Employer Services
On-Campus Recruiting (OCR)

There are no fees charged for this employer service.

CalJobs is the Career Center's general job listing site, where you can enter full-time positions, both entry level and experienced, as well as part-time jobs and internships. Jobs on CalJobs are accessible by all current students and alumni users.

On-Campus Recruiting (OCR) is a program where representatives from your organization visit the campus to recruit specifically for entry level positions and paid summer internships. Although OCR is part of the CalJobs system, you can only list OCR jobs if you have scheduled an interview date on campus.

Once visit details are finalized, you will post the job descriptions and screening criteria on CalJobs. Students and alumni must register for the program in order to view your jobs and submit resumes. They can search by various criteria, including company name, job location industry, job function, and visit date range.

On a preselect schedule, you get to view resumes in advance and choose which students to interview. On an open schedule, students sign up directly for an interview. You still have access to the resumes, but do not get to choose candidates. In both cases, however, students must meet your specific interview requirements: degree level, major, work authorization, and graduation date.

Have you completed the process to make your jobs go live? You must enter/attach the OCR jobs to your interview schedules. If you have done these steps but are still receiving student inquiries, please contact the Employer Relations & Recruiting Office at (510) 642-0464 or by email for assistance.

At the start of the semester, the Recruiting Office determines general guidelines for advertising positions and scheduling resume drops, preselection due dates, and student sign-ups.

These general guidelines can be tailored to meet your needs. For example, we can extend your resume drop deadline to coincide with an information session or other campus event.

At least 45 days before your campus date(s)	Enter jobs.
45 days before your campus date(s)	Student resume submission period begins.
22 days before your campus date(s)	Resume submission period ends and your selection process begins.
15 days before your campus date(s)	Your selection process ends.
13 daysbefore your campus date(s)	Preselect interview sign-up period begins.
7 days before your campus date(s)	Alternate interview sign-up period begins.
4 days before your campus date(s)	Sign-up period ends and schedule closes on-line.

To view your deadlines, select "On-Campus Recruiting (OCR)" from your CalJobs home page. Click on a schedule date in the date column, and you'll see your OCR dates on the next page. If you wish to customize these dates to coincide with your other campus visits, e.g. your information session or a career fair, contact the Employer Relations & Recruiting Office at (510) 642-0464 or by email.

Major, degree level, graduation date range, and work authorization are the current screening criteria. Only if a student meets your stated interview requirements, will (s)he be allowed to submit a resume. Therefore, it is important that you include accurate and explicit details in your job description and match those to your screening criteria. To ensure a diverse applicant pool, we encourage you to include comparable majors to such highly competitive disciplines as Business and Computer Science.

We will not screen for GPA, given the wide variance of reporting formats and interpretations. However, this information may be included in your job qualifications as a point of information for potential candidates. We encourage students to consider this before applying.

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A UCB job will go live on the general CalJobs website, accessible by all student and alumni users. An OCR job is specific to your campus visit.

Yes. OCR users must submit via CalJobs, but you can also include additional application instructions, e.g. edit in a hyperlink to your corporate website, in the job description. Towards the bottom of the page you'll see a "Requested Document Notes" box where you can include this information.

No. Students will only be able to submit a resume if they meet each specific requirement you determine. For example, if you are recruiting for Bachelor's as well as Master's candidates, or US Citizens and Permanent Residents, you must select both options.

Since these are specific, not minimum, requirements, be as inclusive as possible. We suggest that you leave this field blank if you are willing to review resumes from all majors. We use a preselect system which allows you the capability to screen out less qualified candidates.

Review our list of comparable majors to find out what majors you should select for Business, Computer Science, Engineering, etc.

Yes. Select "On-Campus Recruiting (OCR)" from your CalJobs home page. On the next page, click on the job title for the appropriate schedule to edit the description and screening criteria.

The number of interview schedules and length of interviews (30, 45 or 60 min.) determine the number of candidates that you should select. There are 13 slots on a standard 30 min. schedule, 9 slots on a 45 min. schedule, and 7 slots on a 60 min. schedule.

We recommend selecting 3-5 alternates for each schedule if the candidate pool warrants it. Alternates will check the schedule for openings on the last day of the sign-up period. They can also call the Recruiting Office up until the interview day to check for cancellations.

Please contact the Employer Relations & Recruiting office immediately at (510) 642-0464 or by email before entering your preselection choices.

On or before your preselection due date (11:59pm Pacific Time) as listed in your email notice, access your OCR account and follow the instructions for entering your candidate list. Be sure to identify your selections on the appropriate screen and choose only as many primary candidates as you have interview slots. Extra candidates should be entered as alternates. Once selected, please email both preselect and alternate candidates to sign up for interviews.

At this stage you will need to contact the Employer Relations & Recruiting Office at (510) 642-0464 or by email for assistance.

Yes, if they are current UC Berkeley students or alumni who have registered for the OCR program, you can add them to your preselect list. If they have not registered, refer them to the Career Center to do so ASAP.