n the grand scheme of grade point averages, extracurricular activities and various other measures of collegiate success, the steps students need to take in lining up a job for when they graduate are often overlooked.
The job fair from 1-4 p.m. on Thursday at Carroll Knicely Conference Center is an opportunity for students to market themselves to companies of interest.
Companies send recruiters to job fairs to provide information and, more importantly, to interview a large amount of students in a short period of time.
According to The Black Collegian magazine, the top three employers for African Americans are Enterprise Rent-a-Car, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young LLP.
The top three cities for hot jobs are Raleigh-Durham, N.C. for registered nurses, Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Md. for research/nontechnical and teaching and Austin, Texas for software design and engineering, according to Job Choices magazine.
Currently, the most job openings overall can be found in health care and technical fields. Here’s a list of some of the jobs:
*Radiology and Imaging
*Registered Nurses
*Pharmacy
*Medical Technologists and
Technicians
*Medical Records, Health IT,
and Informatics
*Medical and Dental
Practitioners and Therapists
*Medical and Dental
Assistants, Aides, and Other
*LPN and LVN
*Laboratory and Pathology
Services
*Healthcare and Safety
Management
*Cetified Nursing
Assistants/Aids (CNA)
Job opportunities in the technology field:
*Computer Networking
*Computer, IT, and
Mathematical Management
*Consulting Project
Manager – Sofware
*Database/Data Management
*ERP Implementation
*IT Operations
*Mathematical Science
*Software Development
*Software Quality Assurance
*Statistics
*System Security
*Technical Support
*Technical Writing
*Telecommunications
Systems
*Web Development
source: yahoo.com
Reach Scott Hamilton at features@wkuherald.com.
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