Minority Career Fair
Jobs to come to UNC
By CHERYL WILLIAMS
FEATURE EDITOR
Getting a job is sooner or later on
every student's mind. And Sept.
20-21 students can start looking ear
ly for that summer or permanent job
by attending the third annual
Minority Career Fair.
Over 40 companies will be repre
sented at the two day event to be
held in the Carolina Union.
The fair is co-sponsored by the
University Career Planning and
Placement Services and the Black
Student Movement. It is open to
everyone.
Tom Luten, associate director of
UCPPS, said one purpose of the fair
is to give recruiters a chance to talk
to students and to give them general
career information and also to tell
students what their organization has
to offer. Luten said another purpose
is to give students an opportunity to
identify business contacts that they
can use in the future.
On Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. in the Union
auditorium, students can meet a
panel of MBA students and repre
sentatives from large businesses
speaking about careers. After the
career talk, the BSM will sponsor a
cultural program.
On Sept. 21, the fair will begin at 9
a.m. and last until 5 p.m. in the
Great Hall. Students will be able to
meet representatives from such ma
jor organizations as. Xerox, IBM,
CP&L, Johnson Wax and Proctor and
Gamble. Several banks and gover-
ment agencies will also be repre
sented.
Luten said he was pleased with
the turnout at the previous fairs but
he still encourages more people to
come.
"Last year, more than 50 percent
of the people who attended were
freshmen and sophomores," he said.
"I like that, but I want to see more
juniors and seniors."
"I'd like more students to come
and ask questions," Luten said. "The
more people who come, the more
companies are going to be willing to
come back next year."
Kevin Jones, a senior political
science/pre-Iaw major, is the student
coordinator of the fair. He said that
his job involves working with Luten
and organizing sub-committees to
handle the logistics of the fair.
For students who want to attend
the fair and who feel unprepared,
jones offers some advice.
"The first step is to try to get your
career aspirations written down and
be able to articulate them," he said.
"You must also be familiar with in
terviewing techniques." Jones said
that UCPPS has pamphlets on inter
viewing that would be helpful.
"Decide on who you want to see,"
he said. "Know a little about the
company so you can have an
educated conversation with the per
son and leave a better impression."
Although the atmosphere of the
fair is to be informal, Jones empasiz-
ed attire. He said that students who
are seriously looking for a job
should dress as if they were going
for a real interview. However, he
said that informal dress would be
appropriate for those students who
just want to meet recruiters and in
quire about their companies.
He said freshmen ana
sophomores should come to the fair
also. "They need to come in and ask
questions that will help them decide
whether they want to go into a cer
tain field," he said. "They should
come to ask what kind of courses
they should be taking and to get
some interviewing experience."
"I think the fair turnout is going to
be excellent," he said. "Students
don't have to come and stay the
whole day. They can come between
classes.
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