Career expos aim to provide opportunity to business and liberal arts majors

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S. David Ramirez, Staff Reporter • January 28, 2014

Post-graduation employment may be lingering in the back of many students’ minds this semester. To help with the job search, the University Career Center will host a number of job fairs including two on Feb. 6 and 7.

The fairs will host employers looking for students in the fields of liberal arts, business, science and engineering. In an increasingly digital job-hunt, experts say that it is events like these that can lead to a new career.

“Students like to go on websites and apply, but that personal touch of actually meeting a recruiter face-to-face goes a long way, especially if they make a good impression,” said Betsy Castro-Duarte, interim director of the career center. “Recruiters can keep an eye out for when (students) apply online.”

The first career fair is aimed at business and liberal arts majors. Employers such as the U.S. Department of State, GEICO and the City of Dallas Police Department will be seeking students preparing to graduate this semester.

The second day of the fair is aimed at students in STEM fields with companies such as General Motors, Western Refining and Texas Instruments looking for potential hires.

After the liberal arts fair there will be a special session with resumé aid and mock interviews for enrolled veterans.

Students attending the fair should dress professionally and bring multiple copies of resumés or curriculum vitae.

The University Career Center is rollingout an ambitious schedule of events alongside several new initiatives.

In addition to the standard menu of services offered, the opening of an interview clothing closet is a new project planned to launch in February.

The Career Closet will have a variety of coats, ties and other interview appropriate clothing available for students without access or the means to obtain them.

It is recommended that students register for the job fair on Jobmine, available via the UCC website.

For more information about the job fair, career center or Jobmine, visit sa.utep.edu/careers.

S. David Ramirez may be reached at [email protected].

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S. David Ramirez, Staff Reporter

S. David Ramirez is currently an English and American Literature major wrapping up his final year at UTEP. He has written for the Lakefront, the Thing Itself literary magazine, the Tejano Tribune and The Prospector. When not striving for journalistic excellence, he helps organize fandom conventions around the Lone Star State, including El Paso Wintercon and San Japan, San Antonio’s largest Japanese culture and anime convention. He hopes to spend his academic career educating the public about the dangers of Jane Austen and the medicinal benefits of reading the Brontë sisters. His research in popular culture studies has taken him across the nation and he hopes to continue presenting findings on music, media and literature at future conferences. David says his success is due to a pact with the dread Lord Cthlulhu of R’ley fame, but he may just be reading too much H. P. Lovecraft in his off time. He is currently applying to graduate schools for communication rhetoric or writing and rhetoric. If you, or someone you know, is on these admissions boards, please contact him directly.