The Stanford Business Reporter

At the most recent town hall meeting, Dean Joss provided students with stats on the number of companies recruiting on campus this year, and how large a change the number represents from last year:

According to Dean Joss, this Fall quarter, 64 companies recruited on-campus for second years compared to 92 last year. This thirty percent drop-off is similar to slides at other business schools.

For first years, the number of companies coming this Winter is 61, down from 87 last year, a similar 30% drop. For second years this quarter, only 4 companies signed up, compared to 30 last year.

Dean Joss emphasized that the administration is aware of the difficult job situation. He highlighted the encouraging response of alumni – dozens have asked for the resume book and a few have already posted jobs through the distribution lists.

The CMC is also aggressively calling companies that have recruited at the GSB in the past to see determine whether they are interested in recruiting this year. The CMC is also inviting companies that do not want to travel to campus to conduct remote interviews by teleconference, as well as through other initiatives.