<p>One of the most frequent comments I hear about any given college is that employers recruit on it, which is supposedly a major advantage for students. Specifically in the context of computer science majors and software companies.</p>
<p>What is recruitment? How exactly does it benefit students? (Information sessions? Making connections?) And is there any way for a student of college A to get in touch with people who recruit at college B (either by visiting college B during a recruitment event, or by making contact by phone or internet)?</p>
<p>Do representatives from a business simply set up an information table and hand out flyers (with info that can be found on the web) and answer questions? Do students on that campus merely have an advantage of convenience over students on another campus (i.e. since the employers come to them, they do not have to do as much searching on the web in order to learn about those particular employers)?</p>
<p>Do representatives actually engage students in conversation and set them up with job or internship interviews, and would it be impossible for someone to request the same kind of interview by phone or internet? (Or if a student is visiting from another school, then would the recruiters care what school he is enrolled at?) Do recruiters give out information that would never be available on the web? Do they answer questions that they would not answer by phone or email?</p>
<p>If recruitment is really so important, then are there any ideas on how to... stretch the boundaries, so that a student at a school without many career opportunities is not at a disadvantage?</p>