The Office of Career Services at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is hosting their 40th annual career fair today. The theme is “Unlocking Your Potential.”
Many companies were invited to the career fair.
Students of many different majors have the opportunity to network with various recruiters and companies and market themselves.
Many students have are prepared themselves, and polished their resumes for the career fair because they believe it is beneficial.
Students are seeking out internships, job opportunities, and even volunteer experience.
“I think it’s beneficial since it helps a lot of people get internships as well as jobs. My goal is to get an internship for the summertime,” said Tiffany Richmond, a junior biology student from Winston-Salem, N.C.
“The career fair has great opportunities for internships, and co-ops, and just places where you can get experience before you graduate,” said Jasmine Taylor, a junior computer science engineering student from Atlanta, Ga.
“My goal is to find an internship and if not an internship, just a place where I can learn something for my career and gain experience.”
N.C. A&T houses many different majors for students to choose from. However, some students believe that the career fair only caters to certain majors.
“I’m probably not going to the career fair this year,” said Rae’Ghan Foster, a junior fashion merchandising and design student from Spartanburg, S.C. “Usually they don’t really have anything that fits my major, so nobody will be here for me to talk to. It is mainly for engineering and business majors.”
“I didn’t plan on going to the career fair because they don’t have much that fits my needs,” said Alexa English, a junior journalism and mass communication student from Charlotte, N.C. “We go to an engineering school, so most of the people that are at the career fair are looking for engineering students.”
“There are not many companies for biology students because there are a lot of us who are going in to the medical field right after we graduate or wanting to go to medical school,” said Richmond. “There aren’t many options for us. It’s usually only one or two.”
Although the career fair is a great place for students to market themselves, scheduling has become an issue for students.
“The career fair is in the middle of the day,” Taylor said. “It’s kind of like you have to rearrange your whole day to get to the career fair. You have to sacrifice something like your classes to get there, opposed to it being on a day like Saturday or Sunday where you don’t have to compromise your schedule to go.”
The career fair will be held in Corbett Sports Center from 9a.m.- 3p.m.
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