Stanford University See the rankings, sort by categories, and view the graduate schools database, and more BY MARY LORD When Sherrie Gong Taguchi was earning an M.B.A. at Stanford in the late '80s, she would change clothes in the lavatory before interviews because the placement office lacked dressing rooms. Today, as Stanford's career-management director, the former corporate recruiter oversees a refurbished center that, needless to say, includes an area where students can comfortably change into interview attire. But a place to change is the least of what the center offers. To help students with job searches, the center works with campus clubs to host career fairs. Small companies that can't come to campus are encouraged to post openings or converse with students through the career center's new Web page, which contains a system for students to sign up for interview slots.
Students also are able to search the center's extensive database and alumni lists.
Taguchi, now 36, had been a human-resources manager for the Dole Food Co. before coming to Stanford three years ago. There she has worked assiduously to build relationships with employers. To obtain leads on new firms, she peruses such magazines as Wired and Red Herring and taps professors and alumni for contacts. Stanford also sets up job fairs in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and, now, Hong Kong and Brussels. Next year, Buenos Aires is on the list.