Career Fair begins at the LBJ Student Center with a few students arriving early. Career Fair is a great time at Texas State for Mass Communication Students to reach out and begin networking.Businesses at the career fair prepare to give Texas State students a first-hand experience. Meeting official organizations will help students understand what is expected of them at future jobs.
Mass Communication Week at Texas State University is an important time for students. The event invites a variety of businesses in the mass communication field to showcase the many jobs students can expect to apply for after graduation.
Students go around the booths at Career Fair to discuss what the businesses are about and how they may be able to apply for a job.
Shasha McCracken explains what her organization does to an interested student. McCracken continues to explain why students should be excited to gain hands-on videography and photography experience.
Signing up for mailing lists to receive more information is one of the best ways students were able to follow up and stay in touch with the organizations they met.
Denver O’Neal is seen offering up information to Monette Cardona. Cardona is a student interested in radio work so this was the perfect opportunity for her to reach out and begin networking.
Sun Radio 99.9 is primarily stationed in Austin, TX. However, O’Neal felt it was important to reach out to aspiring Texas State students because they may listen in on the local radio.Apple Care Center is another business stationed in Austin, TX. David and Emily were professionals at the booth and they attended the career fair in the hopes of recruiting students to be a part of the apple family. (Last names withheld in the interest of privacy as stated by the representatives.)
Students were seen throughout the event enjoying every aspect of what they were learning. Career Fair was more than just a recruiting opportunity for businesses. The event was an opportunity for all organizations in attendence to engage undergraduate students in real first-hand job experience. Understanding a company and the meaning behind it is an important part of Career Fair.
For students ready to apply for jobs many if not all businesses were accepting resumes. This gave many upperclassmen a chance to further their college experience with possible internships or part-time jobs.
James Chapple is an applied sociology with a minor in mass communication. Even though this career fair may not be his primary focus, Chapple still believes applying to a field in his minor can help him learn.
Chance Brown is a senior with graduation on the horizon. Brown is a general mass communication major who is interested in a job that can help him better narrow the field he wants to focus in on after he leaves college next spring.
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