Policies
Expectations of Employers:
Employers recruiting at the University of Lynchburg must follow the Principles for Ethical Professional Practice established by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and the policies and guidelines of the University of Lynchburg found online at Privacy Policy.
Organizations are responsible for the ethical and legal conduct of their representatives throughout the recruiting process, and must assume responsibility for all representations made by authorized representatives.
Recruiters should be qualified interviewers and informed representatives of their organizations. They should respect the legal obligations of the University of Lynchburg Career & Professionalism Center and request only those services and information that can be legally provided.
Recruiters should present all relevant information fully and accurately during the recruiting process, and should advise the University of Lynchburg Career & Professionalism Center of all recruiting related activities.
Employers must also adhere to the EEOC’s Employment Discrimination Prohibitions throughout the recruiting process.
In compliance with the U.S. Department of Justice, employers are not able to limit student applications based on work authorization status. The Department of Labor has sanctioned the following questions to determine authorization when reviewing candidates:
Are you legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer?
Will you now or in the near future require visa sponsorship?
Employers must also adhere to the Department of Labor’s Fair Labor Standards Act.
Employers should also be aware of the Department of Justice’s Best Practices as it relates to their recruiting activities.
University Recruiting Guidelines
The intent of these guidelines is to ensure that employers and students are engaged in a mutually beneficial process which allows for an adequate time period to contemplate opportunities. Doing so provides optimal results in establishing long term employment relationships.
We reserve the right to decline access to our recruiting platform to organizations who have been flagged for suspicious or unprofessional activities at our fellow colleges and universities.
We do not currently approve any employers producing, testing, distributing, or otherwise promoting products related to the cannabis industry in order to comply with both state and federal laws.
We do not approve positions that include or encourage door-to-door sales.
Employers are encouraged in position descriptions and during the interview process to request unofficial transcripts from students to ensure successful progression through their curriculum and an adequate academic knowledge base for employment with your organization
Positions that are 100% commission or require a candidate to pay a fee for training, equipment, application procedure, or other job-related expenses will not be approved on our online recruiting platform. (This does not apply to federal and state licensing requirements such as real estate, securities, etc.)
Positions offering partial commission compensation must clearly state the guaranteed base salary and estimated commission potential as separate figures in the initial posting to our online recruiting platform.
We discourage employers from creating an environment promoting undue alcohol consumption at recruiting events and offer acceptance celebrations, and ask employers to be mindful of the CDC’s minimum legal drinking age when interacting with students at these events.
We ask that employers hosting mandatory recruiting events that an immediate response without advanced notice for planning purposes consider students’ academic requirements as priority.
Employers are asked not to penalize students in the recruiting process due to adherence to their academic responsibilities in the event that they are unable to attend an event.
We reserve the right to decline or revoke access to our online recruiting platform and/or on-campus recruiting activities for any reason.
We reserve the right to decline positions that do not meet our criteria for professional opportunities for our students.
Third Party Employers
Providing services to third party employers is at the discretion of the Career & Professionalism Center.
To recruit through our programs, third party employers must adhere to the following guidelines: (1) Identify their status as a third party employer; (2) Not charge fees to students, and (3) not disclose any student information for any reason without obtaining prior written consent from the student.
Under no circumstances can student information be disclosed for anything other than the original recruiting purposes nor can it be sold or provided to other entities.
In the event that these guidelines are not met, we reserve the right to revoke access to our online recruiting platform.
On-Campus Recruiting Events
We request that employers coordinate on-campus recruiting activities through Career & Professionalism Center to ensure organizations do not host conflicting events or events that do not comply with University policies.
All on-campus recruiting activities should take place in areas that are designated for these types of activities such as rooms and common, high student traffic areas reserved through Career & Professionalism Center. Areas not appropriate for recruiting activities may be dining facilities, academic buildings, libraries, etc. unless prior communication has occurred through the Career & Professionalism Center to ensure adherence to university policy.
We ask that employers be mindful of their responsibility to communicate any changes or cancellations of event details to their student attendees and to the Career & Professionalism Center.
Students who believe an employer has not acted in accordance with professional standards in the job search process are asked to please contact us to discuss the matter.