ED Hiring process overview The AT&T web site offers a searchable database of all of the company's available positions. At www.att.com/hr, applicants can create a personal profile, enabling them to receive e-mail alerts when a job matching their interests becomes available. Creating a profile also speeds up the process of applying to multiple positions, though job seekers who are just browsing can also search the company's postings without registering. On its intranet, the company also posts positions that are open only to current employees. AT&T makes recruiting visits to college campuses such as Georgia Tech, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, UC-Berkeley, and Chicago during the academic year. Students with degrees in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, finance, business, marketing, and mathematics are particularly in demand. Another major source of entry-level recruiting is AT&T's summer internship program. The company likes to "invite high achievers back for future internships and possible full- time employment following graduation." All AT&T interns have the opportunity to participate in professional development activities such as training courses, meetings with senior management and networking events. In addition to their standard summer internship program, AT&T also offers a specialized summer program in finance, longer-term co-op positions and a range of research-oriented internship and fellowship positions at AT&T Labs. Benefits AT&T says it believes in helping employees "find ways to balance the demands of work with your personal life." The company's workers enjoy a standard benefits package that includes medical, dental, and drug coverage, and an employee stock purchase plan. Additional company perks provide employees with discounts on AT&T products and services, health club membership, access to the company's federal credit union, a tuition assistance plan and even pet care insurance. AT&T's family-oriented perks include an adoption reimbursement plan, domestic partner benefits, and t