Chicago, IL | Dec 9, 2025

Campus Recruitment Forum

Campus Recruitment Forum

Discover What Works Now in Early Talent Attraction.

Stay Ahead of Campus Recruitment Trends

Discover the latest insights on student preferences and strategies to engage early talent effectively.

Practical Strategies for Real Results

Get actionable tactics to optimize your campus recruitment efforts — even when resources are limited.

One-Day, High-Impact Learning

Join industry professionals for a focused, practical conference designed to help you succeed today and in the future.

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Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025

Are you up on the trends and changes that impact your success on campus?

Are you implementing proven best practices to attract and engage the best young talent for your company?

Students & grads are always changing. The risks of not staying up-to-date are many:

  • Misalignment of your messaging with the preferences of today’s students
  • Inefficient recruitment processes that waste resources and fail to convert candidates
  • Competitors attracting the top talent that you should be hiring
  • Failure to attract the diverse talent your workforce needs
  • Students reneging on accepted offers
  • Hiring managers not impressed with the talent you attract

Full program to be announced soon.

Featured topics will include:

  • Understanding today's students
  • Building awareness on campus
  • AIs impact on campus recruitment
  • Developing effective campus partnerships
  • Maximizing your website, social media and other communications
  • Creating impactful events & activities
  • Embracing diversity, equity and inclusion
  • Improving engagement and eliminating reneges
  • Differentiating your company on campus

Additional presenters will be announced soon.

Graham Donald

Brainstorm Strategy Group

Founder & President

Jessie Rebstock

Ingredion

Program Lead, University Relations & Early Talent

Mary Scott

Scott Resource Group

Founder

Nicole Furnia

ABB Inc.

Director - University Relations, Early Talent and Employer Branding, US & Americas

Sean Treccia

KPMG

Director of Global Campus Recruiting Programs

Xandro DeOliveira

United Airlines

Manager, MBA & Campus Programs

Our Fall 2025 Presenters Will Be Announced Soon

Ashley Silva

Global Atlantic Financial Company

AVP, Talent Acquisition

Michelle Kelley

Langan Engineering & Environmental Services

National Campus Talent Acquisition Manager

Elizabeth Diley

Medtronic

Director - Emerging Talent & Careers

Maura Quinn

Liberty Mutual Insurance

Vice President, Early Talent Acquisition & Engagement Programs

Caitlin Rost

Fifth Third Bank

Vice President of Talent Acquisition, University Relations

Cheri Hurtubise

Siemens Healthineers

Head of University & Diversity Recruiting, Americas

Chris Milliken

Merrimack College

Sr. Director, Employer Engagement and Experiential Partnership Development

Marissa Long

Harvard University

Associate Director, Recruiting and Employer Engagement, Mignone Center for Career Success

Lisa McGuire

University of Connecticut

Associate Director, Corporate Partner Relations, Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills

"This program is a great resource especially for employers of any size who are looking to create a campus recruiting program or enhance their existing program. The opportunities to network with campus contacts and other employers is invaluable."

Melissa Rutledge

Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition, Exemplis LLC

"Not only did I walk away with great strategies to push my organization forward in the campus recruitment space, but I also walked away with a solid new network of colleagues to learn and grow from. Extremely thankful for the opportunity to learn from such a dynamic group of industry-leaders!"

Megan B. Echols

Campus and Conference Recruiter, Rentokil Terminix

"A fantastic opportunity to network with other early career professionals, discuss strategy and challenges, and learn actionable ways to make our programs better. I highly recommend this to anyone who is starting a campus recruiting strategy or scaling your program. There is something for every program."

Ashley Silva

VP Human Resources, Oak Hill Advisors

"You will leave the forum feeling more knowledgeable, rejuvenated, motivated, and inspired to elevate your campus recruiting initiatives."

Michelle Kelley

National Campus Talent Acquisition Manager, Langan Engineering & Environmental Services

"The Campus Recruitment Forum was filled with impactful information and insights on all things campus recruiting. I wasn’t sure what to expect going into this, especially being new to the campus recruiting world, but it did blow my expectations out of the water. I feel I walked out of the event as an entirely new & improved campus professional!"

Taylor Torrence

Campus Recruiter, UL Solutions

"The program is a must for University Relations leaders. The perfectly curated program not only offered insights into current trends and opportunities in the industry, but it was also a great networking event, as I was able to meet peers and share best practices. This was, by far, the most well-rounded conference about campus recruiting I have ever attended, and I strongly recommend it!"

Ruben Colon Velazquez

Early Career Program Lead, Mondelez International

Registration Rates

If you'd like to hold these rates while you secure the budget needed to attend,
please email Julie Rahmer at julie@brainstorm.ca.

Individual

$495$695

per person

Early-Bird rate
valid until September 12th

Group of 2 to 4

$396$556

per person

Early-Bird rate
valid until September 12th

Group of 5 or more

$346.50$486.50

per person

Early-Bird rate
valid until September 12th

The event is taking place at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illini Center, 200 S. Wacker Drive, 19th Floor, Chicago, Illinois.

There is no official hotel for the conference, delegates are welcome to choose a location that suits their needs. A list of nearby hotels and directions to the venue can be found here.

Interested in getting to know Chicago more while you’re in the city? Check out Choose Chicago.

Contact Julie Rahmer, Learning, Research & Engagement Lead at julie@brainstorm.ca

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