Intercollegiate career fair to be held at lmmaculata

by Jennifer Ford assistantcopy editor

On March 21, the Intercollegiate Career will be held at Immaculata College. The fair is co-sponsored by Cabrini, Eastern, Immaculata, Neumann and Rosemont Colleges. Seventy companies will recruit juniors and seniors for full-time and part-time jobs, summer jobs, as well as summer internships and co-op. All majors are welcome.

The fair will be held Wednesday from 123p.m. One van will leave Cabrini at 11:30 a.m. People can board the van on a firstcome, first-serve basis. The van will leave Immaculata College at 2:30 p.m. Directions to the career fair and detailed information links to specific jobs are posted on the Cabrini website.

People who attend the job fair should be as professional as possible. Students should wear suits and bring up-to-date resumes with them. The purpose of the fair is to "get yourself known."

The Co-op & Career Services Office can help students create a resume. Students can go there and pick up a packet on how to write a resume. Resumes should be printed on resume paper. This is a thicker paper than regular printer paper and can be purchased at any office supply store.

There is a resume template on the Career Connection website. The login ID for the website is your entire social security number and the password is the last four digits of your social security number.

"Students should write positive things on their resumes. If you got a low grade in a subject don't include that information on your resume," Kristie Beucler said.

Students should look at the list of businesses before they attend the career fair and they should bring several resumes.

Students should bring a binder or covered notebook and pen. This will allow them to take notes on how to do an interview, keep contacts with possible employers or write down any questions or concerns the students might encounter at one of the stands.

"Last year one person went to the fair and got a summer job. She did so well at the summer job that the company offered her a full-time job during the school year and a job after she graduates," Beucler said.

Opportunity isn't always where you look. Many jobs can be found in different places. " An accounting major approached a hospital's stand. He said he knew that his major was not in medical care, but he wanted to know if the hospital needed anyone in the hospital's business offices. He was hired," Beucler stated.

The Co-op and Career Services Office is open to students Monday through Friday and can be contacted at 902-8304, 5 or 6.

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April 4- TeacherRecruitment Day

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Pick-upfree ticket in Co-op and Career Servicesoffice.