The Campus Center Network at the University of Massachusetts will welcome over one hundred employers into the campus center auditorium for the Campus-Wide Career Fair on Feb. 14 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Employers from a number of industries ranging from IBM and MIT to Pepsi Bottling Group and the Peace Corps will seek out UMass students, offering full time employment opportunities to all majors. Students will find ample opportunities in numerous career areas, including education, health care, business and finance, computers, the environment, social services, lab sciences, biotechnology, marketing and sales and engineering.
“We actively encourage employers who are open to recruiting as many types of majors as possible,” said Associate Director and Career Fair Coordinator Tina Acker. “Every major will be covered.”
Listed among the 110 converging industries, forty-four are looking for students from all majors. Industries such as ABT Associates are looking for students with majors ranging from Accounting to Sociology.
Equal opportunities will arise for all areas of studies.
“This year is one of the first years we can say we have a mix,” said Kim Carpino of the Campus Career Network. Caprino explained that, since the engineering career fair has been pushed to the fall, the Campus-Wide Career Fair “is not heavily weighted in technical areas. I think everybody has a chance.”
According to Acker, this career fair is useful to many types of scholars, including those who just wish to “browse” around, looking for the latest jobs, for graduates, and those who have it all planned out and know what they are looking for.
Acker’s advice to the students: “Focus on the industries.” She stressed to the students that they should “go around and talk to as many people as possible” despite what the industries appear to be looking for.
Acker said that this fair will be a valuable experience for all UMass students. She also indicated that the employers who will come to this fair already have their minds set on the UMass students as a fresh source of talent.
“These employers are excited about UMass students and have jobs for our students,” she said.
