连续第三学期，密苏里大学 - 斯特大学。必威是大平台吗路易斯的学生和校友实际上与潜在的雇主在大学最新的一年一度职业博览会上建立了联系。

UMSL职业服务组织了2021年秋季虚拟实习和招聘会, which was held Sept. 17. Once again, Career Services utilized a digital format to help stem the spread of the COVID-19. Director of Career ServicesTeresa Balestrerisaid most universities and colleges are continuing to hold digital or blended career fairs, rather than strictly in-person events.

This semester’s event attracted 111 employers, and 419 students and graduates visited the Career Fair Plus platform. Overall, recruiters held 1,114 meetings, and attendees spent more than 278 hours connecting with a variety of employers.

Balestreri noted that this represented a 25% increase in employer participation and a 10% increase in candidate engagement over last fall’s fair, which was the first to be held virtually.

她补充说，增加的参与度似乎支持了National Association of Colleges and Employers表明学士学位毕业生的就业市场几乎与2019年相同。

“What that signals is a positive outlook for the class of 2021,” Balestreri said. “It also gives signals for a positive outlook for the class of 2022. This is really great to see that college graduates are experiencing pre-COVID levels of opportunity.”

Like the two previous fairs, attendees created profiles on the Career Fair Plus app that included details such as major, graduation year, resume and LinkedIn information.

Through the app, they were able to search employers using a variety of filters and schedule 10-15 -minute individual meetings with recruiters or more informal group meetings. Employers used the latter to hold general information sessions about their organizations.

Balestreri said students and employers have become familiar with the app by this point, and it helped both sides easily navigate the day.

“Once you use any platform, it’s a little bit easier,” Balestreri said. “Employers that are returning that want to hire UMSL folks are the ones already in the system, so they’re used to it.”

Katie Flaschar, a senior campus recruiter for Cushman & Wakefield, concurred.

“I really enjoy using Career Fair Plus,” she said. “It’s very intuitive, and it seems like it’s easy for both the employer and the students. It makes the whole event a lot more successful when everyone feels confident with the platform.”

库什曼和韦克菲尔德is a commercial real estate services firm, and Flaschar has been coming to UMSL for the past three years. She views it as one of her top schools for local talent.

Flaschar指出，Cushman＆Wakefield拥有全球影响力，但它在圣路易斯地区为美国提供了大量入门级招聘。过去，她主要雇用了会计，商业和金融专业。但是，如果公司渴望在快节奏的环境中学习和工作，则该公司愿意从任何学科雇用学生和毕业生。

她说：“我们雇用了所有不同的背景，这对UMSL非常感谢。”“有许多不同的专业和来自不同背景的学生。这就是我们正在寻找的事情 - 可以从各个角度为公司带来多样性的顶尖人才。”

它是Flaschar忙碌的一天。在一个ll, she met with about 25 people.

她说：“真是太棒了。”“当我看到UMSL学生的完整时间表时，我总是很高兴，这就是我得到的。他们出现了专业人士。他们准备好给我投球并了解我们，我认为他们带来了一场比赛。”

Senior Alex Reyes was one of the students who showed up to the fair ready to impress. The accounting major met with six employers at the fair: Armanino, BKD, CliftonLarsonAllen, KEB, RubinBrown and UHY.

事先，雷耶斯通过广泛研究出席的公司，检查可用职位，办公室位置以及他们通常雇用的学校。他安排了与他认为最适合他的公司的会议，还更新了他的LinkedIn个人资料并精打了简历。

他说：“我在职业博览会上的主要目标是与一些我感兴趣的公司的招聘人员与招聘人员进行一段时间的面对面时间。”“我希望招聘人员以无法通过简历传达的方式认识我。职业博览会提供了一个很好的机会来发展和加强这些个人联系。”

Overall, the meetings went well for Reyes. He appreciated the one-on-one time with recruiters, which allowed him to have in-depth conversations. Thus far, the fair has already led to one interview, a few phone calls and several emails about available positions.

After graduation, Reyes plans to earn his CPA license and go into public accounting. Where that will be is still up in the air, though.

“One of the paths I’m exploring is potentially moving out West and working somewhere like California, Seattle or Denver,” he said. “It’s been exciting to find out what opportunities are out there.”

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