Students will get a chance to network and find jobs at the last career fair for the academic year on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Career Roundup at Ackerman Union will feature many companies ranging from digital communications to wealth management.
The Career Roundups are put on annually by the UCLA Career Center and are tailored for current Bruins, both undergraduate and graduate students. Representatives from professional companies will be present for questions and often will accept resumes; professional attire is recommended, according to the Career Center Web site.
As graduation nears for the Class of 2008 and students begin to look for employment, the Career Roundup can be a helpful resource.
Often no work experience is required for entry-level position, said professionals at two companies attending the fair.
“We’ve frequently recruited at UCLA,” said Janna Massoth of ViaSat, Inc., a digital communications company.
ViaSat offers year-round and summer internships during which eager students can get some much needed job experience in hardware and software, Massoth said, along with the potential for employment in the digital communications industry.
Massoth and Lisa Moshesh of Signature Estate and Investment Advisors said they hope to see first and second-year students in attendance. Underclassmen can get more information about various career options and search for internships that help boost their resumes.
Students are encouraged to attend both days of the Career Roundup because a variety of different companies will be present each day, according to the Career Center Web site.
Moshesh’s company, a wealth management firm, is one of the new ones making a debut at the Career Roundup.
“(We look) to touch base with Bruins of different backgrounds,” said Moshesh, a UCLA alumna who found a job by attending a career fair her last year at UCLA. “We’re looking for students with an interest in finance and a desire to learn,” she said.
Signature Estate and Investment Advisors offers a competitive program for six interns with flexible hours, providing interns with hands-on experience researching and working with people established at the company.
Like Moshesh during her time at UCLA, students said that career fairs have proven useful to them.
“It was a great experience to meet different people from different companies,” said Martin Vallejo, a second-year sociology student about a career fair he attended earlier this year.