How to hire MIT students when
you don’t work for
[ Insert Tech Giant Name Here ]
Elaine Chen ‘91 SM ‘93
Senior Lecturer and Entrepreneur-in-Residence,
Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
Founder and Managing Director, ConceptSpring
Then:
“How do I convince them to hire
me?”
Then:
“How do I convince them to hire
me?”
Now:
“How do I convince them to work
for me?”
Lessons learned:
Start recruiting early
Be creative about the role
Network!
Really.
Start recruiting early.
Lessons learned:
Start recruiting early
Be creative about the role
Network!
Offer internships
Really.
Offer internships
(or externships)
Lessons learned:
Start recruiting early
Be creative about the role
Network!
Offer internships
Don’t forget the foreign students
Lessons learned:
Start recruiting early
Be creative about the role
Network!
Offer internships
Don’t forget the foreign students
Lessons learned:
Start recruiting early
Be creative about the role
Network!
Offer internships
Don’t forget the foreign students
Help with student loan repayment
Enable the side hustle
Offer flexibility
Thank you
Elaine Chen
@chenelaine
eychen@mit.edu

How to hire mit students

Editor's Notes

  • #13 Will Dickson ’14 has parked General Motors’ first self-driving vehicle, the Cruise AV, on campus and invited MIT students to think flexibly about its design opportunities. “You are future engineers and thought leaders in the area of new machines,” he says. “How do you design future vehicles like this one better for a safe and autonomous experience?” MIT’s new project-centric cross-departmental program, the New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET), launched as a pilot last year and is redefining engineering education, says Dickson. Its hands-on focus on applying fundamental and systems engineering to real-world projects inspired General Motors to sponsor NEET’s project thread on “Autonomous Machines” this fall. (There are now over 120 sophomores and juniors in this and the other three NEET threads: Clean Energy Systems; Advanced Materials Machines; and Living Machines.)
  • #17 http://mitsloan.mit.edu/newsroom/articles/inside-nasdaqs-popup-innovation-lab/