Special Monday edition
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KULTURE
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2005 6A
Tomorrow and Wednesday an all-majors career fair is calling your name
Getting a job right out of college or a between-semesters summer internship is often challenging and competitive. To ease the stress of job searching, the University of Kansas Career Center is sponsoring its annual Spring Career Fair on Tuesday and Wednesday.
More than 100 companies will be at the fair. National companies like ESPN, Philip Morris USA and Wells Fargo Financial will be there alongside local employers such as the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Sprint and Worlds of Fun. The fair is for all majors.
"The purpose of the Career Center is to help students develop and improve their work skills, so that they will be ready and experienced in the
BY LATOYA BROWN
correspondent@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
Office of Multicultural affairs Career Expo held last September, and that he plans to take advantage of other KU job resources to find more internship opportunities.
The purpose of internships is to build one's resume and work experience. Cunningham believes that students from different levels and majors would benefit from the fair. Some might find career opportunities after graduation, she said, and others might find summer internships.
professional world," said Molly Cunningham, internship adviser for the Career Center.
The Career Center recommends that students take a resume with them and dress professionally and business like for the fair. "A cover letter or a business card isn't necessary, but it would help one to standout from the rest," Cunningham said.
Freshman Robel Yemane, architecture major from Eritrea, said that he has already applied for an internship, and is waiting to hear if he got it. Yemane said he learned of the internship through the
To make the job hunting and internship search less strenuous, students should apply to internships and job offers they qualify for, said Mary Andrade, assistant director of the University Career Center. Some internships and career offers are exclusive, and students shouldn't waste their time and effort if they don't meet most of the requirements, said Andrade.
To make sure students get the best help finding internships best suited to their interests and work experience, the Career Center offers books about internships all across the country. The center has a file of company names and when they are hiring, and an online database of internship opportunities. Students can access the database and post their resumes for a $40 fee. Some majors are exempt from paying the access fee.
Cunningham warns students that if they run into an internship that seems like busy work, they should ask their adviser or supervisor for more work. If that doesn't work, the student should take the internship for what it's worth and use the opportunity to learn and meet people who work in the profession of their interest, Cunningham said.
Renita Norman, communications major from Topeka, is working her first internship this semester for Sports Illustrated on Campus. Norman earns college credit but no wages from the internship, and she's responsible for meeting with advertisers and promoting the magazine on campus and around Lawrence. Norman didn't get the internship through the Career Center, but did get help with her resume there, and said she planned to go to the fair tomorrow. Norman said she likes her internship because it gives her an opportunity to interact with the public and gain experience in the public relations profession.
- Brown is a senior in English and is a pre-journalism student. Edited by Jesse Truesdale.
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TO DO THIS WEEK GET A JOB
- The Spring Career Fair will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. tomorrow and Wednesday at the Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
For a list of 105 employers attending the fair, visit the center's KU Web site.
- A resume review day will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the University Career
Center, room 110 Burge Union. Come by to perfect your resume before the career fair.
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