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Job fair offers opportunities for educators

By Robert Baird | February 25, 2013

More than 500 students and non-students attended the Educator’s Job Fair to connect with potential employers from several states. “There are 71 registered school districts here today,” said employer relations specialist Barbara Kaufmann, who helped...

Senior finance major, Kevin Rogina talks with a recruiter from New York Life Insurance Company about employment opportunities at the Job Fair held in the Convocation center on Wednesday.

NIU students look at prospective opportunities at job fair

By Kevin Steiger | February 20, 2013

More than 1,000 students and alumni sought their dream job at the 39th spring job fair Wednesday. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. students, alumni and the public had the opportunity to meet company recruiters in person at the Convocation Center. Attendees dressed...

Career Services to put on several fairs in February

By Lindsey Rodriguez | February 6, 2013

Pull out those resumes--it’s time for “Huskies Get Hired.” Career Services has put together a series of fairs and workshops to help students clean up their resumes and find jobs after graduation. “We began keeping records in 1988 [of NIU’s workshops...

DeKalb to host WorkNet Job fair

By Maria Ahmad | October 11, 2012

The Illinois WorkNet Center of DeKalb will host a job fair Friday for residents of DeKalb seeking a career. The fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Community Outreach Center, 2500 N. Annie Glidden Road. About 21 employers from the...

Internship, job fairs come to Convo

By Hailey Kurth | February 20, 2012

The Convocation Center will be turned into a place of competition Tuesday and Wednesday as NIU students fight for the attention of each employer during various fairs.An internship fair will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, and a full-time job fair...

Students network at NIU’s 24th annual job fair

By Alex Fiore | February 23, 2011

NIU students and alumni gathered in the Convocation Center on Tuesday in search of an elusive commodity: employment. Career Services sponsored its 24th annual job fair, where current NIU students and alumni had the opportunity to meet with 136 potential...

Amit Aher, computer science graduate student, speaks with Bill Jahncke of Allstate Insurance during the Career Services Fall Job Fair on Wednesday afternoon in the NIU Convocation Center. Allstate Insurance was one of over 125 employers in attendance at the annual fair.

Job Fair’s popularity increases

By Ryan Chambers | October 20, 2010

The bi-annual Full-time Job Fair took place yesterday seeing a significant increase in attendance, to which some are crediting the economic upturn. “It was great to see so many employers out this time,” said senior accounting major Robert Payne. “I...