Tuesday November 14 19<Jb ■ Volume 97 Issue 54
Hyn ft Earn Program
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at part-time, campus-based jobs.
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Gfcfier Center Offerings
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of the Career Center is here to help.
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| opportunities for University students.
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Asking questions essential ti Career fair
By Ann* Moser-Korn (eld
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The Career & Internship Fair,
scheduled Tuesday and
Wednesday on the EMU's mam
floor, brings more than 50
organizational representatives
each day, who anticipate meeting with
students
Students can meet with representatives
to Belt questions dealing directly with a
choeen career rietd. or to clecuea whet
companies took ter when they
•ppttcents. Larry Smith, director of the
Career Center, wants to encourage ait
etudentetoatopby.
•nie Gamer A imamsMp Ftir to a tsnttc
opportunity lor students to team about an
array or posmona that are awuitmg them
upon graduation,* Smith said.
Whether students are in their first year or
third year, the Career Fair's relaxed
atmosphere otters students a chance to
walk around and inquire about summer
jobs, internships or their future job
prospects
tf a student is coming or going from
ciaes. Smith said, plan an extra 20 minutes
to tali to at least two or three of the
companies or graduate schoole at the
Career Fair.
He said companies expect etudente wM
Mop by and say Talma about toe careers
to your oompMiyT and then « company
representative wtt moat Hlraty ask too
todMdUai, TVhat kind of job are you
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8mfih also mM, "Employers won't bo
surprieedto hear, 1 don't know, that's why
I'm here,"
la the Career Fair similar to a fishing
expedition? Smith doesn't heeitate to
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Thai
k»y to this canter stuff is learning
about more possibWfiaa,* Smith said.
As an example, ha remembers a senior
who said two yean ago she would never
work m sales After going to the Career
fte and exploring possfbttbec she sfidn't
^nnsolMMt, todsyshartlipart selling
and lone it.
*Ueino the teir to aether oaneral
Hormaion about typsa of job* to a perfect
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