CALS Career Services is setting aside today for you to get organized for the “10 Days of Career Services” and the Spring Career and Internship Fair February 4th from 4-8 p.m. at the Kohl Center. Today’s theme is “Prepare for the Career Fair!”
Researching organizations coming to the Spring Career and Internship Fair and the Public Service Fair (Thursday, January 31, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.) is a vital part of you being successful while talking to a recruiter. You should have a basic understanding of the companies and organizations you want to talk to and what they do.
There are several resources available to help you achieve this. The best resource available is BuckyNet. On the right hand side of your home page, you can look at the list of employers attending in real time – as they register! Just log-in to your account and click on the events tab. From here you can choose either the Spring Career and Internship Fair or the Public Service Fair. BuckyNet has all of the organizations for both events complete with bio’s of the companies and many have job positions posted. If you do not have an account or are having trouble logging in, email career@cals.wisc.edu with your student id, major and year you plan to graduate and we will get your account set up right away.
CALS Career Services also has numerous handouts available in 116 Ag. Hall that are useful as you prepare. Stop in for a listing of each organization and the majors that they may be interested in. Notice that many companies come to the career fair with intentions of hiring for specific majors, but chances are their company will hire numerous majors. If that specific recruiter is not hiring for your major, ask them if they will forward your resume to the person that is hiring for your major within their company.
You should skim through each list and decide which organizations interest you. Create a ranking with the most important organizations on top and least important on bottom. If there are some larger companies on your list, think about talking to them first because they tend to have longer lines at the career fair. Also, make sure you fully understand each company on your list and be prepared to have conversations with booth representatives.
You should also take time to look over your resume and make additions or changes that may have occured since last semester (don’t forget about your GPA). Having an up-to-date resume is very important when handing these out to employers at the career fair.
Use today to look at events sponsored by CALS Career Services and other career services units across campus you would like to attend. Our calendar is at today.wisc.edu keyword CALS Career Services. Here you can find more information about events that are all in place to help you succeed.
Today is a day of preparation before the work really begins – so today, make sure you prepare for what is coming.
