Hook Talent Recruiting Strategy
Hook Talent is a curated program of professional development, campus connections and best practices designed to help our employer partners build effective strategic recruiting initiatives.
Hook Talent EDU
Hook Talent EDU offers a series of virtual educational sessions to help employers maximize recruiting efforts at UT Austin and to learn and share best practices. Join us to learn:
- Best practices to increase your organization’s brand awareness
- Early career engagement ideas to build long-term talent pipelines
- How to develop a successful internship program, and how to supervise and mentor interns
- How to connect with Longhorn talent whose values match your organization’s mission
- Success strategies that expand your reach across our 19 colleges and schools
- How to connect to the visible and hidden pockets of talent within interdisciplinary programs
RSVP for Upcoming Hook Talent EDU Sessions Here
Hook Talent Recruiting Strategies & Resources
Explore our Hook Talent services, programs, and best practices designed to help employers develop recruiting strategies tailored to the large pool of UT Austin talent.
Guide to Recruiting at UT Austin
Explore our campus recruiting guide for a comprehensive roadmap to partnering with us, engaging our students and recruiting across academic disciplines.
Partner with a Career Center
One of the most effective strategies any employer can have is to develop a strong relationship with one or more campus career centers, in addition to the campus-wide recruiting team at Career Success. Explore the Contact Info page to learn about the specialized career centers housed at UT Austin.
Event Engagement Strategies
Looking for quick best practices? Check out our one-page guide to events at UT and how to maximize student engagement.
Hook Talent EDU Event Engagement
Building an Internship Program
Explore our How to Build an Internship Program slide deck from a previous Hook Talent EDU session for ideas and best practices.
How to Build and Internship Program
Curios about ways that you can work and communicate with your intern, and how to maximize their time with you? Explore our Supervising Interns guide.
Is your internship virtual? Virtual internships may require additional planning and support to ensure that the intern is an effective member of your team and that the student has a productive experience with the organization. Explore our virtual internships best practices guide for help.
HireUTexas powered by Handshake Recruiting Strategies
Learn how to leverage the campus-wide job board platform, Handshake, to connect with top Longhorn talent.
Use keywords and experiences to search for candidates that meet your job criteria. Keep in mind that the fewer filters you use, the deeper the pool of candidates and the potential hidden talent.
Invite students to apply that match your job qualifications.
Attach an interview date and/or schedule to increase your posting’s visibility.
Offer virtual chat timeslots and increase student accessibility to your company and opportunities.
Join the HookedIn Community
HookedIn is the university’s official social networking platform intended for alumni-student and alumni-alumni networking and professional development. Recruiters are invited to join the community as an alum or “Friend of UT” to connect with students and alumni and to hire UT graduates!
Engaging with Student Organizations
Enrich your recruiting pipeline by developing strong relationships with student organizations. UT Austin has more than 1,300 student organizations for educational, recreational, and networking purposes that foster a rich and global campus culture. Please work with a Career Center to connect with the student organization that best fits your needs.
The university offers guidelines to help clarify how employers and student organizations can collaborate to help ensure effective engagement. Your career center partner can help you navigate our guidelines – particularly the on-campus marketing policy related to company brands on campus. You can also explore our guidelines online.
Contact Us
Contact us at 512-471-2425 or email us below for personalized help and for assistance connecting to campus career centers.