St. George’s humanities and social science-related employers set up shop in the General Classroom Building lobby April 16 to meet with students and share the value of their organizations.
Booths were set up around the lobby, free pizza was served and students were welcome to inquire about open positions.
The CHASS career fair featured a number of employers and local organizations, including:
- Orphanage Support Services Organization
- Phasr Industries
- Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp & Resort
- North Eastern Services
- Black Desert Resort
- Wilson Connectivity
- Sunrise
Utah Tech’s Marriage and Family Therapy and Applied Sociology programs hosted booths as well, hoping to gather the interest of students visiting the fair.
A new event, the fair was suggested by current CHASS student senator, Mackenzie Robb.
“She [Robb], came to me, as the current career coach over CHASS, and said, ‘I want to create an event that’s specifically targeted towards CHASS majors,'” career coach Amberlee Fullmer said. “And so from there, we just made this happen for her.”
Fullmer reached out to several companies around the area, starting with those who’ve visited previous university career fairs to invite them to the event. Others signed up through Handshake.
Many of the companies that attended, such as NES and Sunrise, focus on assisting locals with disabilities.
NES employs direct support professionals to visit the homes of individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, no matter the client’s age. The company is looking for students who are interested in making a real difference in the lives of community members.
“I was just always interested in helping people, always wanted a job that felt like I was making a difference,” Jordyn Worthen, an employee at NES, said. “And when you go in and help people achieve their goals and work with them, you can see that real time difference that you’re making.”
Trent Shade, an employee with Sunrise, shared similar sentiments about these kinds of careers. The behavior rehabilitation center focuses on helping kids ages 12-17 and takes kids out into the community. The goal is to help these children find healthy coping skills, friendships and resources to redirect behavioral issues.
“I know there are a lot of resource centers around here that also work with kids, taking them outside of the centers and into the city,” Shade said. “We go to lakes or bowling. I just took my boys laser tagging last weekend.”
Fullmer offered advice on how to prepare for future career fairs, hinting that another fair like this will likely take place in the fall.
“I would definitely recommend that [students] come and check out the career center to help them get ready with resumes, mock interviews, just to make sure when they’re ready to move out into the job market, that they’re putting their best foot forward,” Fullmer said.
For updates on future career fairs like this, you can find the Career Services on Instagram.
