Spring Career Fair draws a crowd

The Career Fair has come and gone once again here at Rose. This last Wednesday, 91 companies were in the Sports and Recreation Center meeting students, taking résumés, and giving interviews. This career fair was, by far, the smallest this year. Fall quarter saw 208 companies in attendance, while winter quarter saw a very respectable 136 companies. Companies that came this time around include some very large name groups, such as Duke Energy, Arcelor Mittal, and Garmin International. Many of the companies at this career fair were looking for summer internships and full-time positions as opposed to co-ops, although there was no shortage of those to go around.

"It was kind of sparse; a lot of companies didn't show up. The ones that were there provided a wide range of options for employment though," said Jon Korff, a sophomore civil engineering major.

Korff has a few leads, but because of the timing and the fact that a lot of companies had already made offers after the winter fair, they may or may not pan out.

The career fair serves to help students of all majors find summer jobs and build résumés further than Rose can by itself.

"I didn't go this year because I didn't want an internship this summer, and I scoped it out in the fall," said Michael Kelly, a freshman mechanical engineer, biomedical engineer double major.

Kelly figured he wanted a summer off from Rose before throwing himself full-force into finding an internship.

The Spring Career Fair can be an ideal place for freshman to find internships, because many companies have already hired their full-time employees from winter and fall quarters.

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Correction

In the April 11, 2008 edition of The Rose Thorn, we misattributed the article “Spring Career Fair draws a crowd.” The article was attributed to Rachel Howser, Staff Writer, whereas it should have been attributed to Parker Lee, Advertising Manager.