Covid-19 pushes job interviews for US college students online


For students still meeting face-to-face with recruiters, schools advise avoiding handshaking. — 123rf.com

The coronavirus is changing job recruiting at US colleges, as travel bans force some employers to scrap in-person campus interviews for virtual ones and students adjust to new networking norms.

Intel Corp isn’t participating in external recruiting events. Amazon.com Inc is shifting some on-site interviews to a virtual format. Accounting giant PwC is converting in-person office visits to videoconferencing and phone calls for about 1,000 undergraduates with offers to work there, mostly in summer jobs.

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