Center helps students find careers Job Fair helps students discover work opportunities

spring 2014 Job Fair hosted nearly 500 people on Thursday, April 3.

20-year-old business major Leslie Bun chatted with a potential employer.

Students and members of the Pierce College community brought their resumes and portfolios for the opportunity to land the right job.

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Thirty-five businesses peppered the sun-soaked Mall walkway in pop-up tents from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. looking to meet and hire Pierce students.

With her last remaining resume in hand and dressed to be hired,

“The job I have right now is seasonal. So by the time it ends, I want a new career to jump into,” Bun said. “I have to travel a lot which is something I don’t want to do. I just want a stable job, maybe something in an office.”

Rick Leahy, district manager of staffing and recruiting for home security company Vivint, spoke highly of past experiences with Pierce.

“We love Pierce. We feel like Pierce students definitely have some experience and a lot of them have pretty decent people skills,” Leahy said. “We’ve been coming to this job fair for a long time and we always get good applicants from it.”

Twenty-four-year-old Cal. State University, Northridge graduate student and Career Center intern Nicole Goddard said the goal of the Job Fair was to not only bring employment opportunities to students, but to also spread awareness of the Career Center and its services.