HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State’s Center for Career and Workforce Development is hosting a pair of March events for students.
Career Development Day is scheduled for Wallace State students March 4 and 5, on the second floor of the Bailey Center.
A Campus Career Fair is Wednesday, March 11, from 9 a.m. to noon at Traditions Bank Arena at Tom Drake Coliseum and a Health Science Career Fair follows Thursday, March 12, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Peinhardt Conference Center, located at the School of Nursing and Center for Science.
The Career Development Days are to help prepare students for the Career Fairs.
“We’re excited to host both of these events in consecutive weeks. We encourage students to take advantage of both opportunities,” said Jamie Blackmon, Wallace State’s Director of the Center for Career and Workforce Development. “During our Career Development Days, we’ll take professional headshots, conduct mock interviews and assist with resumes. For the Career Fair, we are adding employers every day and appreciate the donations we’re receiving for student giveaways.”
Career Development Day on March 4 and 5 has the following schedule:
Career Development Day – March 4
8 to 9 a.m. – Work Wardrobe Pop-up Shop
9 to 11 a.m. – Professional Headshots
9 to 11 a.m. – Mock Interviews
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Resume Consultations
Career Development Day – March 5
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Career Prep Mini Session
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Resume Consultations
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Professional Headshots
Campus Career Fair – March 11
Employers planning to be on campus for the March 11 Career Fair include Kamtek; Progress Rail Services; Sonoco; Thompson Tractor’ Y-Tec Keylex Toyotetsu; H&R Agri-Power; Valley Rubber, LLC; SERVPRO of Cullman and Blount County; G&G Steel; Teledyne Brown Engineering; REHAU; American Trim, LLC; the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; Topre America; University of North Alabama; The Arc of Central Alabama; Wal-Mart Distribution Center; Coastal Machinery Company; R.E. Garrison Trucking; HH Technologies; Fontaine Trailer Company; Altec; the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office; the Alabama Department of Corrections; U.S. Navy; WestRock; Shirley Quattlebaum of State Farm; Curiteva, Inc.; CTS Excavations, LLC; Aramark Uniform Services; MNT Machine, Inc.; the University of Montevallo; Mazda Toyota Manufacturing; and Royal Technologies.
Health Science Career Fair – March 12
Employers planning to be on campus for the March 12 Health Science Career Fair include Decatur Morgan Hospital; Encompass Health; Auburn University’s School of Nursing; Ascension St. Vincent’s; UAB Recruitment Services; Cullman Regional Medical Center; Community Action Partnership of North Alabama; Huntsville Hospital; Magnolia Ridge; Cullman Rehab & Center; Children’s of Alabama; Marshall Medical Centers; UAH College of Nursing; Southlake Orthopedics; DCH Health System; Brookwood Baptist Health System; UAB Medicine; Cullman Primary Care; Alysyn, LLC; Vuepoint Diagnostics; Select Specialty Hospital; and Hellen Keller Hospital.
Student giveaways at the Career Fair include a $20 gift certificate to Southern Eats; two gift certificates to Domino’s; a Scentsy gift basket valued at $100; two bags of specialty popcorn from Kernal Kullman; baked goods from Nora Marie’s Pantry; a $100 value gift basket each from Red Fox BB Co. and Three Paws Seasoning.
For more information on both events, contact Blackmon at 256-352-8461 or jamie.blackmon@wallacestate.edu or Christina Holmes at 256-352-8120 or at Christina.holmes@wallacestate.edu. You can also follow the Wallace State Center for Career and Workforce Development Facebook page at www.facebook.com/wscareerservices/?modal=admin_todo_tour
For more information about Wallace State, visit www.wallacestate.edu.
