Career Fair offers students new employment opportunities
Grant Lile
Issue date: 4/15/09 Section: News
In today's uncertain job market, professionals advise degree-seeking students to take every opportunity to be seen and heard by "hiring managers." This is why every year the Career Development Center organizes the Nola Hold Royster/Jennifer Hopkins Career Fair for UA students to meet potential employers.
Sponsored by the CDC, the Black Alumni Society and the Department of Journalism, the fair will be hosted 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 17, on the fourth floor of the Arkansas Union.
CDC Director Barbara Batson said there will be three times the number of employers attending the fair this year as compared to last year. As of Friday, 39 company representatives planned to be at the fair to show students what positions their businesses currently have open.
The fair is open to all students with all different degree plans who are looking for jobs, internships and networking opportunities.
"In this economy, students need to take every opportunity to present themselves," Batson said. "I will be very disappointed if we don't see between 900 and 1,000 students."
The employers seeking UA students will be from a wide variety of occupation fields, including banks, hospitals and media companies. A full list of those attending the fair can be found on the CDC Web site, Career.uark.edu.
Officials from most of the companies attending have said they either have job openings or are expecting to have openings soon.
The UA career center counselors also will be offering résumé reviews for students during the Career Fair. These reviews will be conducted on the sixth floor of the Union in the Nola Hold Royster suite.
A registration for this is required prior to the fair, and a form can be found on the CDC Web site.
Sponsored by the CDC, the Black Alumni Society and the Department of Journalism, the fair will be hosted 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 17, on the fourth floor of the Arkansas Union.
CDC Director Barbara Batson said there will be three times the number of employers attending the fair this year as compared to last year. As of Friday, 39 company representatives planned to be at the fair to show students what positions their businesses currently have open.
The fair is open to all students with all different degree plans who are looking for jobs, internships and networking opportunities.
"In this economy, students need to take every opportunity to present themselves," Batson said. "I will be very disappointed if we don't see between 900 and 1,000 students."
The employers seeking UA students will be from a wide variety of occupation fields, including banks, hospitals and media companies. A full list of those attending the fair can be found on the CDC Web site, Career.uark.edu.
Officials from most of the companies attending have said they either have job openings or are expecting to have openings soon.
The UA career center counselors also will be offering résumé reviews for students during the Career Fair. These reviews will be conducted on the sixth floor of the Union in the Nola Hold Royster suite.
A registration for this is required prior to the fair, and a form can be found on the CDC Web site.
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