At an interview, the employer remembers a student s personality from having met with them before. Lee adds that the fair is also a great way to gather more information on prospective employers by talking to representatives and picking up company brochures. On Oct. 2, NYU will host a panel on Internet and multimedia careers. Many students may feel that they are not qualified for work at Internet companies because of a lack of technical knowledge. But jobs at Web sites are not for computer science majors only.
New media is a growing field for any major.
Past career fairs have been successful in finding many students long-term employment. Trudy Steinfeld, director of Career Services, says that career fairs also give underclassmen the chance to explore organizations and establish contacts that could potentially lead to a full-time job after graduation. Steinfeld has high expectations for the fair. We ve been doing career fairs for about 12 years, Steinfeld said. Each year they ve grown and expanded.