{"id":1544,"date":"2015-03-20T14:32:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T18:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comgrad\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2015-03-20T14:34:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T18:34:45","slug":"com-career-fair-networking-for-grads-and-undergrads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comgrad\/2015\/03\/20\/com-career-fair-networking-for-grads-and-undergrads\/","title":{"rendered":"COM Career Fair: Networking for Grads and Undergrads"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ali Parisi<\/strong><\/a>
\nMS Public Relations ’16<\/em><\/a>
\nBU College of Communication<\/em><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

Whenever I ask people for advice on job searching, all I hear is: network.\u00a0 How am I supposed to have time to network while in grad school? How can I go to employers and just strike up a conversation about me and what I want to do with my life?<\/p>\n

Actually,\u00a0I can, and I did!\u00a0 COM\u2019s Career Fair (Feb 24 and 25) gave me that exact opportunity.\u00a0 Over 20 employers from all three communication disciplines came to BU specifically to chat with more than 340 COM students about potential employment opportunities.\u00a0 Among the attendees were Arnold Worldwide, Big Block Productions, Communispace, Gupta Media, Ketchum PR, SHIFT Communications, NESN and WCVB-TV-ABC.<\/p>\n

The career fair was held over two days, with representatives from each company set up at tables.\u00a0 Students could talk to any company that was there, giving them the chance to both learn more about the companies and share about themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe try to get a mix so that all three departments are covered,\u201d says Kelly Forde, Assistant Director of COM Career Services.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re looking for employers that have both internship and full time opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alexis Feinberg, a graduate PR student, was particularly excited to meet with Ketchum PR regarding a potential summer internship.\u00a0 \u201cI wanted to find out more about the program, if they indeed had an internship program, and what it means for a graduate-level student,\u201d she said.\u00a0 More specifically, Feinberg was interested in Ketchum\u2019s subsidiary, Harrison &Shriftman \u2013 a fashion PR firm and showroom based in Miami.\u00a0 \u201cSerena, the Talent Acquisition Manager for Ketchum was more than happy to answer my questions and was open to connecting my information with Harrison &Shriftman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forde describes making connections as just one part of the overall goal at the career fair.\u00a0 \u201cObviously jobs or internships are really the end goals,\u201d said Forde. \u201cIt\u2019s also to practice: to get more comfortable talking to employers, to get more comfortable talking about themselves and selling themselves, and just to kind of up their professionalism.\u201d<\/p>\n

COM Career Services also opened up more resume hours and sent out lists of the companies weeks in advance to give students time to prepare.\u00a0 Ultimately, Forde explains that it is up to the students to come prepared.\u00a0 \u201cShowing that you do your research sometimes is the best way to set yourself apart,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s finding a job, internship, or just introducing yourself to employers, the career fair is a great way to get your name out there and practice.\u00a0 I have to admit, I was a little intimidated since I had never been to one before, but I\u2019m so glad I went.\u00a0 According to Forde,\u201cEvery connection is a good connection.\u201d So why not start connecting?\u00a0 Lord knows I\u2019m going to need a job soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ali Parisi MS Public Relations ’16 BU College of Communication Whenever I ask people for advice on job searching, all I hear is: network.\u00a0 How am I supposed to have time to network while in grad school? How can I go to employers and just strike up a conversation about me and what I … Continue reading COM Career Fair: Networking for Grads and Undergrads<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3725,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37091,1,36962],"tags":[955,37003,4057,37080,37026,37030],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3725"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1544"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1551,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1544\/revisions\/1551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}