It is the time of year that many graduating students are looking for that first job after graduation. Auburn University’s Career Development Services is aiding in this search.

On Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, and Wed. Sept. 30, 2009, Career Services will be hosting job fairs at The Hotel at Auburn and Dixon Conference Center. Monday will be for engineering and technical majors and Wednesday will be for business and non-technical majors.

The job fairs will be held from 3 p.m. -7 p.m. on both days. Career Services expect that there will be a large turnout for the event.

“Students need to be thinking about how that first job is going to give them the first professional experience on their resume,” said Karen Pruett, M.Ed, NCC, a career counselor. “It is important for students not to feel like they have to retire from this company, but they do need to go into it with the mindset that they will stay there for a length of time. It’s looking at the company and seeing the opportunities that you could be having to gain valuable skills.”

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Throughout the year, Career Services hosts a business and non-technical and an engineering and technical job fairs during each semester, not including the summer. The day after these job fairs, some companies hold on campus interviews before leaving.

Student interested in attending should go to the career services Web site for the list of businesses that will be attending the career fair. The engineering and technical fair will have 89 companies in attendance and the business and non-technical fair will have 59.

“We have lots of companies coming, and they want to meet Auburn students,” said Pruett.

Pruett wants students to remember that they should come with a positive attitude and dressed business professional. They should have many copies of their resume and possibly their unofficial transcripts to show relevant coarse work and experience.

“It is very important that students research the company that they want to talk to before they get there,” said Pruett. “Part of the process is that students need to know what companies they want to talk to and be able to tell them why they would be a good fit for the company. This is a tough job market, and even when it’s not, you need to show you are invested in the process.”

There is also a tip sheet of what students should have prepared for the day and what they should expect at the fair on the Web site.