Tuesday's career fair teeming with opportunities: the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Three colleges join together, interview preparation important
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For the first time ever, the colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Business and Engineering career fairs will combine into one fair that will nearly overflow Hilton Coliseum from noon–6 p.m. Tuesday.
“The biggest challenge was deciding to combine this with the Engineering Career Fair,” said Kimberly Caponi, associate director of LAS Career Services. “Although similar, the two are logistically different.”
Because the spring career fair is always slightly smaller than the fall, Caponi said the department didn’t think there would be enough business coming to justify the expense of using Hilton to host the event.
“It’s great that this is such a large event when the economy is so discouraging,” Caponi said. “It’s sold out, so we’re really pleased.”
During the past week students have had the opportunity to take advantage of the Career Services’ workshops.
Mock interviewing is one way students can prepare for the Career Fair.
“Generally students are not very prepared for the professional world,” said Amy Higgins, senior in history and a mock interviewer for LAS Career Services.
“They don’t have a long work history and usually have no experience in job interviews.”
Higgins wants students to take advantage of mock interviewing because she feels “like a lot of people don’t really know about it.”
“We videotape the whole thing and have an evaluation sheet to let students know positive things and things they can improve on [in their interviews],” Higgins said.
“It’s important for students to maintain a professional personality, which is difficult because they’re in an informal setting everyday.”
Caponi said students have the responsibility to go to the Career Fair and give employers a good impression of Iowa State so they will continue to come back.
“We had some students this fall in shorts and T-shirts,” Caponi said.
“This is not a party atmosphere; you need to dress up like you’re going to an interview.”
Caponi also said although it may be intimidating, it’s better for students to go as freshmen than as a senior.
“If you go as a freshman, then by the time you’re a senior you’ll be confident and will know what to expect,” Caponi said.
Nearly every major will be represented at the fair. The Career Fair is even a great opportunity for open option majors, especially since there are so many of them in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
“It’s also a good place to think about what you want to major in,” Caponi said.
Liberal Arts and Sciences majors have a diversity that could work anywhere, Caponi said.
“Almost any organization probably has a position that a LAS major could fill, it just takes a little more digging [on behalf of the student,]” Caponi said.
“Recruiters are looking for stars and people who stand out.”
“The biggest challenge was deciding to combine this with the Engineering Career Fair,” said Kimberly Caponi, associate director of LAS Career Services. “Although similar, the two are logistically different.”
Because the spring career fair is always slightly smaller than the fall, Caponi said the department didn’t think there would be enough business coming to justify the expense of using Hilton to host the event.
“It’s great that this is such a large event when the economy is so discouraging,” Caponi said. “It’s sold out, so we’re really pleased.”
During the past week students have had the opportunity to take advantage of the Career Services’ workshops.
Mock interviewing is one way students can prepare for the Career Fair.
“Generally students are not very prepared for the professional world,” said Amy Higgins, senior in history and a mock interviewer for LAS Career Services.
“They don’t have a long work history and usually have no experience in job interviews.”
Higgins wants students to take advantage of mock interviewing because she feels “like a lot of people don’t really know about it.”
“We videotape the whole thing and have an evaluation sheet to let students know positive things and things they can improve on [in their interviews],” Higgins said.
“It’s important for students to maintain a professional personality, which is difficult because they’re in an informal setting everyday.”
Caponi said students have the responsibility to go to the Career Fair and give employers a good impression of Iowa State so they will continue to come back.
“We had some students this fall in shorts and T-shirts,” Caponi said.
“This is not a party atmosphere; you need to dress up like you’re going to an interview.”
Caponi also said although it may be intimidating, it’s better for students to go as freshmen than as a senior.
“If you go as a freshman, then by the time you’re a senior you’ll be confident and will know what to expect,” Caponi said.
Nearly every major will be represented at the fair. The Career Fair is even a great opportunity for open option majors, especially since there are so many of them in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
“It’s also a good place to think about what you want to major in,” Caponi said.
Liberal Arts and Sciences majors have a diversity that could work anywhere, Caponi said.
“Almost any organization probably has a position that a LAS major could fill, it just takes a little more digging [on behalf of the student,]” Caponi said.
“Recruiters are looking for stars and people who stand out.”
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