By Elizabeth Clarke and Sierra Boudreaux, LC News
PINEVILLE, La. (LC News) – The newly established Center for Calling & Career at Louisiana College sponsored a job fair Aug. 23 for students seeking on-campus employment. This is the first event of its kind at LC and allowed interested students to apply for any of the 162 part-time jobs on campus.
Two-hundred forty-nine students attended the job fair inside Granberry Conference Center, submitting resumes and applications and visiting with representatives of the different college departments looking for assistance in a multitude of roles. Thirty-one departments from the school also accepted applications for different positions available.
“Our goal is to teach our students the process of attending a job fair in an effort to learn how to properly speak to a future employer and to go through the process of submitting a resume and interviewing for a position,” said CCC Executive Director Meredith Rennier. “Another goal is to keep our students on campus demonstrating how Louisiana College helps make college affordable by giving opportunities for students to earn money while attending school.”
Rennier added that more events like the job fair are planned for this semester, and that the school hopes to offer a resume workshop and professional etiquette training sessions.
Mallory Joseph, a sophomore communication studies major, applied for several different campus jobs at the fair.
“I think it’s a good idea because as a freshman I didn’t know about all these student jobs,” she said.
Victoria Watson, a sophomore journalism major, said her expectation of the fair was to seek out the job opportunities that LC had to offer students.
“I was very anxious about the job fair before I came because I have never filled out a job application or done a resume,” she said. “Despite that, I was able to successfully fill out the applications because of the help of the faculty of staff. The atmosphere was very welcoming, so I was put at ease.”
Juanita Mormon, assistant professor of the MSW program, said her department has five student workers. She said she was encouraged by the number of students who attended and applied for job, and by how professional they were.
Angie Bunting, LC’s bursar, said she loves that the college held the fair so all departments had a chance to meet and interview a larger pool of students. Prior to this practice, students visited individual departments searching for on-campus employment and now students and college personnel are better able to find the best fit.
