Kelley Career and Internship Fair-Working with Students

I recently got the pleasure to work with 2 outstanding Kelley students, among others, planning the Kelley Career and Internship Fair.   What a great experience!  These 2 students planned most details about the career fair.  They communicated with employers, ordered tables for the event, handled the decorations and placement of the tables,  made presentations to students  in classrooms, marketed the event and assisted with the so many details it takes to put on a job fair-while being full time students.   They did an excellent job!  Over 225 students took advantage of the Kelley Career Fair, which was held on Tuesday, April 14^th.   It is so great to see students stepping up and taking control of what events happen on campus.  

You see, students have not bought in into the events that the Career Planning Office has planned in years past. We have held many "Meet the Recruiter" events and have had only 9 students show up.  It is quite a long event when you have more employers there than students.   Our office is looking to do many more events partnered with student groups.   I have seen how students can encourage other students to participate and attend their events.   This is also another experiential learning event.  Both students are marketing majors and they both got solid experience that they can list on their resumes.  They also got exposure to employers and both got interviews partly due to their planning of this event.  This is a win-win situation for students, employers and our office.  Students will get the experience of planning events along with the exposure to prospective employers.  We get the advantage of guaranteeing our employers that many students will be attending these events.  With Kelley student groups, we intend to plan many more events! 

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