[383] MTSU Students, Potential Employers Will 'Speed Network' Employment Opportunities Exchange Set March 29 in JUB Tennessee Room

Release date: March 24, 2010


News & Public Affairs contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or jweiler@mtsu.edu
Employment Opportunities Exchange contact: Dr. Katie Kemp, 615-898-2346
or kkemp@mtsu.edu

MTSU Students, Potential Employers Will ‘Speed Network’
Employment Opportunities Exchange Set March 29 in JUB Tennessee Room

(MURFREESBORO, TN) – Organizers say it’s like speed dating, but the Employment Opportunities Exchange is more like MTSU students “speed networking” with prospective employers.
The annual Employment Opportunities Exchange will be held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 29, in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building, said Dr. Katie Kemp, assistant professor in the MTSU Department of Management and Marketing.
The “exchange” aims to help 2010 and 2011 graduates meet recruiters seeking employees in sales, marketing and management.
“Using the ‘exchange’ format, employers will have the opportunity to share their information with many more students than time would allow at a typical career fair,” said Kemp, who added that employers should bring multiple representatives to share in presentation duties.
At 11:30 a.m. and following employer registration and an employer/faculty brunch and recruitment discussion, the first exchange begins. Recruiters will rotate from table to table in timed sessions of approximately 10 to 15 minutes each, briefly sharing career opportunities with small groups of students seated at tables. When the bell rings, the recruiters move to another table.
Kemp said the recruiters would be trying “to sell his or her company to the students and entice them to choose their recruiting table during Exchange Part II.”
At 2 p.m., the Exchange Part II begins.
“Students choose the companies in which they’re interested, present resumes and have one-on-one time with recruiters, ‘selling’ themselves to recruiters,” Kemp said.
For more information, call Kemp at 615-898-2346 or e-mail her at kkemp@mtsu.edu.

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