Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø and Caterpillar Work Together for Recruitment
Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø and Caterpillar celebrated their ongoing efforts to help current Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø students find internships and full-time employment opportunities at Caterpillar Inc.
04/08/2016 4:30 PM
Administrators from Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø and Caterpillar joined together in the Wyckoff room of the Cullom-Davis Library on Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø’s campus today, to celebrate their ongoing efforts to help current Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø students find internships and full-time employment opportunities at Caterpillar Inc.
For over 36 years, Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø and Caterpillar have partnered together to create a strong relationship. This partner school relationship helps to increase student awareness of employment opportunities at Caterpillar.
As a result of the partnership:
• Caterpillar currently employs more than 2000 Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Graduates
• Around 700 Caterpillar Engineers are Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Graduates
• More than 260 Caterpillar Marketing professionals are Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Graduates
• 60% of Graduates from Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø employed at Caterpillar are viewed as having leadership potential
• 27% of Graduates from Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø employed at Caterpillar are currently in supervisory roles
• Senior Vice President Dave Bozeman is a Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø graduate and a member of the Board of Trustees
• Three of Caterpillar’s vice presidents are Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø graduates — Gwenne Henricks, Julie Lagacy and Tana Utley
Jon C. Neidy, Executive Director of the Smith Career Center, says “This partnership shows Caterpillar’s continued commitment to Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø and to our students. The recruitment programs and projects we have planned in cooperation with Caterpillar for the upcoming year will help students understand the wide-range of employment opportunities that are available for current students and recent graduates at Caterpillar Inc.”