One more reason to put off that midterm due at midnight

If you're a senior, you've probably gotten a million (except not really) emails from the office about FRC, SLAC, LACN, etc (just a few more, and we'll have as many acronyms as the RSL Office). This week's post is going to be about SLAC, you can go on and be a SLAC-ker! (My midterms are sucking all of the energy/happiness/sarcasm out of me, so deal with the corniness until October Break comes and I finally get some rest.)

What is SLAC?
The Selective Liberal Arts Consortium, or SLAC, offers college students the opportunity to interview with organizations that do not ordinarily visit college campuses (aka they don’t have the time to travel all the way out to Po-Town to sit in the Faculty Commons for an hour). These companies are pretty legit, too—Greencorps, Federal Reserve Bank, and Bain & Company, just to name a few. So it’s probably worth your while to wake up early and take the train into one of the major cities mentioned below.

When/where are the regional recruiting days?
SLAC will be taking place in Chicago (December 4, 2009), Boston (January 6, 2010), New York City (January 7, 2010), and Washington, DC (January 11, 2010).

So, who’s coming? And what positions are they looking to fill?
A sampling of employers who are currently signed up (and what they’re looking for):

Chicago
Bain & Company, Inc. (associate consultant)
Chicago Trading Company (trading assistant)
Duff & Phelps Business (analyst)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (associate economist)
Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. (canvass director/assistant director)
L.E.K. Consulting LLC (associate)

Boston
New England Center for Children (teachers/graduate assistantship)
Carney, Sandoe & Associates (teachers in independent schools)
Analysis Group, Inc. (analyst)
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (research analyst)
Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. (canvass director/assistant director)
Immune Disease Institute (research technician)
LECG Inc. (research analyst)

NYC
Carney, Sandoe & Associates (teachers in independent schools)
Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. (canvass director/assistant director)
GSI Commerce (interactive marketing associate)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (physician office assistant/research study assistant/research technician/session assistant)
NERA Economic Consulting (research associate)
Shearman & Sterling LLP (paralegal)
The Nielsen Company (analyst)

Washington, DC
American Enterprise Institute (staff/research assistant)
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP (paralegal)
Congressional Budget Office (assistant analyst)
Economists Inc. (research associate)
Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. (canvass director/assistant director)
National Human Genome Research Institute (scientific program analyst)
U.S. Department of Justice (paralegal specialist)

I want to interview for those jobs! How can I do that?
Easy. Just go to http://slac.experience.com/er/security/login.jsp and log in. Your username is your full college email address_slac (so, mavassar@vassar.edu_slac) and the password is “recruiting.” You choose which recruiting day you want to go to, review the available job descriptions, and submit your applications. Employers then select which applicants they want to interview (hopefully you), and you’re on your way!

Additionally, if you are selected to interview on any of these days, you'll need to be able to get there (Bolt Bus is a good option for NY/DC/Boston!). These are great opportunities and students DO get job offers!