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University of Richmond joins other Virginia private colleges and universities in student career development initiative

March 5, 2008

The University of Richmond has joined with 14 other Virginia colleges and the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges in launching Career 15, an initiative matching Virginia companies with Virginia college students looking for jobs and internships.

In recent years, recruiters have reduced the number of visits to small college campuses, focusing instead on larger institutions. Career 15 will gather students from several small, private Virginia colleges and universities in one location-a Web site, vfic.org/career15.html-to interact with participating recruiters.

Students will be able to post resumes and search job postings in a format similar to monster.com or hotjobs.com. Virginia recruiters can review the resumes and set up interviews.

In addition to the Web site Career 15 will hold job fairs and interview days for student and business participants. More than 20,000 students from VFIC member schools will have direct access to recruiters' participating companies, including such Fortune 1000 firms as Philip Morris USA, Genworth Financial and Luck Stone.

Career development centers at each college or university will promote the program to students, while VFIC staff will recruit Virginia businesses to participate.

"We want to encourage students going to Virginia schools to stay in Virginia post-graduation," says Leslie Stevenson, director of Richmond's career development center. "Career 15 is one way we can encourage students to make a career in the commonwealth."