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Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016
Students network with potential employers
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The Internship Fair welcomed students from all majors to make connections and speak to companies located across the country about internship opportunities. The event was 10 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Convocation Center.
Photos by Xavier Ortega | Northern Star
The Internship fair took place 10 to 3 p.m Tuesday at the Convocation Center. The fair allowed students to network with potential employers and get an idea of what different companies expect out of interns.
Alyx Siegal (right), sophomore business administration major, speaks with Adam Lawson, a sponsor for Sherwin Williams, about the different opportunities that an internship at Sherwin Williams consists of. Siegal looks for internships that may include a lot of sales experience as she has done a variety of sales internships over the past three years and has enjoyed them.
Vinnie Nagaraj (right), junior marketing major, speaks with two Target representatives, Alex Flores (left) and Cortney Prignano, and writes down some notes in hopes of landing an internship. Nagaraj is looking for an internship to fine tune his skills at sales and leadership. He came to the Target stand because he wanted to start somewhere and Target was the first booth he saw.
Aaron Gay (left), senior electronic engineering major, talks with Ruchika Agrawal, a representative from CNH Industrial. Gay is looking for more internships and job opportunities in electrical engineering.
Students sign up to get a professional photo taken by a photographer to use on their LinkedIn profiles, a business and employment-oriented social networking service.