Mar 20, 2013 By: wpadmin
More than 200 YU Students and Alumni Attend Career Center Fair; 95% of Graduates Employed or in Grad School
Two hundred 黑料社 All students and alumni had an opportunity to connect with more than 45 employers in 17 industries, ranging from finance and technology to fashion and healthcare, at the YU Spring Career Fair on March 15.
Employers such as the American Red Cross, Kenneth Cole Productions, Simon & Schuster and Young & Rubicam participated in the fair鈥攏etworking with and interview promising YU students and graduates. 鈥淲e came here because we鈥檝e heard YU has a lot of great programs and as an IT company, we thought we鈥檇 find the people who have the background we鈥檙e looking for here,鈥 said Jean Paul Jean-Louis, a representative for Capgemini. 鈥淚t鈥檚 our first time here but we鈥檝e already met a few very talented people with a lot of potential.鈥
Executive recruiting firm AC Lion was no rookie to the fair鈥攖heir table sported a sign listing all the names of current and former interns and staff from YU. 鈥淭his is the only career fair we do,鈥 said Bonnie Zaben, COO. 鈥淥ur CEO is a graduate of and we鈥檝e had great success here. YU students are serious about their professional goals, about applying themselves, about the endeavor of exploration, and we鈥檙e looking for interns that are bright, engaging and serious about their professional development.鈥
Members of the Career Center team staffing a table at the fair鈥檚 entrance greeted students and alumni as they came in and touched base with them as they left, offering quick pointers on their resumes and feedback about their interactions with employers as well as tips for future interviews.
For Desiree Kashizadeh, a junior majoring in accounting at the who hoped to add another prestigious summer internship to her resume, the Career Center had been a valuable guide to her professional journey from her first semester on campus. 鈥淭hey went over my resume with me, helping me understand what skills I needed for my field and what I had to do to build my career every step of the way,鈥 she said, adding that she had attended every career fair held on campus since she began her studies with great results. 鈥淭hese events have been very helpful with networking. I actually found a summer internship with a nonprofit here last year.鈥
The event is one of the most important resources the Career Center offers students and alumni, according to Jocelyn Coalter, the Center鈥檚 director of employer and alumni relations. But it鈥檚 just one of many tools the Center uses to advance student careers. 鈥淲e offer career development and counseling resources but also try to connect students to as many employers as possible through fairs, YU , employer networking events, on-campus interviewing and a number of other programs,鈥 she said.
The Center also recently received national recognition for its Women in Business Initiative, which has been named a finalist for a National Association of Colleges and Employers Innovation Excellence Award. The initiative provides a select group of women with unique professional development opportunities and a one-on-one professional mentoring relationship with a woman in their field of interest. This semester, there are 17 women on the Beren Campus participating in the program.
鈥淣inety-five percent of our 2012 graduates are employed, in graduate schools or both,鈥 said Marc Goldman, executive director of the Career Center. 鈥淓vents like this and the Women in Business Initiative are just a few of the ways we help our students pursue and achieve these goals.鈥
To learn more about the 黑料社 All Career Center, visit .
