On April 20th, Southern Oregon University’s Career Connections Office will host a Career and Internship Fair. This event is for students interested in getting a job over the summer, or perhaps right after they graduate this upcoming June. For those looking to enter the workforce, but still wanting to get ahead on field experience will have access to various companies that will be offering internships during the event. These jobs will range from full-time, to part-time, to internships. Sixty companies will be participating in this event.
The following are the 60 companies that will be present at the event:
American Red Cross Cascades Region
Asante
Ashland Family YMCA
Ashland Food Cooperative
Ashland Partners & Company
Bicoastal Media
Burns and Company CPAs
City of Ashland Parks and Recreation
ColumbiaCare Services
Combined Transport Logistics Group
County of Siskiyou
Deschutes Wilderness Therapy
Dragonfly Transitions
Enterprise Holdings
Eugene Police Department
Express Employment Professionals
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fred Meyer Stores
Gary Krause Landscaping and Design
Gentle Breeze Counseling
Grange Co-op
Grayback Forestry
Grown Rogue Unlimited
Happy Camp Community Action
Harry & David
HIV Alliance
Home Instead Senior Care
Inkweed
Jackson County Transition Center
KDRV-TV
Kingsview Wealth Management
Kinsington Memory Care dba Heirloom Living Centers
Knife River
Lithia Motors & Driveway
Living Opportunities
Maslow Project
Medford Water Commission
Medical Eye Center
Nagel & Padilla
National Park Service
Northwest Regional Education Service District
Northwest X Southern Hospitality
Oregon Department of Human Services
Oregon Youth Authority
Pacific Retirement Services
Partnerships In Community Living
Pathway Enterprises
Quantum Innovations
Resolve Center for Dispute Resolution and Restorative Justice
Rogue Action Center
Rogue Credit Union
Rogue Valley Council of Governments
ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum
Sherwin-Williams Company
Southern Oregon Educational Service District
Southern Oregon Head Start
St Mary’s School of Medford
U.S. Army
United Rentals
Whole Heart Elder Care
Willow-Witt Ranch
The career connections page even has a page for various tips and tricks you can use for this event to make a strong impression on the representatives of these respective companies.
Some of these tips include:
- Dressing professionally
- Bringing your resume
- Ask any questions
Furthermore, get their business card so you can do a follow-up phone call.
SOU will have a resume builder event on April 12th in-person, inside the Stevenson Union. On April 13th, the event will happen through Zoom. To help you prepare with a resume that can make you more appealing to any potential employer looking into hiring you.
On the 13th, there will also be an abroad career event for those looking to work overseas; this event is a workshop that will show you the ropes to get a job overseas and be at the Stevenson Union room 323 at 3:30 PM on the 13th.
The Siskiyou reached out for a statement from SOU’s Career Preparation Coordinator Max Brooks on this event and why students should show up, and he had the following to say:
“The Career and Internship Fair is a valuable opportunity for students to talk to employers about full-time positions, part-time jobs, and internships. There will be more than 60 employers present, and they are all eager to meet with candidates from SOU. There are a lot of neat positions open right now, and the fair gives students a chance to learn about hundreds of them all in one place. I think it’s also important to point out that the fair can be as valuable for a first-year student as a senior. No matter where someone is in their SOU career, events like the Career and Internship Fair provide networking opportunities, learning about new opportunities, practicing important interview skills, and earning a job or internship. Employers are hoping for a huge student turnout, and I hope that we can deliver for them.”
