Number of companies at
career fair declines
Rachael Conley
Staff
Writer
The Liberal Arts Career and Internship Fair returns
to Purdue this year with fewer companies than last year.
As of Monday afternoon, 35 companies were expected
to be present at this year's fair; last year there were 60 participating
companies. This decrease may be due to the recent events that happened
in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.
"We did have some cancellations due to the events,"
said Jamin Rexing, president of Liberal Arts Student Council.
The numbers were down before the terrorist events
because companies are not recruiting as many students as before due
to the economy being low, Rexing said.
The number of companies partaking in the fair is
also much lower than the number of companies that participated in the
Industrial Roundtable two weeks ago.
It might have to do with the fact that there are
many companies that have already been here with other fairs, and liberal
arts degrees are so diverse that companies don't have specific recruitment
like they do in engineering and technology, said Rexing.
Another reason for the small size of the fair may
be a lack of funding.
The Liberal Arts Student Council is completely
and independently paying for the fair, said Matt Indre, career opportunities
director of the Liberal Arts Student Council.
All the money that the Liberal Arts Student Council
gets from dues and fundraising goes to the fair. It doesn't get funds
from anyone else like the other fairs, he said.
"We do have good companies coming this year though,"
said Indre.
The fair will include companies such as the Children's
Museum, Six Flags Great America, Northlight Theatre and the Mental Health
Association in Tippecanoe County. The Indiana House Democrat Caucus
and the Indiana Senate will also be present.
"It's a broad spectrum of what people are looking
for," said Indre.
There are different things for different people,
said Rexing.
The fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Wednesday in the Purdue Memorial Union South Ballroom.
For questions or comments email the Liberal Arts
Student Council at LASC_@hotmail.com, or visit http://expert.cc.purdue.edu/~LASC.
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