Career Services will hold a part-time job fair for interested students at UT.
The fair will be held in the UC Ballroom from 2-5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24.
“The event is open to all majors, but students should be aware that this event will not necessarily have jobs within each of their fields,” Russ Coughenour, director of Career Services, said. “This event is a great place to find a job to make some money to make ends meet. It may or may not feature jobs that will complement a student’s major.”
More than 40 companies will be present at the job fair and will include jobs both on and off campus.
Employers that will be in attendance include Boys and Girls Clubs, Citadel Broadcasting, Aramark, First Tennessee, Jewelry TV, SmartBank, Knoxville Utilities Board, ORISE, Pilot Travel Centers and H&R Block.
“It’s a good mix of opportunities for off- and on-campus jobs, plus some of the companies will even be offering full-time positions should students be interested,” Coughenour said.
One tip to make an impression on the employers is to bring a critiqued copy of one’s resume. For tips on how to succeed at the job fair, students can visit careers.utk.edu.
“Student just need to come by preferably earlier in the event as some employers will leave a bit early,” Coughenour said. “Students should bring good, critiqued copies of their resumes and be dressed business casual to professional.”
The part-time job fair is the first event put on by Career Services this year.
“This is our opening recruiting event of the year, so we need students interested in employment to come out and talk with the employer representatives,” Coughenour said.
Other events will include the Career Services Kick-Off Cookout, which will be on Sept. 1, the Social Impact Fair on Sept. 3 and a lecture by Donald Asher entitled “Getting into Graduate School,” which will be hosted in the UC on Sept. 13.
A part-time job is an easy way for students to make money; however, some jobs may cut into the social life of a student.
“I worked at Best Buy this summer and was planning on doing it after classes started,” Tyler Mitchell, senior in economics, said. “I was working a few hours a week and loving the money I was making. Before I started back to classes, I let my manager know my schedule and also told him I didn’t want to work during any of the football games. Well, they came back and told me I would have to work almost every home football game.”
