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Offer Policy

The Meruelo Family Center for Career Development maintains and firmly enforces an offer policy which aims to benefit both our employers and students.

The Notre Dame Student Promise

Through a signed Job/Internship Search Ethical Agreement, students promise to attend scheduled meetings or interviews, provide professional advance notice of interview schedule changes, and withdraw from any recruiting process they do not intend to fully pursue for an offer. The Center for Career Development enforces a zero tolerance policy for students who renege after accepting an offer of employment or who conduct themselves unethically and/or unprofessionally during their search.

Recruiting Policies at Notre Dame

We ask of our recruiting partners to please respect and adhere to the below policies whether you recruit on campus or virtually.

  • Off-campus Interviews - provide students with a minimum three business days notice for an off-campus interview. This time is critical for students to arrange travel and rearrange academic and/or other leadership commitments.

  • Uphold Job Offers - rescinding an offer means the student must restart their search and it damages the credibility of your organization amongst the student body. If there is a special circumstance where you think an offer must be withdrawn, please let us know.

  • Offer Timeline - provide fair and reasonable time for students to respond to an offer. This decision impacts both their future professional and personal life. See the below chart for specific deadline policies.  

2019-2020 Academic Year

2019 INTERNSHIPS & FULL-TIME:

Offer Origination:

Offer Cannot Expire Before:
Spring 2019 Two weeks from the formal offer

2020 INTERNSHIPS:

Offer Origination:

Offer Cannot Expire Before:
January 1, 2019 - May 15, 2019 June 1, 2019 (Internship offers tied to 2019 Summer Leadership Programs made prior to May 15th will provide students until August 1, 2019, for a decision for a 2020 summer internship)
May 16, 2019 - July 31, 2019 August 15, 2019
August 1, 2019 - October 1, 2019 October 15, 2019
After October 1, 2019 Two weeks from the formal offer
Upon completion of a summer 2019 internship with the organization October 15, 2019, or two weeks from the formal offer, whichever is later

2020 FULL-TIME:

Offer Origination:

Offer Cannot Expire Before:
Upon completion of a summer 2019 internship with the organization October 15, 2019, or two weeks from the formal offer, whichever is later
Before October 1, 2019 (summer/fall 2019 interviews with no summer internship with the organization making the offer) October 15, 2019, or two weeks from the formal offer, whichever is later
After October 1, 2019 Two weeks from the formal offer