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Career Fair brings engineering, non-profit orgs to campus
Stephanie Wrobel
Issue date: 9/11/07 Section: Campus
Miami University seniors: Get those resumes ready.
Miami's annual career fair will be held Sept. 19 in Millett Hall with a record-setting 210 employers. And despite the lack of non-business employers traditionally at the fair, organizers are encouraging all students to attend and a student organization is even prepping its members for the event.
The Career Fair is held every September and, according to the Office of Career Services Web site, is one of the country's largest collegiate fairs.
The fair gives students the chance to meet prospective employers while giving businesses the opportunity to kick-start their recruiting process.
Bill Froude, associate director of Career Services, explained that the university does not recruit companies to attend the fair-instead, employers actively seek out Miami and pay a fee in order to meet with students. Froude said that because employers pick Miami instead of the other way around, it's hard to control the variety of employers coming to the fair.
He also said that while numerous employers hire recent college graduates, few of them do so through college fairs. Collegiate career fairs-including Miami's-often charge a fee to participate and some employers don't have the money or personnel to invest in college fairs, whereas larger companies have the ability to take advantage of them.
"A history major interested in working in a museum after college will typically not find a job at the Career Fair because those aren't the kind of companies that go to college career fairs," Froude said. "However, this is not a blanket statement that the career fair is only for business students."
Froude did comment however, that over 50 technical and engineering firms are recruiting at Miami this year, including Caterpillar, Chrysler, General Electric, Georgia-Pacific, International Paper and Whirlpool Corporation.
He also noted that the presence of some non-profit organizations and governmental agencies-such as City Year Columbus, Peace Corps, Teach for America, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and branches of the U.S. military-will allow more liberal arts students the opportunity to potentially secure a job than in years past.
Miami's annual career fair will be held Sept. 19 in Millett Hall with a record-setting 210 employers. And despite the lack of non-business employers traditionally at the fair, organizers are encouraging all students to attend and a student organization is even prepping its members for the event.
The Career Fair is held every September and, according to the Office of Career Services Web site, is one of the country's largest collegiate fairs.
The fair gives students the chance to meet prospective employers while giving businesses the opportunity to kick-start their recruiting process.
Bill Froude, associate director of Career Services, explained that the university does not recruit companies to attend the fair-instead, employers actively seek out Miami and pay a fee in order to meet with students. Froude said that because employers pick Miami instead of the other way around, it's hard to control the variety of employers coming to the fair.
He also said that while numerous employers hire recent college graduates, few of them do so through college fairs. Collegiate career fairs-including Miami's-often charge a fee to participate and some employers don't have the money or personnel to invest in college fairs, whereas larger companies have the ability to take advantage of them.
"A history major interested in working in a museum after college will typically not find a job at the Career Fair because those aren't the kind of companies that go to college career fairs," Froude said. "However, this is not a blanket statement that the career fair is only for business students."
Froude did comment however, that over 50 technical and engineering firms are recruiting at Miami this year, including Caterpillar, Chrysler, General Electric, Georgia-Pacific, International Paper and Whirlpool Corporation.
He also noted that the presence of some non-profit organizations and governmental agencies-such as City Year Columbus, Peace Corps, Teach for America, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and branches of the U.S. military-will allow more liberal arts students the opportunity to potentially secure a job than in years past.
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