20 Oct 2020

SAU Students Connected with Industry Representatives During Virtual Career Fair

Virtual Industry Workshop In Session

The 2020 SAU Virtual Career Fair was held on Thursday, October 15, 2020. The full day virtual event was hosted by the Career Exploration, Mentoring and Professional DevelopmentDepartmentunder the leadership of Interim Director Dr. Trish Harleston.

The Career Fair – Virtual Edition connected over 50 students with industry representatives from 20 different organizations for a day of networking, interviews, workshops and group sessions. Therewasa total of 5 group events throughout the day that allowed students the opportunity to meet via virtual platform with Organizational Executives and Recruiters. A total of 70 students created professional profiles via theKnow.Careersplatform used for the event. The platform allowed students to record a Video Profile (elevator speech) that was visible to the participating company professionals along withtheirresume.

Students had an opportunity to be randomly selectedto winthree door prizes during the event. Listed below are the winners from the School of Business, Management and Technology and the School of Humanities, Education, Social & Behavioral Sciences:

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$100 winner – Bernard Zandonda, 2023 Computer Information Systems Major

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$75 winner – Danielle Scantlebury, 2020 Accounting Major

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$50 winner – India Frederick, 2021 Criminal Justice Major

Congratulations toallthe students whoparticipated in these opportunities with ourindustry partners.

I am blown away by my experience with SAU so far. The 2 pm session you helped get the word out on went beyond my expectations. Your students were prepared, thoughtful, engaged, and there was 3 pages of attendees (and more who weren’t on video!). This is far beyond some of the experiences we’ve had with other institutions, so thank you.” Bill Nave, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley

We had 13 students in our first session, which was the most out of any school so far. We were very impressed that everyone showed up in professional attire, they were engaged and asked great questions.” ErikaClausson, Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant, Channel Advisor