2008 Woodie Awards
Job Hunting Season begins for AC Seniors
Jen Ryan
Issue date: 12/4/04 Section: News Stories
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On Thursday, November 18th, Assumption College presented seniors with an opportunity to begin their job searches at the 9th annual Fall Career Fair. Sponsored by the Student Development and Counseling Center, the fair featured over forty businesses looking for prospective employees, such as the TJX Companies, Inc., JC Penney, and Meditech.
In addition to the business employers on hand, representatives from local graduate school programs came to discuss further education. The graduate programs at the fair were Assumption College Graduate Studies, Springfield College School of Social Work, and Northeastern University Graduate School of Professional Accounting.
Just fewer than two hundred students attended this year's career fair. While some students may not have gotten a job interview, most agreed that the fair provided them with a great experience.
"It's a great learning experience," said Senior Benjamin Lorenzten.
Senior marketing major Rowena Cowie agreed with Lorenzten.
"It's practice and getting your name out there," said Cowie.
While perusing the tables of potential employers, seniors may have also found some familiar faces. Assumption College alums manned some of their businesses tables.
Alumnae Justin Roy was at the fair representing his company, Sullivan Kreiss. Having graduated from Assumption last spring, Roy commented on how it feels to be looking for employees amongst seniors who were his classmates last year.
"It's a little weird because I've known the person and have to learn about them professionally," Roy said. "It's very different."
Student Development and Counseling Center Career Counselor Carol McGuiggan says that Roy represents just one of many past Assumption students who come back to help recruit other Assumption students for their companies.
"We have a lot of alums who come back through the company," McGuiggan said.
Some seniors did not find quite what they were looking for however.
"They need a big booth that says 'English majors' because I don't like finance," said Senior Mike Wood, joking about the fair's emphasis on business-related jobs.
While the Fall Career Fair is mainly geared towards business majors, McGuiggan claims that all majors could use the fair as an opportunity to find a job.
"You don't have to be a marketing person to get a job at JC Penney," McGuiggan said. "There are numerous positions that students don't know about until they explore."
For humanities and social science majors interested in non-business fields, the Student Development Center does sponsor another career fair in February for all human arts majors. In addition, on March 22nd, the College of Holy Cross will host a career fair for all majors in the consortium.
Students are encouraged to attend both fairs as well as other programs in Student Development's professional development series.
Senior
English
In addition to the business employers on hand, representatives from local graduate school programs came to discuss further education. The graduate programs at the fair were Assumption College Graduate Studies, Springfield College School of Social Work, and Northeastern University Graduate School of Professional Accounting.
Just fewer than two hundred students attended this year's career fair. While some students may not have gotten a job interview, most agreed that the fair provided them with a great experience.
"It's a great learning experience," said Senior Benjamin Lorenzten.
Senior marketing major Rowena Cowie agreed with Lorenzten.
"It's practice and getting your name out there," said Cowie.
While perusing the tables of potential employers, seniors may have also found some familiar faces. Assumption College alums manned some of their businesses tables.
Alumnae Justin Roy was at the fair representing his company, Sullivan Kreiss. Having graduated from Assumption last spring, Roy commented on how it feels to be looking for employees amongst seniors who were his classmates last year.
"It's a little weird because I've known the person and have to learn about them professionally," Roy said. "It's very different."
Student Development and Counseling Center Career Counselor Carol McGuiggan says that Roy represents just one of many past Assumption students who come back to help recruit other Assumption students for their companies.
"We have a lot of alums who come back through the company," McGuiggan said.
Some seniors did not find quite what they were looking for however.
"They need a big booth that says 'English majors' because I don't like finance," said Senior Mike Wood, joking about the fair's emphasis on business-related jobs.
While the Fall Career Fair is mainly geared towards business majors, McGuiggan claims that all majors could use the fair as an opportunity to find a job.
"You don't have to be a marketing person to get a job at JC Penney," McGuiggan said. "There are numerous positions that students don't know about until they explore."
For humanities and social science majors interested in non-business fields, the Student Development Center does sponsor another career fair in February for all human arts majors. In addition, on March 22nd, the College of Holy Cross will host a career fair for all majors in the consortium.
Students are encouraged to attend both fairs as well as other programs in Student Development's professional development series.
Senior
English