Almost 170
employers attend annual event at Murphy Center
MURFREESBORO,
Tenn. — Resume in hand as well as a few nerves, MTSU senior Brandon Miller
of Clarksville, Tennessee, joined hundreds of his classmates and hundreds more
alumni making the rounds of the Murphy Center track Thursday to talk with the
dozens of employers on hand for the annual Fall Career Fair.
“I’m coming up into my
senior year, so I really want to see what’s out there,” said Miller, a Jones
College of Business finance major scheduled to graduate in August. “I’m hoping
for a couple of job opportunities, but I will look for internships as well.”
Hosted by the Career
Development Center of Middle Tennessee State University, the fair was free and
open to all MTSU students and alumni. This year’s fair drew almost 170
employers, a 20 percent increase from last year, as well as a number of graduate/professional
schools.
“The Midstate is
obviously booming and a lot of people are hiring,” said Dusty Doddridge,
assistant director of the Career Development Center, who noted that the fair
was the largest in several years. “It’s a great opportunity to work on your
resume, work on your elevator speech and work on your networking skills. It’s
an event where everybody can come away with something.”
The Fall Career Fair is
the only campuswide career fair of the academic year, so many students and
alumni donned their best business attire to make the right impression with
prospective employers, which ranged from airlines to financial services and
from construction management to state and federal government.
Graduate student Hameeda
Saleem, a computer information systems major and native of India, said she looked
at the Career Development Center’s website before coming to the fair to review
the list of employers and decide which ones she would target.
“I already applied to
some positions through their websites, so I’m giving them a hard copy of my
resume,” said Saleem, who was glad the career center provided attendees with a
map of employer booths. “I didn’t expect it do be this huge.”
Participating employers were
hiring for professional entry-level positions and/or career-related
internships/co-ops. Corporate sponsors were Enterprise-Rent-A-Car, EFC Systems
and Air Wisconsin.
The Career Development
Center is a centralized comprehensive center that serves all students in each
of MTSU’s nine colleges. Students may come to the center’s office in Room 328
of Keathley University Center for walk-in advising, resume critique and more.
Scheduled appointments are also available with career advisors. Alumni services
are outlined on the center’s website.
For more information
about the Fall Career Fair or the Career Development Center, call 615-898-2500
or visit http://www.mtsu.edu/career.
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