OSU Ranked One of Top State Schools Targeted by Corporate Job Recruiters

Job recruiters from major corporations such as Google, General Electric, Campbell Soup and others from nearly 30 industries report that large state universities have become their favorite places to recruit.

In a recent Wall Street Journal survey, OSU was ranked as one of the top public university for these recruiters who were responsible in 2010 for recruiting more than 43,000 new college graduates. The survey cites many reasons why corporations are turning increasingly to state schools including trends within corporations to form strategic partnerships with state schools, giving them greater access to professors and students. The study also suggests that graduates of top state universities may be better prepared both academically and with practical work skills than their Ivy League peers. There is also the practical consideration that with corporate cutbacks, reduced travel budgets for job recruiting trips are making it more practical to focus on larger schools.

For more on this story, along with the list of top schools see the story from MoneyWatch.