So the other day I went to the career fiesta to look
at some companies. The top companies that I was looking for were Geico,
Progressive, Allstate, Teach for America, Vanguard, and Arizona Department of
Economic Security. I know these careers are drastically different from each
other, but they are both careers that intrigue me. The MU career fair is huge
and has tons of great name companies that hire there.
While I wasn’t looking for a new job, I still wanted
to go out and throw my name out there to the select companies. As of now I feel
pretty set with Allstate, however, my mother always told me to cover my back
and she suggested going to the career fair. I did and found that all the
companies there are extremely interesting. Vanguard is looking for a client
relation specialist. Gieco is looking into hiring people for their management
development program (MDP). Progressive is looking for another internship job.
Teach for America is looking to hire teachers and progress theme through into
educational policy. The Arizona Department of Economic Security is looking to
hire a multitude of positions and finally Allstate is looking for an associate
regional sales manager.
I found the events at the career fair to be
extremely helpful. I was able to look into all the careers I was interested in
and I was able to look at the positions available in them. If I were given the opportunity
to go to the career fair again I would go again. The career fair is definitely
a good choice for everyone to look into and it really gives you good insight on
what each job position requires.
I like the variety! Always keep your options open, but when you young especially I'd suggest working in the public sector over anything else, it changes your perspective on many things and it truly is the jungle. If you can make it in public service, ethically and efficiently, you can make it anywhere.
ReplyDeleteIt is definitely beneficial that ASU offers career fairs on campus and it seems that you were able to draw some value from attending. However, I have found that career fairs tend to be less applicable the more refined or specific your degree of study is. When I was in undergrad, I only attended on career fair that was actually related to Urban Planning, and thus, these events were not that useful to me. But I agree with you, in that it is useful to know what's out there and what these organizations are looking for in new hires.
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