Students get an early start on career planning

For students wanting to get ahead when it comes to finding a job after graduation, attending a career fair can be a great start. \nOn Nov. 2, the Indiana Multicultural Job Fair will be held in Indianapolis.\nThe fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Indiana Convention Center’s Sagamore Ballroom. Admission is free with a student ID and the cost for students without an ID will be $10, said Janice Nickless, senior associate director for the career development center and arts and sciences career services at IU. \nShe added that this event is open to any student with a degree or students who will soon have a degree. This fair is also open to anyone from any college or university. \nSenior Jordan Cox said he thinks the fair would be a good event to attend since college students do not always know what they should do. \n“A career fair is one of the best ways to figure out what you want to do,” Cox said. \nStudents planning to attend must submit their resumes to be scanned into a database as part of the registration process, said Sarah Zike, business coordinator for the Solution Center at IUPUI. \nThere will be a virtual career fair available one week after the fair that allows employers access to students’ resumes for up to one month, Zike said. \nStudents should dress appropriately since employers at the event will be performing interviews on the spot, Zike said. She added that students are encouraged to bring any extra material such as clips or portfolios. \n“There will be 100 companies from every business cluster attending the fair,” Zike said. \nThe employers at the fair will come from fields such as finance, sales, health care sciences, government and engineering, among others. Some of the companies attending will be Aerotek, American Marketing and Publishing, Five Star Bank and H&R Block, Zike said. \n“There will be lots of business positions being advertised,” Zike said. “There will also be lots of jobs offered in communications, accounting and finance.” \nNinety percent of the jobs offered at the fair are in Indiana; however, there will be positions available in locations other than Indiana as well, Zike said. \nZike said this is a good opportunity for students to come and meet with potential employers face to face. She added that there are definitely jobs available to students through the employers at the fair. \n“This is a great networking opportunity for students,” Zike said. “There are hundreds of jobs for degree or soon-to-be degree students with both profit and non-profit companies.”