Job fair changes open event for local community and students alike Leslie Conder SLL Staff Writer Job Fair gives gifts advice Leslie Conder SLL Staff Writer Tootsie Roll pops gum and pens with different company logos were just some of the treats gathered at the first sponsored co-sponsored Job Fair on Tuesday June 20 at the South City Campus The Utah Department of Workforce Services teamed up with the Skills Center for the event I 1 am anxious to see how this all works out said Kevin Springer employment specialist J y r F J 1 r t f Photo by Joseph W. W Bateman Visitors get career information from many booths including this L 3 Communications booth at South City Campus at the Skills Center and coordinator coordinator coordinator of the event We have done quite a few job fairs in the past but it has been a couple of years since we hosted one Springer credits the strong econ econ- omy for companies wanting to tobe tobe tobe be a part of the job fair The employment growth rate in Utah is at 45 percent The state has not experienced such growth since 1997 according to the Department of Workforce Services The job fair fail differed from the annual job fair sponsored by the 1910 class held annually annual annual- ly at the end of Spring Semester in the LAC building on Redwood Campus open only to students This sponsored co-sponsored fair was open to students as well as the public Companies were spread throughout the main floor Employment workshops inter- inter on skills identification Fair continued on page 3 A Job Fair included more than just students Continued from Front Page v viewing resume writing and dressing for success were held Many attended the job fair for its intended purpose to find a ajob ajob ajob job though the majority of those attending the job fair were not students The popular questions that companies were faced with were How much do you pay What positions do you have available What type of benefits benefits benefits bene bene- fits do you offer Students who were in attendance added Do you offer tuition reimbursement reimburses reimburse reimburse- ment Others students and non- non students alike arrived with ulterior ulterior motives including student student student stu stu- stu- stu dent Jared Visser who said he came for the free stuff An assortment of companies participated in the job fair ranging ranging rang rang- ing from UPS to Zions Zion's Bank Companies set up their booths attracting the public with appealing appealing appealing appeal appeal- ing logos logo's stamped free stuff The company's representatives were excited to be there and tell others about their company They also had tips for what their company company com com- company pany looks for on a resume aswell aswell as aswell well as guidelines for interview interview- ing In a perfect interview the candidate would have a positive attitude confidence ask a lot of questions along with having good responses said Kirk Gratton UPS Human Resources Recruiter On a resume I look for it to be clean Does it have pertinent information No fluff Many people benefited from the job fair There was a steady flow of people in attendance who received help for their quest to find a job Springers Springer's initial trepidation trepidation trepidation dation was overruled with how well the fair went We are thinking thinking thinking think think- ing about doing it again he said We will have to sit down and discuss some things but our main motivation is helping the students