The Office of Career Services hosted their semi-annual spring career fair for the students of Southern University in the F.G Clark Activity Center on Wednesday, February 15.
Companies in attendance were in search of potential career holders and internship offers that can possibly be available to the student body.
Over 70 major companies were in attendance such Cox Communications, Nucor, Exxon Mobil, and Genesis Energy, according to the iPad sign-in Kiosk that was available.
“We reach out to those companies, e-mail the companies within our database, and they also contact us if they have shown interest in coming to our campus,” said Director of Career Services, Tamara Montgomery.
Montgomery is responsible for planning the career fair and she also guides students on creating the perfect resume to present to the companies. It helps the students to become ready for the work force. It also prepares students to be able to interact with these corporate sponsors in a professional light.
According to the registration forms, a reported amount of over 450 students from all departments were in attendance. “I was overwhelmed with the performance of our students , our school was well represented” expressed Montgomery.
Simone Cyprian, a 22 year old junior majoring in Chemical Engineering, was grateful for her opportunity to showcase her resume and meet with these corporate sponsors.
“I spoke to three companies within my field and I landed an interview with Genesis Energy. I was told I will receive the results back in a matter of weeks. If I don’t, I’m extremely thankful for the fair.”
Angel Caston a junior accounting major from Sherveport elaborated on her experiience at the career fair.
“It was nice. I was able to network with a lot of executives that I’ve met at the previous career fair. I was also able to talk to different companies about full time job opportunities for next year after graduation,” Caston finished.
The Career Services Center is located in TH Harris Hall Suite 1100 and is avaliavble to service students through career workshops, mock interviews, career assessments, employer seminars.
Montgomery explains that the career services center has all of the tools that the student body needs in order to be successful. Regardless of their major, students should take advantage of these resources the center provides while they are still available to them.
The university’s next career fair will be held on September
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Senior Electrical Engineering major, Wai Bamungo from Khartoum, Sudan speaking with Logan Aluminum during the 2017 Spring Career Exploration Day held on Wednesday, February 22 in F.G. Clark Activity Center.
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