Job
fair offers opportunities
By
Porschia Baker
Daily Forty Niner
In
need of a part-time job, full-time job or
just internship experience? If the answer
is yes, then the job fair is the place to
be.
The
Cal State Long Beach Career Development
Center is hosting its annual fall job fair
today. There will be over 100 employers
looking to hire students from The Beach.
There will employers from such organizations
as Boeing, CIA, Panda Express, Kohl's, Fed,
City of Long Beach Civil Service Department,
Los Angeles Police Department, Ortho-McNeil,
Target, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Northrup
Grumman, Ralph Lauren, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development, and much
more.
"The
purpose of the job fair is to bring students
and employers face to face, toe to toe,"
said Peggy M. Hayden, who is the coordinator
for on-campus interviews in the Career Development
Center. This event will give students and
employers the opportunity to meet one another.
Although
this event is a job fair, it is not only
relevant to seniors. "It's not just
for
graduating seniors. All class levels are
invited," said Phyllis Milani, who
is the
coordinator of career events in the Career
Development Center. This also includes CSULB
alumni Milani later added that, "The
job fair is a quick cut to meeting employers."
Although
employers understand that they are on a
college campus, which means that the normal
dress attire is jeans, a T-shirt and a backpack
as a must-have all
season accessory, they do take notice when
students make an extra effort by wearing
business attire.
For
the mean, the suitable attire is "business
casual [which is wearing] a button-up shirt
with a pair of nice slacks," said Robert
Wendt, who is a career counselor in the
Career Development Center. For the women,
" a pantsuit or a nice top with a skirt
or slacks," Hayden added.
Year
after year these various employers return
to the annual fall job fair. The reason
being is that they love CSULB students.
"They like the fact that these students
work while they go to school and because
of that, when [students become] seniors
and are going towards graduation employers
know that [the students] are seasoned, savvy
workers," Hayden said.
In
addition, "Many Employers are CSULB
alumni. The come back here because they
know what the quality of their education
and that they can [hire a student who] is
just as good or better than they are. CSULB
really produces quality folks," said
Wendt.
"Employers
come back because they are happy,"
Milani said.
"Many
employers say this is the best job fair
in southern California. Employers say that
this is their favorite job fair and that's
standing up against USC and UCLA,"
Wendt said.
Although
there are multiple job related fairs during
the spring term, the job fair in the fall
is only held once a semester because of
the small class of 3,000 graduates.
Going
to the job fair is only one step in the
process of future employment. The interview
process begins the day after and continues
on for weeks. However spots fill up fast,
so it is best to sign up with the employer
at the job fair, sign up on the Career Development
Center's Web site, or call their office.
If
it is not possible to attend these workshops,
videotapes are available, on "How to
Interview" and "How to Write a
Resume" in the
resource library that can be of some assistance
or log on the Web site and use a
narrative resource, Wendt said. If assistance
is still needed call the Career Development
Center and make an appointment to see a
counselor.
In
addition to the job fair there are workshops
such as electronic job searching, resume
writing and interviewing that continue throughout
the semester. To find out more, just log
onto their Web site or stroll down BH-205,
look for room 205, and ask for the grad
guy wearing a half business half cap and
gown outfit.
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