2014 career expo guide final

FALL The Career Center’s

CAREER EXPO Sept 30 - Oct 1, 2014 Michigan Union

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Business Manager Douglas Solomon Account Executives Matt Diamond Hussein Hakim Nicholas John Jessica Mondics Designers Marisa Fulper Claire Ulak

TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 | Flow Trader 3 | Antea Group 3 | bswift 4 | Participating Organizations 5 | Participating Organizations 6 | Universal Marketing Group 7 | Expo Tips 8 | Who’s Coming 8 | UM Career Fair + Content on pages 4, 7 & 8 provided by The Career Center.

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PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS MICHIGAN UNION 2nd FLOOR

SEPTEMBER 30 Accenture AIG Aldi Inc. Alliance Data American Institutes for Research Anheuser-Busch InBev Antea Group applEcon Belvedere Trading Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan BP America Brady Corporation bswift Capital One Cardinal Health CEB Chicago Apartment Finders Citrix City Year Cleveland Indians Concur Technologies Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Cornerstone Research Coyote Logistics Deloitte Domino’s Pizza Dropbox Epic Evonik Corporation Faurecia Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago First Investors Corporation Flow Traders US LLC Ford Motor Company, Ford Finance Hanover Insurance Group Hill-Rom Huron Consulting Group InternshipDesk IRI

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Johnson & Johnson Kohler Co. M&T Bank Mars Agency Morningstar, Inc. MyBuys Norfolk Southern Nothern Trust Company Northwestern Mutual Oshkosh Corporation PepsiCo PLS Logistics Services Progressive Insurance PTC Quad/Graphics Quicken Loans Razorfish Platforms Rockwell Automation Ryder System Inc S&P Capital IQ/ McGraw Hill Financial Severstal North America ShopperTrak Steelcase Stryker Target Stores U.S. Department of State Universal Marketing Group W.W. Grainger, Inc Wacker Chemical Corporation

Participant List as of 9/16/14

Log into your Career Center account for additional details.

OCTOBER 1 Abercrombie & Fitch Aflac Airgas Ally Financial/ Ally Bank Amazon American Airlines, Inc. American Junior Golf Association Analysis Group AUSL Chicago Teacher Residency Auto-Owners Insurance Company Axalta Coating Systems, R&D, Operations, and Sales B&P Process Equipment and Systems Bemis Company Blackedge Capital BrightEdge Technologies Burger King Corporation Cisco Systems College Pro DISH Dow Jones eScribe Etsy, Inc. FCB Chicago Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Fidelity Investments Fisher Investments GKN Driveline GM Financial Hanover Research Hertz Corporation Hillstone Restaurant Group IBM Corp.

ICF International Insight Global, Inc. Jackson National Life Insurance Company Johnson Controls Kaufman Financial Group Kellogg’s

KONE Kresge Foundation Lutron Electronics Marine Officer Selection Team Marinette Marine Corporation Mastronardi Produce McAdam Financial Group Meijer Milwaukee Tool, Marketing Mindtree Ltd. Mu Sigma Inc. Navigant Consulting, Inc. Navy Recruiting District, Michigan NetSuite Newell Rubbermaid Nielsen NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Optiver US, LLC Peace Corps Sachse Constuction Spectrum Health Spectranetics SpyGlass Steel Warehouse Target Corporation Teach for America Thomson Reuters Toyota Engineering & Motor Manufacturing, Inc. Treacy & Company Tricon Union Pacific Railroad United Shore U of M Health System/ Medical Center IT Venture For America Verizon Verizon Wireless COSPONSORS Walgreens Yelp

Questions? Visit The Career Center website (careercenter.umich.edu). See you there!

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Wondering What the Expo is Really Like?

Tips from STUDENTS 1. “Be prepared to ask specific questions of different recruiters based on the research you’ve done on their company.”

2. “Go in with a game plan because the long lines can be disorienting.”

3. “Remember people’s names from the companies you are interested in. It will make it easier to follow up with them in the future.”

4. “I would have been less stressed out if I was more organized.”

5. “Come prepared and knowing what position you are interested in. Most importantly, be able to explain why you’re interested in it.”

6. “Just smile and be yourself!”

Advice from the RECRUITERS 1. “Positive energy and a high level of engagement are important.”

2. “The more you research, the more you will know and the more productive your job search will be.”

3. “It’s not always about who you know. In fact, I’m more impressed by someone who can communicate well and who can apply what they’ve done in college to a real career, than someone who just had their dad send me a resume.”

4. “…As for follow-up, I’m always impressed by people who take the initiative to ask for my card, send me a thank you email or even just send a hand written note.”

5. “In a career fair setting, you have to be a self-starter. This isn’t the setting to take a passive approach, no job is going to just fall into your lap.”

Watch the Fall Expo videos for more tips from recruiters (available on the Fall Career Expo website)

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Who’s Coming to Expo?

This is the most common question about Expo and the answer is pretty straightforward: the list of organizations is available on the Fall Career Expo website. The trick, though, is what you do with the list. Here are some tips:

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Over 125 organizations makes for a long list! To make it more manageable start by searching the list by “Type of Position” (full-time or internship).

At first glance you might think they’re recruiting for engineering majors...they are actually recruiting all majors for marketing and sales account representatives.

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Don’t miss out on great opportunities! Look at the organization description and the job description(s). The organization description tells you what they do; the job description tells you what they’re looking for: the connection is not always obvious.

Connect the job description to your own story: your experiences, interests, skills (the things you’re good at). This will give you specific examples to use when speaking with Expo recruiters.

For example: Union Pacific “is one of America’s premier transportation and logistics companies, linking 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country and serving many of the fastest-growing U.S. cities.”

Use the filters to review the list by location, degree level and more.

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Questions? Visit The Career Center website (careercenter.umich.edu). See you there!

UM A full-featured iPhone, iPad and Android app that puts the power to prepare for fairs in your hands.

Search for University of Michigan Career Fair Plus on the App Store and Google Play Store.

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3 reasons to use the UM Career Fair + app for Fall Career Expo: -Expo is at your fingertips - The list of organizations, specials programs, & the event map!

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