Students give Education Week a passing grade
They came with their updated resumes and best smiles, ready to meet their future head on. Dozens of future teachers, counselors and school administrators filed into the USU last for the Education Job Fair and many found promising leads.
Representatives from public and private schools, district officials and guidance counselors offered advice and tips, pens and candy to current students and those working on their multiple subject credentials, who wandered from table to table.
鈥淭his is way better than going on Indeed.com, where I look all the time,鈥 said psychology student Yaritza Leon, who is set to graduate in May. 鈥淚t鈥檚 better to be seen and ask the questions you have to someone in person.鈥
Leon鈥檚 friend, Alejandra Guadarrama was excited to find a potential job opportunity in Seattle. While most of the officials were from schools in California, some traveled from as far away as Washington, D.C.
鈥淚 came last year but wasn鈥檛 prepared,鈥 Guadarrama, a psychology major, said. 鈥淭his time, I鈥檓 prepared with my resume.鈥
Bryn Siegelman, who is working on her multiple subject credential, said it鈥檚 nice to have all these employers in one spot. Communications studies major Christian Ortiz agreed.
鈥淚t鈥檚 more accessible for us and it鈥檚 a good opportunity for people in college to show their skills,鈥 Ortiz said.
The Job Fair capped off Education Week, a host of activities put on by. It featured timely lectures, informative panels, workshops and social mixers.
