Executive Roundtables Information for Partners
So that the executives attending can tell a little bit about who they will be talking with, the students will be wearing nametags with color stickers identifying them as follows:
- Blue: seniors
- Orange: invited ILR juniors
- Red: first year MILR students
- Green: second year MILR students
- Yellow: all other students (MPS, PHD, MS, BS, MBA, etc.)
Recommended Information Packet
As stated above, those attending the roundtable sessions will be asked to provide information on their company that the students can pick up and take with them. Below is the recommended list of things to provide. You may also bring gifts for the students if you wish. These will be handed out at the reception following the roundtables.
- Company annual reports
- Company information on careers
- Company newsletters featuring you or human resources
- Your bio
- Articles about your company published in business or local presses that present a perspective on your values, mission, and working environment
- Appropriate contact information
Suggested Topics
In the past, partners have asked what topics they should cover when speaking with the students. We have compiled a list of recommended questions that our partner representatives suggested, and we have distributed to the students. Below is the list that we will be providing the students in an effort to help them prepare. If would like to change or add to this list of topics, please contact us at cahrs@cornell.edu.
In the Field:
- How does human resources add value to your organization? Do non-human resource people believe that human resources adds value?
- What ishuman resources role in helping your company attain its strategic goals?
- In many companies, quality management is part of human resources. Is this or isn’t it a good idea?
- Why use temps, how should they be used, and to what extent should they be integrated into the company? What are the pros and cons of using temp labor?
- How is compensation being used to achieve competitive advantage at your organization?
- What are compensation issues in a bear market? How do you attract and retain excellent people if stock is no longer an incentive?
- What is the impact of dynamic benefit structures in your company (eg. domestic partner benefits for unmarried or unable to marry employees)?
- What does your company do to address family/work life issues?
- Do you use alternative work arrangements (eg. telecommuting, job sharing, flextime, etc.)?
- What are the advantages/disadvantages of a rotational program versus hiring directly to a specific job?
- How do you manage and measure intellectual capital?
- What are some specific initiatives in human resources in your company that you are really excited about?
In Pursuing an Human Resource Career:
- Classes that might be helpful to take?
- What are the biggest business challenges facing new hires just out of school?
- What does it ‘take’ to make it to your level of responsibility?
