The following letter was written by the NACE Principles for
Professional Practice Committee. It can be used by career services professionals
to notify employers that the college or university career center endorses the Principles
document and requires employers recruiting in their career centers to abide by
the no-alcohol policy. Print a copy of the letter to use as a framework for a
letter from your institution:
To: All Employers
Recruiting Our Students
From: Director of University
Career Services
Date:
Re: Policy regarding the use of alcohol
in college recruiting
[Name of office and name of school] is a member of the National Association of
Colleges and Employers (NACE), the professional association for college
recruiters and career services professionals. As members, we abide by the NACE Principles
for Professional Practice, a document that serves as the ethical framework
and foundation for practices within the career services and recruiting fields.
The Principles’ document states
"Serving alcohol should not be part of the recruitment process on or off
campus. This includes receptions, dinners, company tours, etc."
Given the concerns of colleges and
universities about the abuse and misuse of alcohol by students, serving alcohol
during the recruitment process sends the wrong message. Further, many college
students are younger than the state's legal drinking age, and many college
campuses have a zero-alcohol-tolerance policy in effect. Therefore, serving
alcohol could be in violation of a state's law and a school's policy.
This memo is intended to demonstrate
[name of the career center's] support of the "No Alcohol in Campus
Recruiting" policy.
If you would like to read the
Principles for Professional Practice document in its entirety, you can find it
on NACE's web site, NACEWeb .
[Optional: I have attached a copy of
our school's policy on alcohol also.]
I would be happy to discuss this matter further with you. The career
services staff request that you support the no-alcohol policy while recruiting
our students.