{"id":130130,"date":"2020-11-05T16:25:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T02:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=130130"},"modified":"2020-11-05T16:25:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T02:25:01","slug":"virtual-career-fair-connects-students-employers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/05\/virtual-career-fair-connects-students-employers\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Career Fair connects students and potential employers"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/manoa-careercenter-virtualfair.jpg\" alt=\"graphic\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-130125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/manoa-careercenter-virtualfair.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/manoa-careercenter-virtualfair-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/manoa-careercenter-virtualfair-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/careercenter\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa Career Center<\/a> (<abbr>MCC<\/abbr>) is hosting a Virtual Career Fair on Wednesday, November 18, 10 a.m.&#8211;2 p.m., to help connect potential job seekers with employers, an especially important service during the economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19. <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa students and alumni will have the opportunity to engage online with employers recruiting for full-time and internship positions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Career fairs have been a mainstay in providing students with the opportunity to network and meet a number of employers. Especially during these times, the <abbr>MCC<\/abbr> continues to find ways to keep students connected with employers to learn about evolving careers and workplaces,&rdquo; said <strong>Wendy Sora<\/strong>, <abbr>MCC<\/abbr> director. &ldquo;We know that the overwhelming majority of students who take time to participate in career fairs find out about career options that they did not know of previously. We look forward to this upcoming virtual career fair using a professional platform that allows for resume uploads and unique employer virtual booths for one to one chats.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The fair will focus on one-on-one sessions and drop-in group sessions. <a href=\"http:\/\/go.hawaii.edu\/3MP\">Pre-registration is required<\/a> to attend the event, and uploading your resume is encouraged. 东精影业ees are urged to make a virtual appointment with a career counselor at <a href=\"mailto:careers@hawaii.edu\">careers@hawaii.edu<\/a> or request a resume review prior. Questions can be emailed to <a href=\"mailto:manoacf@hawaii.edu\">manoacf@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Participating employers, ranging from private, government, and non-profit sectors, include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Central Pacific Bank<\/li>\n<li>Cumming Corporation<\/li>\n<li>Decision Research Corporation<\/li>\n<li>Diagnostic Laboratory Services, <abbr title=\"Incorporation\">Inc.<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>GEICO<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Department of Education<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Gas<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> State Legislature &#8211; House of Representatives<\/li>\n<li>Honolulu Police Department<\/li>\n<li>Kamehameha Schools<\/li>\n<li><abbr title=\"Public Broadcasting Service\">PBS<\/abbr> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Servco Pacific <abbr title=\"Incorporation\">Inc.<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>Sherwin-Williams<\/li>\n<li>Techtronic Industries <\/li>\n<li>The Plaza Assisted Living<\/li>\n<li><abbr title=\"United States\">U.S.<\/abbr> Fish and Wildlife Service<\/li>\n<li>United States Secret Service<\/li>\n<li>University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Federal Credit Union<\/li>\n<li><abbr>USA<\/abbr>ble Life<\/li>\n<li>Xerox <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/careercenter\">M\u0101noa Career Center homepage<\/a> or follow via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uhmcareercenter\/\">social media<\/a> for more details about the Virtual Career Fair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fair will focus on one-on-one sessions and drop-in group sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[341,9],"class_list":["post-130130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-manoa-career-center","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130130"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130158,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130130\/revisions\/130158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}