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Employer Recruitment Visits

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning routinely hosts visits from firms and agencies to promote their planning activities and projects, and to meet current students in the program. These events are an excellent opportunity to connect with prospective employees and to raise the visibility of your firm or agency. These visits also represent an opportunity to meet with faculty to discuss projects and possibilities for collaborative work. Additionally, firms have begun to use these recruitment visits as essential to connecting with and hiring our best students, many of whom receive job offers in the months prior to graduation.

Employer recruitment visits typically consist of two different events.

1) A general overview of the firm or agency that typically involves a presentation of the types of projects and work that they do. These events are open to all graduate students and faculty. DURP arranges for a room, advertises the event, and manages the sign-up process. Some firms have also provided refreshments for these events, but this is not required.

2) Formal or informal interviews with students interested in meeting with representatives of the firm or agency. DURP arranges space for these meetings and manages the sign-up process. DURP can also obtain and pre-screen resumes.

To Schedule a Recruitment Visit

Contact Jeff Brown, Assistant Professor and Master’s Program Director (jrbrown3@fsu.edu) or 850-644-8519.