For this assignment I chose to attend the HireArizona Job
Fair at Chase Field on December 3rd. Current ASU and NAU alumni and
students were invited to participate in this free event. I will be completing a
degree in Public Service and Public Policy next semester. I am very excited to
see what opportunities will be available to me once I finally obtain my degree.
A link on ASU’s website for the career fair informed me that
I must register online before I could attend the event. Once I registered I
received several emails that gave directions to the event and the information
for free parking. The day before the event, I received an invitation to attend
a free webinar session that would explain how to “maximize my time at the
event”. Unfortunately I had to work during the time that the webinar was
scheduled so I was not able to attend.
I work just a couple blocks away from Chase Field, so I was
able to attend during my lunch hour. I was disappointed to see that there were
not many government organizations to apply with. The only government agencies
that I found were Phoenix Police Department and Arizona Department of Economic
Security. All of the other organizations that were present were from the
private sector and they were offering jobs related to technology (software
developers, system administrators, etc.) There were a few agencies in the
medical, banking and marketing industry.
Kristina,
ReplyDeleteI heard and knew of the Job Fair but I was unable to attend due to my schedule. Another colleague of mine in my last class attended and say a lot about it. That's pretty cool through your registration you got invited to a webinar focused on you "maximizing your time at the event" but unfortunate you schedule didn't only you to watch it. It sounds like it wasn't that bad other than the fact there was not to many government agencies. I really enjoyed reading your blog. Good luck.
SKYE