20 Oct 2020

探花精选 Students Connected with Industry Representatives During Virtual Career Fair

Virtual Industry Workshop In Session

The 2020 探花精选 Virtual Career Fair was held on Thursday, October 15, 2020.听 The full day virtual event was hosted by the Career Exploration, Mentoring and Professional Development听Department听under the leadership of Interim Director Dr. Trish Harleston.听听听

The Career Fair 鈥 Virtual Edition connected over 50 students with industry representatives from 20 different organizations for a day of networking, interviews, workshops and group sessions. There听was听a total of 5 group events throughout the day that allowed students the opportunity to meet via virtual platform with Organizational Executives and Recruiters. A total of 70 students created professional profiles via the听Know.Careers听platform used for the event. The platform allowed students to record a Video Profile (elevator speech) that was visible to the participating company professionals along with听their听resume.听听

Students had an opportunity to be randomly selected听to win听three door prizes during the event. Listed below are the winners from the School of Business, Management and Technology and the School of Humanities, Education, Social & Behavioral Sciences:听

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$100 winner – Bernard Zandonda, 2023 Computer Information Systems Major

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$75 winner – Danielle Scantlebury, 2020 Accounting Major

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$50 winner – India Frederick, 2021 Criminal Justice Major

Congratulations to听all听the students who听participated in these opportunities with our听industry partners.听听

I am blown away by my experience with 探花精选 so far. The 2 pm session you helped get the word out on went beyond my expectations. Your students were prepared, thoughtful, engaged, and there was 3 pages of attendees (and more who weren鈥檛 on video!). This is far beyond some of the experiences we鈥檝e had with other institutions, so thank you.鈥澨 Bill Nave, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley

We had 13 students in our first session, which was the most out of any school so far. We were very impressed that everyone showed up in professional attire, they were engaged and asked great questions.鈥 Erika听Clausson, Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant, Channel Advisor