This past week I had the opportunity to attend the Fall Career Fair. If you missed out, don’t worry, you didn’t miss much. I’m not sure why I set myself up for such disappointment, though. For the record, every Career Fair sponsored by Career Service has been disappointing. How many people actually get jobs from these shindigs? Two, three?Fifty-two miles to the west in Aggieland, their career fair hosted companies such as Dell, Phillip Morris, Chevron Texaco and other industry-leading corporations. While they’re hosting prosperous Fortune 500 companies, I was talking to Mervyn’s about stocking socks and folding underwear.The problem is this: career services do not give students enough opportunity for corporate exposure on the university level. Sure, they bring in decent job opportunities for students interested in becoming police officers or government lackeys, but they forgot an important rule: what you do for one, you must do for all. Doesn’t my major count? Don’t you think that the first job is the hardest to find, in addition to being the most important?I will give you credit though. This summer, I signed up for the “jobs” mailing list. Of the four that I received, I was most impressed with the exciting opportunity of working for “The Mattress Firm” as a switchboard operator. I’m being facetious of course, but give me a break. Do all the graduating seniors and juniors a favor – out source yourself to someone who knows what they’re doing.
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Career Services: Give me a break
January 1, 1970
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