Career Center Policy on Ethics

1. You are expected to attend all scheduled campus interviews

   By missing or canceling an interview, without sufficient notification, you have wasted a time slot that could have been filled by another student.

   Interview Cancellation Policy: If you must cancel a TartanTRAK interview, then please notify the Career Center, 412-268-1646 or gmarnell@andrew.cmu.edu. It must be done at least 24 hours before the time of an interview scheduled, Tuesday through Friday, and 72 hours before a Monday interview. Students who are a 'no show' or 'late cancel' may forfeit their interviewing privileges for the remainder of the academic year.

2. You are expected to be on time for a campus interview.

   Please arrive in the Career Center, 10-15 minutes before your interview. Being late reflects badly on you as a candidate and disrupts the appointment times of other candidates on the schedule.

3. You are expected to present your qualifications in a truthful manner.

   This applies both to information on your resume/cover letter and to your answers in interviews. Information you provide during the interview process can be verified and a false statement could cost you the job (even after the company has agreed to hire you).

4. You are expected to honor all agreements made with recruiters.

   This is especially true of site visits. When you accept a second interview opportunity with a company, you set into motion a whole series of travel arrangements, scheduling, hotel reservations, and a host of other details. If you subsequently fail to follow-through with the site visit without giving the company enough advance notice of your decision, you will cost them a considerable amount of wasted time and money as well as denying another student the opportunity to interview. This could impact the organization's actions regarding future recruiting activities at Carnegie Mellon.

5. You are expected to honor all agreements made with recruiters.

   This is especially true of accepting a job offer. Accepting a job offer is giving your word to that employer. By going back on your word (or reneging), you affect more than yourself. Reneging is highly unethical and risky. First, you will NEVER be able to work for that employer. It makes you look bad and makes Carnegie Mellon look bad. That employer may not want to recruit here in the future. Finally, word may spread among recruiters in your field and could potentially affect your future employment opportunities.

6. You are expected to cease interviewing upon your acceptance of a job offer.

   Continuing to look for employment after accepting an offer - either verbally or in writing - is highly unethical and potentially risky for your career (If you are discovered word will spread among recruiters in your field and could potentially affect your future employment opportunities.)