Benefits
The Career Expo brings job seekers and recruiters together. This is an
opportunity for you to fill your full-time, part-time, co-op and internship
employment needs with motivated, trained students and alumni from Lakeland
Community College and many other regional 2 & 4 year colleges and
universities as well as other community job seekers. The Career Expo is an
ideal way for companies to:
• Meet and collect resumes from many qualified candidates
• Conduct short pre-interviews
• Network with other regional employers and Lakeland faculty
• Showcase your organization
Participating employers must have currently open, career-oriented technical, para-professional or professional positions. (See a list of some of Lakeland's degree programs.)
The registration fee is $100 per company/organization. You will receive
one table, two chairs, complimentary breakfast bar, lunch for up to two
representatives, listing in the company directory and on the Career Expo
website viewed by thousands of job seekers.
Some of Our Degree Programs
Attending candidates are pursuing or have completed professional, technical and liberal arts degrees. Some Lakeland examples include:
Accounting/Finance
American Sign Language
Bioscience Technology
Business/Office Management
Civil Engineering/Construction
Corrections & Law Enforcement
Culinary Arts
Dental Hygiene
Early Childhood Education
Electronic/Electrical Engineering Technology
Emergency Management
Fire Science Technology
Graphic/Web Design
Histotechnology
Hotel/Travel Management
Human Services
Information Technician/Computer Science
Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Mechanical Engineering Technology
Media/Audio/Radio/Video
Medical Laboratory
Multi-skilled Health
Network Infrastructure Engineering Technology
Nuclear Engineering Technology
Nursing
Parks & Recreation Management
Paralegal
Personal Trainer
Radiologic Technology
Respiratory Therapy
Surgical Technology
Ensure Your Recruiting Success
- Creative exhibits get results! Bring your own tablecloths and tabletop displays that showcase your company.
- Clearly indicate the types of jobs you recruit for at your table.
- Know your audience. Look at our list of degree programs so that you know what types of Lakeland Community College students to expect.
- Staff your Career Expo table with recent graduates or alumni from Lakeland who can relate to Lakeland Community College students.
- Take turns leaving your table for breaks; you might miss connecting with that perfect candidate if your table is unstaffed.
- Have your recruiting team represent your organization’s diversity. A diverse looking team reflects support of diversity within your company.
- Do not solicit candidates to buy products and/or services.
- Integrate high tech and high touch. Use technology to showcase your products, services, and organization.
Be sure to let the Lakeland Career Services staff know what your technology or electrical needs are prior to the Expo.
- Give items away at your table that will draw people to you. Be sure to have an adequate supply!
- Have three or four screening questions ready to ask potential recruits as you collect their resumes at the Career Expo.
Adapted from material from The Employer’s Guide to College Recruiting and Hiring, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), 2006.
How We Are Marketing the Career Expo
- News releases in local publications and public service radio announcements.
- Large ads on Laketran busses.
- Participating employers listed on Lakeland Career Services’ website which receives over 10,000 hits per month!
- Display ads in local and college newspapers.
- Announcements on Lakeland’s cable TV station and electronic street sign.
- 9,000 flyers to Lakeland students, student organizations and other area colleges.
- 500 posters and banners distributed across campus and the community.
- Promotional classroom presentations.
- Over 8,000 e-mails to students, faculty, staff and current users of Lakeland’s online job board.
- Announcements in Lakeland Alumni Association’s newsletter to over 16,000 alumni.
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