start job change : change end employment date/renewal
- Student employee – end additional job
- Work study student employee – hire
Recruiting Students
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CyHire
To help meet our legal and ethical responsibilities and to maintain a fair and equitable recruiting process, CyHire is designated as the posting site for professional positions and internships for all students at Iowa State University.
All requests to post or relay opportunities should be forwarded to Design Career Services. Use of CyHire also ensures employers recruiting ISU students are committed to following Iowa State University’s Discrimination and Harassment Policy.
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Legal and ethical issues in recruiting
Requests for student referrals or names of excellent students may seem harmless, but there are potential legal and ethical pitfalls. Please read the linked resources for information, and reach out to Design Career Services for questions or clarifications.
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Reporting discrimination or harassment
Faculty and staff are “Responsible Employees” and obligated to report concerns to ISU’s Office of Equal Opportunity. This includes conduct by employers engaged in recruiting and issues that occur during internships.
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Class presentations
Design Career Services staff are happy to present in classes and for student organizations affiliated with the College of Design. Presentation topics can be proposed for consideration, but typically include:
- An overview of career services resources
- Professional communication and application materials
- Job and internship searches
- Understanding and negotiating job offers
- Preparing for career fairs
- Interview preparation