Students who are looking for direction have the opportunity to do some window shopping for different careers and fields next week.
The Career and Majors Fair will take place Wednesdy from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Schauerman Library lawn to expose students to jobs as well as give them insight into a variety of majors.
“This will be a one-stop shop for students because there will be employers looking for student workers and students can learn about different majors and talk to counselors about their majors,” Van Nguyen, adjunct counselor and career adviser, said.
The Career and Majors Fair will benefit students because it will provide students with an opportunity to network with people, Nguyen said.
Many companies are going to be here including the FBI, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, the California Department of Transportation, Apple Inc., CBS Radio and Victoria’s Secret.
“We’ve combined the intern and career expo due to budget and staffing therefore making it different from the others we’ve had, and also this will include employers offering seasonal jobs,” Nguyen said.
Students do not have to register beforehand, it is open to alumni as well as the community, and more information is posted on the EC website.
“We highly recommend that students bring their resumes, dress professionally and be prepared to be interviewed,” Nguyen said. “If students don’t know how to form a resume, there are templates online they can use and there’s also a link on the EC website under counseling.”
The purpose of the fair is to provide students with an opportunity to work in their field and find out what they are interested in Nguyen said.
“I’m a philosophy major and I already have a job, so I’m set. But I think that the fair does help students. It’s just sad that we don’t hear too much about them,” Kenneth Garrett, 20, philosophy major, said.
While some students found the fair to be beneficial, others did not know about the fair and thought there should be more publicity about the fair.
“I think that students benefit more if we had more guest speakers on campus for our majors,” Giovan Serrano, 18, criminal justice major, said. “But the fairs need to have more promotion. It’s cool that they have these fairs though.”
Nguyen said that EC is encouraging students to go to the fair to gain a direction on which field to go to.
“A lot of students are not aware of the programs that EC has to offer, so we encourage students to attend and get an idea of who will hire them. Any opportunity to network and meet people is a start,” Nguyen said. “Even though there are restraints on the budget we still offer great resources for students.”
