Students in Professor Lee Miller's Corporate Strategies class pitched their talents to corporate CEOS in the final project of the semester. The mock exercise required each to student to pick a publicly trade company doing business in China, research it in depth and then make a case for why the company should hire him or her.

The professors and the rest of the class played the role of skeptical corporate executives.

The presentations require the students to explore the company's strategy, strengths and weaknesses and explain where they would fit in.

Miller says he wants to get students thinking about the next step in their careers and to see from their fellow students what the competition might be like.

Students made presentations on companies such as Nike, Siemens, Reuters, Volkswagen and The New York Times. Some of them boldly described the companies' weaknesses and how they personally might contribute to turning the situation around.

This is the second year Miller has done this exercise, and students rose to the occasion with some impressive sales pitches.