The hustle and bustle of career fair season is now coming to an end, as Greenlee’s Jumpstart Career Fair took place yesterday afternoon from 12 o’clock to 4 o’clock in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.
Leading up to the event, Greenlee’s Prepare for the Fair series gave students an incentive to get their career fair necessities in order well before the day of the fair. Students had the opportunity to redeem free size upgrades, food, and discounts for the simple price of showing their cashier one of their multiple career fair requirements.
Throughout the week, students prepared their professional outfits, resumes, cover letters, thank you emails, elevator speeches and their portfolios. They also had some practice researching companies visiting the career fair as one of the days required students to tell their cashier three companies they were interested in speaking with.
“This year students seemed a lot more confident as they were walking around talking with various companies, I’m glad the series had such a positive impact!” said Leslie Ginder, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Career Services Coordinator.
Although the series was aimed predominantly towards Greenlee students, it was a hit amongst all students at Iowa State University, and at times the lines went out the door of the various businesses across campus as students were waiting to redeem their prizes.
“We’re pretty much always busy here at Caribou because college students are all so dependent on coffee, but this week blew us all out of the water, I’ve never seen our line so long,” said Nate Carlson, a part-time barista at the Caribou Coffee on campus.
The overwhelming success of this year’s series has Greenlee staff excited for next year, and planning has already begun. If you would like to join the student committee for planning the series, please email jumpstartprep@gmail.com!