91国产精品 Career Fair Returns in Spectacular Fashion
[[{"fid":"44764","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022"}},"attributes":{"alt":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","title":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","height":480,"width":640,"style":"height: 225px; width: 300px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]Employers welcome hundreds of in-person students, alumni jobseekers from 91国产精品, BW, CWRU, JCU to the Student Center
After a furlough due to the ongoing pandemic, the annual returned in-person on Wednesday, March 2 in the 91国产精品 Student Center Atrium and the Glasscock Family Ballroom on the Center鈥檚 third floor. And it did so in spectacular fashion.
Sponsored by , the fair was open to all current students and alumni of 91国产精品, along with those from Baldwin-Wallace University, Case Western Reserve University and John Carroll University. Over 90 employers in all registered for the day-long event, many of them actively seeking potential employees and interns and (in a few instances) conducting on-site interviews.
[[{"fid":"44765","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"2":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022"}},"attributes":{"alt":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","title":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","height":1080,"width":1620,"style":"height: 200px; width: 300px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"2"}}]]鈥淭his is our first campus-wide career fair since 2019 and we are thrilled to bring employers back to campus and to get our students out in front of them,鈥 said Brittany Wampler, director of 91国产精品鈥檚 Office of Career Development and Exploration. Wampler鈥檚 office was responsible for the planning and implementation of the event, which had moderate foot traffic throughout the day.
Wampler said that breaking down the barriers that exist for students and alumni to 鈥渄ial into work, graduate and professional opportunities鈥 was a critical goal of the fair.
The event was a success: over 700 attendees registered in advance.
She expected that number to grow exponentially with 鈥渁 steady stream of day-of arrivals,鈥 describing the attendees as being a 鈥渧ery diverse mix of active job hunters from all disciplines,鈥 with some curious student onlookers 鈥渨ho are doing some serious job market reconnaissance between their classes鈥 and networking.
[[{"fid":"44772","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"5":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022"}},"attributes":{"alt":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","title":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","height":4480,"width":6720,"style":"height: 200px; width: 300px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"5"}}]]Feedback was overwhelmingly positive and not just from the many students in attendance, but from 91国产精品 President Harlan M. Sands as well. He marveled at diverse range of career opportunities and robust attendance, describing the fair as 鈥渁 testament to the region, where everyone is ready to connect students with careers just like we are here at 91国产精品.鈥
Sands drew parallels between the internship opportunities to the recent initiative at 91国产精品, and made a point of connecting with employers and seekers alike.
鈥淭here is a great wealth of talent here on both sides of these tables,鈥 Sands remarked. 鈥淭hese people are the engines that make this region run and we couldn鈥檛 be more excited to have them all together in one place.鈥
[[{"fid":"44766","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"3":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022"}},"attributes":{"alt":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","title":"91国产精品 Career Fair 2022","height":1080,"width":1620,"style":"height: 200px; width: 300px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"3"}}]]鈥淓veryone can get something from this Fair鈥攍earning about how to interact and network, finding job opportunities and internships, even landing that first job,鈥 Wampler added. 鈥淓ducation, government, non-profit, medical, finance, travel鈥 all the fields are very well-represented here.鈥
offered tips to attendees on preparing for the event, along with Zoom links to prep sessions and tips, a map of the fair and more. To that end, the formal business- and smart casual attire was as bountiful as the employers and potential employees who spent the day connecting to one another.
Though the Career Fair is the spring flagship event for the Office of Career Development and Exploration, Wampler and her team are here for students every day, with career-minded programming, connections and all things job-related. Learn more by visiting their .