Hosted by: Engineering Student Council

Monday February 16, 2009 9am – 3pm Barton Hall

Registration and Cost Cost: $300; Registration Deadline: January 16, 2009 Cost includes one 2.5×6 table, breakfast and lunch for 3 attendees.

Late Deadline: January 31, 2009, $325

Early Bird Cost $275, Early Bird Registration Deadline November 30, 2008

In 2008 over 119 employers attended and were greeted by 1000 students seeking full time, intern and co-op positions!

Shipping:

All materials should be shipped between January 2 –February 15 to:

Cornell University PDC Warehouse 321 Palm Road Ithaca, NY 14850

The day of the fair, packages will be transported from storage and delivered to Barton Hall at 6am. For return shipment, FedEx, DHL, and UPS will pick up packages in designated areas in the back of Barton Hall at 4 pm. Your packages must be securely closed and prepaid return shipment labels firmly affixed.

Payments:

Checks: Should be made via by January 16, 2009, and sent to:

Engineering Student Council c/o Engineering Career Services 201 Carpenter Hall Ithaca, NY 14853

written in memo/details section: ESC Career Fair

Credit Card: Goggle Checkout: ecouncil.cornell

For a W9 see attached W9 Form

Tax Exempt number: 150532082

Networking Event, Info Sessions, Interview Rooms and Posting Jobs

Networking Event is on February 16 from 7pm to 10 pm in the Statler Hotel Ballroom. Pre-Registration is required, contact: ESC (ecouncil@cornell.edu) Employer Fee is: $50 Student Fee is: $5, tickets are available beginning February 2, 2009 in Duffield Hall.

The Networking Event will be a happy-hour like event with light refreshments. It will be an additional opportunity for employers and students to talk to each other. This event will replace our previous Networking Dinner event.

Information Sessions: Many employers will want to do info sessions while they are on campus, you are encouraged to contact a student group on the attached list to host your event. (Approved Info Session Student Organizations)

Interview Rooms: Many employers will want to conduct interviews the day after the fair of students they met at the fair, as well as from resumes they collected from jobs they posted through the career office. There is a limited number of interview rooms available, therefore it is important that you make your reservations early by contacting Ami Stuart at 607-255-1069, or emailing eng-recruiting@cornell.edu

Posting Jobs: It is very beneficial for employers to advertise their open positions in conjunction with the career fair, posting jobs to Cornell students is easy and free! Please review the following website for more information: www.engineering.cornell.edu/recruit

Travel and Accommodations

Accommodations

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Statler Hotel located on the Cornell Campus. The Statler is located across the street from Barton Hall. Please call: 607-257-2500 for reservations and let them know you are ‘with Engineering Student Council’ prior to January 16, 2009.

Additional Hotels near Cornell: Hilton Garden Inn (607) 277-8900 130 East Seneca Street, Ithaca, NY‎ (Shuttle service to Cornell available)

Best Western University INN (607) 272-6100 1020 Ellis Hollow Rd, Ithaca, NY‎ (Shuttle service to Cornell available)

Holiday Inn (877) 863-4780 222 South Cayuga Street, Ithaca, NY‎

Homewood Suites (607) 266-0000 36 Cinema Drive, Ithaca, NY

Country Inn & Suites (607) 256-1100 1100 Danby Road, Rt. 96B Ithaca, NY

Travel To/From Ithaca

Air Travel:

Ithaca Airport (ITH) is located 8 minutes from campus.

Syracuse Airport (SYR) is located 1 hour, 17 minutes from campus.

From NYC: we suggest the Campus-to-Campus luxury bus service. The bus provides twice daily non-stop service between Weill Cornell Medical College & the Cornell Club (near Grand Central Station) and Cornell’s Ithaca Campus. Arrival/Departure locations include: Sage Hall and North Campus. The bus has wireless Internet and AC/DC power, as well as coffee, snacks and work space.

Ground Transportation: • Ithaca Airline Limousine: 607/273-3030 • Ithaca Dispatch Inc (taxi service): 607/277-7777 or 607/277-2227

Parking: Visitor parking is very limited, we suggest that you use one of the transportation services listed below to get to and from campus or use any Hotel shuttle services provided. If you are staying at the Statler Hotel on campus you will use their valet service. We have a limited number of parking permits available to the Hoy Parking Garage, these will be provided on a first-come first serve basis, with a one permit per company limit.

Please send a SASE to receive your parking permit by February 6, 2009 to: Engineering Student Council 162 Olin Hall c/o Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Additional passes can be purchased at one of the many info booths upon arrival to campus.

Career Fair Agenda

 6.00 am: All Packages delivered to Barton Hall

 7:00 am: Barton Hall opens for employers to begin set up, please use the west entrance to Barton (Entrance that is by Lynah Rink).

Breakfast is available to recruiters at 7:30 am

 9 am: Official start of fair

 11am-1pm: Lunch is available

 For employers who are alone, a box lunch can be delivered to you at your booth, simply complete an order form in the morning when you arrive at Barton Hall.

 3 pm: Official end of Fair

 4 pm: FedEx, DHL, and UPS arrive to pick up packages

Register for the Career Fair