| Show C i Jobless Job Expo Can Help J Second largest event ven this year hits LAC LAG By Brian J J. J Shaw in Editor-in-Chief f r On Ori April 10 from 9 am a.m. to 3 pm p.m. the Lifetime Activities Center will fill to its capacity with businesses including blah blah blah blab and With the current economy economy economy my being leing what it is Associate Professor of Marketing Barbara Willet is new to the landscape of Utah having arrived from Mississippi to teach just a year ago However she is very familiar familiar familiar famil famil- with problems students are facing in a job market that is ultra-competitive ultra and stressful and would like to help in any anyway anyway anyway way she can We want to give the students opportunities to speak to to employers said Willett Sh She is convinced that every booth in inthe inthe inthe the LAC will be sold to businesses businesses busi bus inesse i- i nesses nesse at 85 dollars each so they can conduct their heir interviews and get to know each student along with making back the money they've spent for this event We hope students will find a future career and we can assure them of enough prospective employers employ employ- ers h s she e Sal said d Also we have several of the employment agencies coming out said Willett as she rattled off the list of businesses who have already committed and that will include full time part time and temporary employers employ employ- ers to fill every niche in the job market today The event h has s grown to almost five times its size since its inception where its roots were laid down in the College Center Willett believes students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents can assure employers that there is enough interest from those who dont don't want to flip burgers after they graduate and move on into a career they can feel comfortable doing To entice fellow Bruins sh she has arranged for some of the businesses like Abbott Technologies to give giveaway giveaway giveaway away prizes at the door Other employers will also donate their i t. t f 1 wares as well And one other thing A Hummer will be parked outside of the LAC building as will a climbing wall and bungee run run R And all according to Willett will be free and that includes continental breakfast In fact the f. f only thing in the buil building li g that will cost anything is lunch sold sold for a seemingly reasonable 2 fee Her 1910 class has worked long hours in her view 1 and deserves to see the fruits of their labor go to good use The annual Job Expo is sponsored by Abbott t I Laboratories Fed Ex Ground r Fed Ex Air Comm Comm and 1 A SOS Staffing j |
