Career Day

Wow, talk about not blogging in a long time! I have been so preoccupied with many different things that I just haven’t had the time to sit down and think of something to write about. I really love what I do but boy, it keeps me busy.

Last Friday was Berkeley’s Career Day. Even thought I was not looking for a job, I decided to still attend and network with current and graduated students as well as the different companies that were there. I wanted to have a table set up at the Career Day for my company but I spoke to a woman named Barbara and she told me that they already had enough of companies in my field attending. At first I was bummed to find that out but then I thought that this will just be a great opportunity for me to talk to people.

Many times Career Fairs are frustrating because some companies do not give you much information. Often they tell you to go to their website and look at what positions they have available. When this happens to me I get very frustrated because I didn’t come all the way to the career fair just to be told to go online. If I wanted to just go online I would have saved gas and just gone online. Berkeley Career Day was great. The companies there were friendly and some of them even did interviews on the spot. They had rooms and tables set up just for interviews. They even had group interviews.

Since I did not have a table I walked around and talked to people. When the economy went down the demand for our managers and trainers went up very high and we are currently looking to put a new management team together. Most companies are laying people off but our company is hiring! This makes me so excited. I walked around, asked students what they thought of the fair, and told them about the opportunity that my company is offering. They seemed very excited and I already invited some of them for an interview tomorrow.

It was really nice going back to a school activity and talking to people I know. I ran into many Career Counselors and people who work in Student Development. I talked to them how glad I am that I finally graduated and how well I was doing. I wish I could have seen Dean Hughes because I have worked with him so much but maybe next time!