Spring Career Fair features jobs, schools

This past Wednesday, 85 companies set up booths in the SRC for the Spring Career Fair and played host to a steady stream of Rose students seeking an internship, co-op, or full-time job.

Unlike other career fairs, the Spring Career Fair also prominently featured many graduate schools, in fact, of the one hundred participating organizations, 15 were graduate programs.

“[The Spring Career Fair] is very well organized,” said Darrell Marsh, a Rose alumnus and recruiter for The Solae Company, “there’s plenty of space [for recruiters].” But, Marsh expressed disappointment in the turnout of students, he was surprised that there were not more. Marsh said that The Solae Company, like many of the recruiters The Rose Thorn spoke with, is looking for “someone that shows energy and enthusiasm,” and “well balanced students who do more than one thing.”

Photo: Albert Mui A Rose student speaks to eServ representatives at this year’s Spring Career Fair.

Will Lyon, a recruiter from American Structurepoint, Inc., reflected Marsh’s sentiments saying his company is looking for, “anybody with a great personality [and] very eager.” According to Lyon, Structurepoint makes a point of coming to Rose’s career fairs because Rose is “one of the best engineering schools around,” it “has a great make up of students,” and “[the students are] very capable.”

Benjamin Shover, a junior electrical engineering major, said of the Spring Career Fair, “it seems a little sparse,” but that “there are a few good companies still looking for interns.” Shover had spoken to Beckman Coulter, Bastian, Crane, Scott Jones, and TSC, and said that he had been having some luck, “I’ve been successful in talking to some interested companies.” He went on to say that many companies would be reviewing his application later, so he was going to have to wait to hear back.

Tim Cota, a junior mechanical engineer, echoed Shover’s comments saying, “I had one lady that said ‘we’ll be contacting people real soon.’” Cota expressed disappointment in the selection of available companies, “Some of the companies I wanted to talk to aren’t even here.”