Spring Career Days at the BJC can be incredibly daunting: tables for huge, brand-name corporations, recruiters scanning like hawks, and flurries of business cards and resumes.To make things even more daunting, it seems like nobody is looking for Liberal Arts majors like us!
As a Network Assistant at the Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network, I want you to know that this is absolutely not the case! Many employers are indeed looking for creative, eloquent, and ambitious people, and there’s no better place to find them than in the College of the Liberal Arts.
So, who should you talk to at the Spring Career Days fair on Monday, February 6 (Bus., Comm., Mgmt, Sales, and Lib Arts day)? I’ve taken some of the work out of the search for you and made the following list of recruiters you should definitely talk to, including a link to each company’s website. Also, so you know what you’re getting into, I also found some sample positions that might be of interest to you as a Liberal Arts major.
Social Media and Internet Communications
Burlington Coat Factory
Sample Jobs: Social and Media Relations Intern
Campus Special, LLC
Mentioned in their overview: Media, Consulting, International Relations
WebpageFX
Sample positions: Social Media Networker, Summer Internship- Internet Marketer
Economics
You don’t necessarily need to be an ECON major to score some of these jobs; these companies just want to see critical thinking…the hallmark of a Liberal Arts scholar!
Bates-White, LLC
Sample Positions: Summer economic consultant
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Sample Positions: Economist
*FERC requires a hard copy of your resume at their booth.
Human Resources
Human resources careers span multiple fields and are in great demand. The following companies are looking for HR personnel:
Mars, Inc. Chocolate North America
Newel Rubbermaid
PPG Industries
Shipley Energy
SRA International
United States Army Recruiting
UPMC
Verizon Corporation
WESCO Distribution
Other
Harrisburg Semester Internship and Seminar Program
Mentioned in their overview: Legislation, Policy, Lobbying
For more information about these employers and others coming to the fair:
- Go to the Nittany Lion Career Network page.
- Click Student Login (in the gray box), and use your AccessID and password.
- Scroll to the bottom right of page, and select “Spring Career Days 2012” to see employer descriptions in a list that you can filter!
Also, you may want to take advantage of some pre-fair activities, listed on the Spring Career Days page, to make you stand out to employers even more.
Going into the fair, remember that it’s perfectly okay to talk to anyone and everyone! Even if you have no interest in a company at the outset, you can always benefit from asking the recruiter for more details. Sometimes the recruiter who comes to the fair is not the same one who registered online, and therefore additional positions might be available! Finally, even if you have no interest in say, a mineral sands company, you can still look at this as a way to get free practice for the next recruiter…who might actually matter to you!
I hope knowing that there are some employers who want you might help make the Fair seem less intimidating, or maybe even make you decide to attend. Best of luck, and see you at the fair!