MOLLY VANDENBERG
Staff Writer
The Spring semester can bring about many mixed feelings. For underclassmen, this may feel like just another semester. But for seniors, one must begin to think about the future and about plans after graduation.
This is known to many as the task of finding their first job.
The Career Development Office will be holding a Job & Internship Expo on March 8 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Williams Center where more than 70 employers will be present. They will be looking to hire for full-time, part-time and internship positions. Many of the representatives are Fredonia graduates, which provides a greater interest in connecting current and graduated students to employers.
“While so many employers today have online application systems and procedures, this is a great opportunity for students to make a personal connection and impression with employers that just isn’t possible through online apps, and that will lead to interviews and job offers,” said Associate Director of the CDO Christopher LaGrow.
A new event, the Summer Job Expo, will be taking place at the same time with 20 employers in Williams Center G103.
“We saw many summer employers attending our annual fair, and we wanted to have a separate but concurrent event to showcase them and hopefully attract not just the juniors and seniors that are immediately seeking jobs and internships but also the freshmen and sophomores that want a summer job,” said LaGrow.
Some of the full-time and internship employees that are expected to attend include Time Warner Cable, the New York State Police and Pennsylvania State Police, Aspire of WNY, Paychex, the Walt Disney World College Program, BlueCross BlueShield, the FBI, GEICO and Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
“This is our seventh expo, and we’ve grown from 40 employers our first year to about 80, with the two events combined, this year,” said LaGrow.
If you can’t attend the expos, there are still other ways to look and prepare for jobs and internships. Students can look at FREDnetwork, a job and internship database.
“At any given time it has about 300 to 400 jobs and more than 1000 internships listed. Everything we hear about gets listed there,” said LaGrow.
The CDO will also look over resumes, cover letters, graduate school personal statements, and will conduct practice interviews and provide job search strategy advice.
All of these services are open to seniors even after they graduate. Alumni are eligible for all services and events.