HOW TO TURN A JOB FAIR INTO A JOB OFFER
• Research all companies attending. Know leadership, location, mission, products, and services.
• Revise your résumé to fit specific company needs from those of interest, one for each company with a general résumé for the others.
• Bring more than enough résumés (more than the
companies of interest). Keep a portfolio. Leave your backpack at home.
• Dress for success. A suit (black, navy, or charcoal gray)
is always a safe choice. However, make sure you do your homework and know what the organization wears.
• Greet everyone with a smile and a handshake. • Be ready with your Elevator Pitch. • Go first to companies that you’re not as interested in. You might be surprised, and it’s great practice!
• Speak clearly and concisely. End on a positive note. • Be prepared with questions for the employer. • Make sure to get employers’ business cards. • Send thank-you notes to each employer within two days. • Follow up specifically with employers of interest within two days, and as often as necessary afterward.
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Inc. Automated Conveyor Systems, Inc. Center for Advanced Engineering and Research CGI CommScope English Construction Company, Inc. Georgia-Pacific Harris Corporation Integrated Technology Group, Inc. NALCO Water National Ground Intelligence Center REI Systems Times Fiber Communications TRAX LLC TWR International WFFP-TV
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, INC. CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Susan Saxon Recruiter’s Email: hr@amticorp.com Recruiter’s Phone: (434) 385-7197 Website: AMTICorp.com
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY At Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Inc. (AMTI), we deliver simplicity from complexity with personalized care that goes beyond manufacturing. Our advanced manufacturing solutions provide you with the production support needed to address all aspects and challenges of your product’s life cycle. From your first early stage prototype builds through the NPI cycle into full-scale production and beyond, AMTI delivers you the peace of mind and results you need. AMTI provides full-featured board and module assembly solutions. We offer extensive PCB manufacturing capabilities using the latest technology, full endto-end quality support from incoming part inspection to final test, and board-level testing options (individual unit or panel) with a robust in-house data collection system. Our solution incorporates state-of-the-art automated production equipment, highly trained operators, and completely vetted processes that deliver exceptional quality.
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Full Time and Internship
AUTOMATED CONVEYOR SYSTEMS, INC. CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Wendy Ward Recruiter’sEmail: wward@acsconveyor.com Recruiter’s Phone: (434) 455-6580 Website: ACSConveyor.com
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY Automated Conveyor Systems, Inc. (ACS) has been a leading provider of turnkey material handling systems and facility upgrades for over 40 years. Specializing in the corrugated, folding carton and the bottle and can industries, ACS has built a solid reputation on a foundation of service, craftsmanship, and innovative technology. ACS recruits and hires locally as often as possible and, whenever possible, supports the local economy through buying services, materials, and supplies.
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Full Time and Internship
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: Electrical Controls and Systems Engineers Electrical Controls Field Service Technicians Computer Programmers/Engineers
CENTER FOR ADVANCED ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Bob Bailey Recruiter’s Email: bbailey@caer.us Recruiter’s Phone: (434) 477-5060 Website: CAER.US
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY The Center for Advanced Engineering & Research (CAER) is a regional economic development initiative to develop an industry-focused research and development center that drives the development of innovative products and processes by providing local access to university and federal research and inventions. It targets the growth industries specific to the region and puts university innovations into action through practical implementation in industry. The goal is to increase the competitiveness for core, high-wage industries and improve the long-term prospects of existing industrial employers by creating a knowledge-based research hub for the region.
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Internship
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: Engineering Program Coordinator
CGI CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Jessica Norton Recruiter’s Email: jessica.norton@cgifederal.com Recruiter’s Phone: (205) 864-6605 Website: CGI.com
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY CGI is in the business of satisfying its clients by helping them succeed. Since its founding in 1976, CGI has operated upon the principles of sharing in its clients’ challenges and delivering quality services to address these challenges. A leading IT and business process services provider, CGI has a strong base of 70,000 professionals operating in hundreds of offices worldwide. CGI stands apart through its client proximity model, which enables the company to offer local clients a full range of services while providing them access to the CGI network of global centers of excellence. Come grow with us.
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Full Time and Internship
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: IT Consultants and Interns
COMMSCOPE CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Jim Burns Recruiter’s Email: jim.burns@commscope.com Recruiter’s Phone: (434) 386-5104 Website: CommScope.com
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY Everyone communicates. It’s the essence of the human experience. How we communicate is evolving. Technology is reshaping the way we live, learn, and thrive. The epicenter of this transformation is the network — our passion. Our experts are rethinking the purpose, role, and usage of networks to help our customers increase bandwidth, expand capacity, enhance efficiency, speed deployment, and simplify migration. From remote cell sites to massive sports arenas, from busy airports to state-of-the-art data centers — we provide the essential expertise and vital infrastructure your business needs to succeed. The world’s most advanced networks rely on CommScope connectivity.
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Internship
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: Quality Engineering Intern H/W Engineering Intern
ENGLISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Katie Mann Recruiter’s Email: hr@englishconst.com Recruiter’s Phone: (434) 845-0301 Website: EnglishConst.com
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY
English Construction is a fourth-generation and family-owned business. For over a century, English has been advancing steadily, adding new skills, new resources, and new technology. As we kept pace with changes in the construction industry, our areas of expertise expanded to include such diverse areas as roads and bridges, power plants, water and waste water facilities, factories, monumental and institutional structures, and historic renovations. But throughout our dynamic history, we’ve never outgrown the values that have made us successful since 1909: integrity, relationships, service, quality, and experience.
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Full Time and Internship
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: Project Coordinator Field Positions Internship
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Mallory Hayes Recruiter’s Email: mallory.hayes@gapac.com Recruiter’s Phone: (434) 283-6227 Website: GP.com
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY Georgia-Pacific (GP) is among the world’s leading manufacturers of bath tissue, paper towels, napkins, tableware, office papers, cellulose, specialty fibers, nonwoven fabrics, building products and related chemicals. You may also recognize consumer brands like Angel Soft®, Brawny®, and Dixie® on retail shelves and enMotion® towels, Compact® bath tissue and SmartStock® cutlery dispensers when you are away from home. Our GP Harmon business is one of the world’s largest recyclers of paper, metal and plastics. As a Koch Company, we create longterm value using resources efficiently to provide innovative products and solutions that meet the needs of customers and society, while operating in a manner that is environmentally and socially responsible, and economically sound. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA., we employ approximately 35,000 people.
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Full Time
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: Engineer, Engineer Development Program, Team Leader Trainee
HARRIS CORPORATION CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Tennille Callands Recruiter’s Email: tcallands@harris.com Recruiter’s Phone: (434) 455-6483 Website: Harris.com
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY Harris Corporation is a leading technology innovator, solving customers’ toughest mission-critical challenges by providing solutions that connect, inform and protect. Harris supports government and commercial customers in more than 100 countries and has approximately $6 billion in annual revenue. The company is organized into three business segments: Communication Systems, Space and Intelligence Systems and Electronic Systems.
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Full Time
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: Software Engineer Electrical Engineer
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Paul Meadows Recruiter’s Email: pmeadows@itgroupva.com Recruiter’s Phone: (434) 455-4949 Website: ITGroupVA.com
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY Integrated Technology Group, Inc. (ITG) is a managed services provider for small to medium-sized businesses. This means business owners in the Lynchburg area offload their technology needs and responsibilities onto us, allowing the small business owner to have more time to focus on growing their business! We handle all things technology for the small business owner including: IT products and service, IP phones, security and access control, building automation, and structured cabling. We are now also offering marketing as a service! Our mission is to empower clients to reach their business goals through integrated technology solutions, and we truly believe our solutions will get small businesses where they want to be. We can’t wait to meet you!
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Full Time and Internship
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: Help Desk Technician
NALCO WATER CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Randall Hixson Recruiter’s Email: rhixson@ecolab.com Recruiter’s Phone: (813) 355-7623 Website: NalcoWater.com
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY Nalco Water, the world’s largest provider of water treatment, partners with customers to seek innovative solutions for water and energy optimization. As an Ecolab company, Nalco Water is aligned with the corporate vision to be the global leader in water, hygiene, and energy technologies and services and provide and protect what is vital: clean water, safe food, abundant energy, and healthy environments. Nalco Water helped to manage 1.1 trillion gallons of water in 2016 — that’s enough to supply the daily needs of 64 million people! As the industry leader in water treatment technology, we’re growing and need talented people like you to help us continue to protect the world’s most vital resources.
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Internship
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: Summer 2018 District Sales Representative Intern
NATIONAL GROUND INTELLIGENCE CENTER CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Matthew Hines Recruiter’s Email: matthew.c.hines4.civ@mail.mil Recruiter’s Phone: (434) 980-7299
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY The National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) is part of the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command. The NGIC provides scientific and technical intelligence and general military intelligence on foreign ground forces in support of the war-fighting commanders, force and material developers, Department of the Army, Department of Defense, and Nationallevel decisionmakers. The NGIC also manages the Army’s Foreign Materiel Exploitation Program and foreign material acquisition requirements and constitutes a single authoritative source for comprehensive ground forces threat to the Army and other services. The Center is located in northern Albemarle County, Virginia, just north of Charlottesville. It is approximately 100 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., and 85 miles west of Richmond, Virginia.
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Full Time
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: Engineers
REI SYSTEMS CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Margaux Arieta Recruiter’s Email: margaux.arieta@reisystems.com Recruiter’s Phone: (703) 480-9152 Website: REISystems.com
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY With a focus on next generation IT solutions, REI believes that government can better serve the public through innovative technology solutions and emerging delivery methodologies. That’s why we specialize in application modernization using cloud-and-platform-based solutions, grants management, and data analytics and visualization.
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Full Time
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: Jr. Java Developer Salesforce Developer .net Developer
TIMES FIBER COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Sam Brantingham Recruiter’s Email: sbrantingham@timesfiber.com Recruiter’s Phone: (434) 432-1804 Website: Amphenol.com
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY Times Fiber Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures, and exports coaxial cables and interconnect products for cable television, satellite, data, and powering applications for broadband communication networks internationally. Its products include: coaxial trunk, distribution, and drop cables; feeder cables for MDU applications; coaxial/twisted pair composite cables; fiber optic cable assemblies, attenuators, and couplers/splitters; coaxial jumper assemblies; high-speed data kits; and premise broadband interconnect components, including splitters, directional couplers, amplifiers, and enclosures. The company was founded in 1948 and is based in Wallingford, Connecticut with locations in Chatham, Virginia; Renfrew, Canada; Campinas, Brazil; Chung Nam-Do, South Korea; Changzhou, China; and Nogales, Mexico. Times Fiber Communications, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Amphenol Corporation.
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Internship
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: Engineering Interns
TRAX LLC CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Heather Henningson Recruiter’s Email: hwelcher@traxintl.com Recruiter’s Phone: (434) 485-7145 Website: TraxIntl.com
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY TRAX specializes in engineering, simulation, and training for clients in the power generation industry. Our skilled engineers individually customize simulation and engineering solutions that proactively address an energy provider’s present and emerging energy management challenges. Our strategic direction sees us: continue as leader in the power generation modeling and simulation industry; maintain a reputation for providing the highest quality products and services; strive to provide zerodefect products by implementing continual improvements according to our ISO-certified procedures; forecast the industry’s future needs by proactively monitoring industry trends, and developing products and services to meet those needs in years to come; encourage employees’ creativity and talents by providing an enjoyable and challenging work environment, and offering ample opportunities for individual growth.
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Full Time
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: Simulation Engineer
TWR INTERNATIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Alan Lawton Recruiter’s Email: atlawton@twr.org Recruiter’s Phone: (919) 460-3746 Website: TWR.org
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY TWR International is a nonprofit, global, Christian media organization that creates and distributes audio media over radio (short-wave, AM and FM) and digital media over the internet in over 230 languages in order to reach the entire world for Christ so that lasting fruit is produced. To do that, we are looking for technical, creative, and administratively gifted individuals who want to serve God and reach the world for Christ. Please note that all of our staff and interns are missionaries who secure their own financial support (with TWR’s help, of course) to cover their salary and benefits.
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Full Time and Internship
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: TWR offers internships and entry-level positions for Electrical Engineer, RF Engineer, Broadcast Engineer, Transmitter Engineer, Assistant Systems Administrator, Delphi Software Developer, IT Technician, Programmer Analyst
WFFP-TV CONTACT INFORMATION
Recruiter’s Name: Sandra Wagner Recruiter’s Email: siwagner@liberty.edu Recruiter’s Phone: (434) 582-2722 Website: WFFP24.com
DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY WFFP-TV 24 provides unforgettable programming for viewers in Central Virginia. With programming from the COZI TV Network and the Heroes and Icons Network, WFFP features the best in retro television. From beloved classics to your favorite hit shows of the 80s and 90s, our lineup invites viewers to experience TV that brings people together, rather than keeps them apart. But if that’s not enough, WFFP is also the primary local outlet for Liberty Flames Sports, offering football in the Fall to Baseball in the Spring and everything in between. As one of the newer broadcasters in the market, WFFP is poised for growth and is an exciting place to work! Come join our team!
TYPES OF POSITIONS RECRUITING FOR: Internship
POSITION(S) RECRUITING FOR: Recruiting for apprentice positions in the Broadcast Operations Engineering Department and for TV Broadcast Master Control. Since we are affiliated with the university, some of these position might be work study or work assistance. unpaid internships are also an option available.
NOTES
Liberty’s Career Center
offers a variety of services to help students prepare for success after graduation. Services offered by the Career Center include: • Career Counseling • Career Fairs • Focus 2 Review • LUNetwork • Mock Interviews
• Professional Employment Information Events • Résumé Critiques • Washington Fellowship • And More!
For more information: Liberty.edu/CareerCenter (434) 592-4109 Careers@liberty.edu