I'm
sure you've heard it before: Penn State is the no. 1 most recruited
school in the country. This is a great factoid that reinforces the pride
I feel to be a part of Penn State. Nevertheless, it’s one thing to be
told it and another altogether to experience it when you walk into the
BJC and are confronted by hundreds of companies looking to recruit Penn
State talent and Engineers in particular. This year was my first time
participating in Fall Career Days; it was an exciting, exhausting,
occasionally overwhelming, and wholly rewarding experience.
Fall
Career Days is a yearly event co-sponsored by Career Services and many
other entities within Penn State that helps students connect with
employers. The main attraction, if you will, is the career fair held at
the BJC, which is broken into three events over three days:
non-technical full-time, co-ops and internships, and technical
full-time. This year, 515 organizations registered, a 9% increase over
last year. Alongside the career fair, many organizations (SWE, NSBE
& SHPE to name a few) within the College of Engineering host their
own networking events, ranging from resume workshops to mock interview
sessions and general info sessions.
In
addition to meeting with recruiters during the fair itself or through
one of the many networking events, companies hosted interviews on-site
at the BJC, HUB or Career Services Center. If you were lucky (and talked
to an oil company) you even had the chance to interview at The Tavern!
Some companies made offers before the week was over; for others, second
interviews are just being scheduled and for some companies, interviews
won’t happen until October or later.
