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A packed Reed Arena at the Fall 2014 Engineering Career Fair sets the tone for the upcoming spring fair.
Engineering career fair could break attendance mark
By Katy Stapp
The spring engineering career fair may set
new records again this year, as the number
of attending companies and students is expected
to break 2014’s record with the addition of a
second day.
Registered company attendance is 50 percent
greater than last year, and student-company in
terviews will now be offered throughout Reed
Arena’s concourse area. Student Engineers’
Council — the organization responsible for
engineering’s semesterly career fairs — decided
to make the jump from a one-day to two-day
spring career fair on Tuesday and Wednesday
to accommodate a greater number of engineer
ing firms.
Melinda McClure, SEC president, said when
company registration numbers exceeded their
expectations in Spring 2014, they decided to
make the Spring 2015 career fair in Reed Arena
a two-day event.
“It truly sets a precedent to have two two-
day career fairs in one year,” McClure said. “It
attests to the quality of our engineers.”
McClure said while registration for the two-
-day Spring Fair was expected to fill quickly,
company registration did not sell out. Still, 200
more booths in Reed Arena will be filled with
recruiters, a more-than-50 percent increase
from last year’s spring fair, setting the total
number of booths at a record-breaking 504.
“The prime time for recruitment is typically
in the fall,” McClure said. “So companies just
aren’t used to doing major recruitment in the
spring. Still, I have no doubt that we will have
it filled in the future. ”
Michelle Wise, SEC career fair co-chair.
said in addition to an increase in the number of
companies attending the fair, many of the com
panies have registered to attend for the full two
days to maximize facetime with the students.
“Because we have more booths available this
year, we have also seen a rise in first-time at
tendees,” Wise said. “Many of these new com
panies have become interested in attending as
a result of hearing about the highly regarded
reputation of A&M students and the hiring suc
cesses of companies that went to the career fair
previously.”
To make up for the extra space that was
planned for spring fair, the SEC teamed up
with the Career Center to utilize the space for
company representatives to conduct interviews
with the students.
“The second day of fair, we will have the
entire upper concourse of Reed Arena used for
interviews,” McClure said. “That way, compa
nies can get those done while they’re on cam
pus and be more encouraged to hire students.”
Ervin Polasek, SEC vice president of de
velopment, said SEC leaders planned ahead to
make sure any extra space from the career fair’s
expansion would be utilized.
“We had a few options for the consequences
of not tilling up both days,” Polasek said. “So
about two and a half weeks ago we made the
decision to contact the Career Center. I let
them know what our idea was about having
interviews, and sure enough, they agreed. They
kind of took the reins on planning the whole
thing. ”
The engineering career fair will take place
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday
in Reed Arena.
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Which podcast
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Aimee Breaux Managing Editor
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