UTEP’s Career Center held its Work at UTEP Job Fair Sept. 3 to Sept. 4, a two-day event inviting students attending UTEP to stop by and explore on-campus employment opportunities.
The event encouraged students to network with the organizations in attendance, allowing them to become familiar with what the university has to offer, while letting recruiters offer jobs to students.
Different departments across campus ranging from the University Writing Center to the Office of Student Financial Aid were available for students to talk.
“There are departments here from all over campus that have come together here at the at Work at UTEP Fair,” said Xitlali Aguirre, an employer relations student assistant. “Whether it’s to offer positions for students and to give more information about what they do as well.”
Some of the resources offered at the fair included resume reviews, which allowed students to apply for jobs on the spot.
“Our (Career Center) table here at Work at UTEP is offering a mini version of the same resources that we offer in office,” said Aguirre. “We’re showing students that they have the opportunity to go do a resume review come back and then and show their resume to some of the departments here.”
Students like senior Dominik Perkins found the fair to be a crucial resource for finding a job while being in college, as many outside jobs do not work around college schedules.
“I would recommend going to any job fair, but probably specifically this one especially because they work with student schedules,” said Perkins. “I think that’s a big thing with students as we struggle to find a job that accommodates to our school schedules so the job fair is exactly that.”
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, roughly 40% of full-time college students are employed.
With this fair, students can come closer to finding a middle ground between a college education and a job.
“I’m just excited to get an opportunity to work on campus,” said Perkins. “We’re on campus so much and going to our classes all the time, it almost feels like home in a way, so working on campus seems like a good opportunity.”
As the fair wraps up, students can walk out with new insights of what the campus has to offer and potentially a new job.
The Work at UTEP Job Fair is just one of many employment opportunities given by the Career Center, as next will be the Career Expo, happening Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 at the Don Haskins Center.
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