ROCS (Responsible Outgoing College Students) is an American

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that helps recruit top college students and recent graduates for companies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

History

ROCS was founded in 2003 by two college students at

George Mason University George Mason University (GMU) is a Public university, public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., the university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father ...

and grew fast, winning a Global Student Entrepreneur Award in 2005. By 2007 the company was fully launched. Within three years, the company's revenue climbed 900 percent — from $250,000 to more than $2.5 million in 2010. ROCS primarily recruits from

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Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

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University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the Univ ...

, and

Virginia Tech The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly referred to as Virginia Tech (VT), is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States ...

. ROCS has over 200 clients, ranging from small non-profits to Fortune 500 companies, for which it does temporary staffing, temp-to-temp staffing, and direct-hire placement.

Recognition

ROCS has been featured in dozens of publications such as

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Harvard Business Review ''Harvard Business Review'' (''HBR'') is a general management magazine published by Harvard Business Publishing, a not-for-profit, independent corporation that is an affiliate of Harvard Business School. ''HBR'' is published six times a year ...

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, and

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. ROCS made

Northern Virginia Magazine ''Northern Virginia Magazine'' is a monthly magazine for the Northern Virginia region and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The magazine published its first issue in 2006. It focuses on dining, shopping, travel, entertainment, news, cul ...

's list of top 10 companies with CEOs under 30.

References

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External links

ROCS Official Website
Business services companies established in 2003 Employment agencies of the United States George Mason University alumni