Information for Companies
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This webpage details the ways Cover can help your company reach our talented students. For questions and enquiries, please email the Commissioner of External Affairs at extern@svcover.nl.
About Us
Cover is the study association for the Artificial Intelligence, Computing Science and Computational Cognitive Science programmes at the University of Groningen. We represent students from both Bachelor's and Master's programmes, with around 1000 members split evenly between Dutch and international students. Our goal is to support our members throughout their studies by organizing social gatherings, career-oriented events, and educational activities.
Partners can connect with Cover members at our events or raise their brand's visibility within the association. Collaborations are covered by a contract that can start at any time and typically end at the start of the new academic year.
Connect With Students Directly
Your company can meet our students in person at the events described here.
Career Day
Career Day is our yearly job fair organized to bring students and employers together in one place. Throughout the day, your company can present itself at a stand, give a talk about what working at your organization is like, and meet students in person.
Attending lets your company keep its brand visible, put a face to the company's name, and meet many students who are actively looking for career opportunities. A large share of the students are close to graduating, so you'll likely be speaking with people who can realistically join your team within a year.
Career Day is scheduled for 19 May 2027.
Symposium
Each year, Cover organizes its symposium, an academic conference that brings together students, researchers, and companies around a theme relevant to our study programmes. This event draws students who read beyond their coursework and want to engage with their field on a deeper level, making it one of the best places to connect with promising talent.
Your company can contribute a talk about the problems you're solving, its technical challenges and interesting discoveries, or anything else you think would captivate our students. Besides presenting, the day leaves room for your team to connect with students face to face, helping you find the people who would fit your company well.
The symposium is scheduled for 17 February 2027.
Lunch Lecture
A lunch lecture is an hour-long talk at our campus where your company can reach students in a more private and personal setting. You decide a topic to present, and we reserve a room, provide lunch, and gather an audience of students who show up specifically to hear from you.
Unlike at larger events, the attention of the room is fully yours, which makes it an ideal place to present an open position or increase your brand's visibility and leave an impression on our members.
Workshop
Similar to a lunch lecture, a workshop is a private event where your company gets to interact with our members directly. But instead of presenting, your team leads a hands-on session working through a problem or teaching a skill from your field. This could be a programming challenge, a practical demonstration of your development process, or an exercise on a case study from your industry. The theme and format are up to you. A workshop lets students associate your company with an experience, which is far more memorable than listening to a presentation.
Informal Activity
An informal activity is an event where the emphasis is on having a good time rather than recruiting. For example, sponsoring our annual LAN party or gala, an excursion tied to your field, a visit to your production site, or a social activity at your offices. These are just examples, and we're happy to brainstorm an activity that suits your company best.
The goodwill generated here carries over to how our future collaborations are received. Students who enjoyed an event your company supported will remember your name later when it appears on vacancy listings, talks, and workshops.
Increase your brand's visibility
Your company can keep its name familiar to our members through the channels described here.
Website
Our website is the place our members visit for viewing events, signing up, and downloading study materials. The companies we work with appear in the footer of every page as clickable logos that take visitors directly to our partners.
Our active members visit the website almost daily, so showing your company here puts your brand in front of them over the course of their studies, helping you maintain visibility and grow familiarity with your company.
Vacancy Listing
Our website features a vacancy board where our partners can post job openings, internships, and graduate positions. A posting stays on the board for the duration of the contract.
Direct Mailing
Our direct mailing service lets your company reach our members personally via email. Every member of Cover receives the message directly, which makes this a reliable way to reach the entire association with a single message.
Newsletter
We send a weekly newsletter to our members with the latest news about the association, upcoming events, and opportunities. Your company can appear in it with a message, announcement, or call to action of your choosing.
Members' Room Screen
Our members' room on campus is the heart of student life at Cover. The room features a screen that runs a slideshow of upcoming activities, internal announcements, and partner promotions. Your company can appear on this screen with a promotion of your choice. Each promotion runs for eight weeks.
Social Media
Cover maintains an online presence on Instagram and LinkedIn by posting about the association. Your company can appear in a promotional post, story, or a dedicated mention. A post remains on our profile for the duration of the contract, and a story is shown for 24 hours.
Posters
The physical spaces our members move through offer plenty of spots for promotion. Your company can be featured on a poster placed on the notice board in our members' room. Promotional posters stay up for eight weeks.
Branded Items
Beyond events and online channels, your company can have a tangible presence in our members' room. This can take many shapes; for example, your logo could appear on mugs, playing cards, or whatever else you can think of. These objects are part of the routine of hundreds of students for years, keeping your brand present long after a single event.
Why collaborate?
We represent hundreds of bachelor's and master's students specializing in AI, computer science and software engineering, making us one of the best points of contact for tech talent in the North of the Netherlands.
There is no minimum commitment. We welcome both occasional collaborations and long-term commitments, and we're happy to work together to match what your company wants to achieve right now.
Everything mentioned in this brochure is organized by the same people you'll be talking to. Adjustments and new ideas can usually be arranged in a single conversation, which keeps working with us very flexible.
Compared to broader outreach channels, working with Cover reaches students trained in our studies, so every responder already has the academic background your opening requires.
Members of study associations are often more proactive than their fellow students. Our association is run by its board and members, who organize the events, form committees, and manage Cover themselves. Students who do this know how to take responsibility, work together, plan ahead, and manage their time between their studies and the association.
Get in contact
Have an idea that isn't in this brochure? The options described here are things that have worked well, but we are always open to fresh ideas.
Ready to explore what collaboration with Cover could look like? We can open the conversation via email, meet at your offices, on campus, or online. We look forward to hearing what your company has in mind!