Spring Break
25 agencies attend fair
Rossa Dono
Issue date: 3/14/07 Section: News
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More than 25 different agencies attended the 2007 Justice Studies Career and Internship Fair in the Student Union yesterday.
"I'm here for potential job opportunities," said Brenda Dinapoli, a senior majoring in justice studies. "I'm graduating, so it's more important to find a job now.
"I don't really know exactly what I want to do, so I'll go around, talk to each table, find out what they do and if I find it interesting, I'll get their information and call them up for an interview."
Agencies ranging in fields from police departments, law schools, probation, security and government services set up their tables and spoke to students about what they were about and what positions they were recruiting for.
Maggie Ochoa, a pretrial officer from the County of Santa Clara said she is looking for part-time pretrial technicians and service officers.
"In the future we have openings our part-timers are encouraged to apply to," Ochoa said. "They take a test through the county and if they score high enough they can get the job. A lot of our pretrial officers come out of part-time."
While some students walked straight to the table of the agency they were interested in, other students walked around to see what the different agencies could offer.
"It's a way to get all your information in one place," said Bryan Glick, a sophomore majoring in justice studies.
Justin De Oliveira a senior also majoring in justice studies explained that the fair is a good opportunity to look into both local and federal jobs.
"It's good to get face-time too, instead of communicating through e-mail or a Web page," De Oliveira said.
Sarah Daley, a government services director of recruitment, said that her company has been going to all the major California universities to recruit for her company.
"We've had a lot of fun college recruiting," Daley said. "This is our first year (recruiting) and we're expanding our work force by about 800 this year."
Daley said that Kroll, the company she works for is looking for investigators to conduct background checks, and people who might want to work for the state department stating that it's convenient for students because they'd work from home.
"Half the time the investigators will be out in business dress talking to people in the business world," Daley said. "And the other half they'll be at home in their pajamas, typing things into the computer."
Handing out bags to students to put their handouts in, Nikky Gutierrez, a resource analyst for the justice department, said that the department puts on a fair every spring.
"We try to get as much variety as we can," said Gutierrez, "but our turnout depends on the agencies that are recruiting at the time."
"I'm here for potential job opportunities," said Brenda Dinapoli, a senior majoring in justice studies. "I'm graduating, so it's more important to find a job now.
"I don't really know exactly what I want to do, so I'll go around, talk to each table, find out what they do and if I find it interesting, I'll get their information and call them up for an interview."
Agencies ranging in fields from police departments, law schools, probation, security and government services set up their tables and spoke to students about what they were about and what positions they were recruiting for.
Maggie Ochoa, a pretrial officer from the County of Santa Clara said she is looking for part-time pretrial technicians and service officers.
"In the future we have openings our part-timers are encouraged to apply to," Ochoa said. "They take a test through the county and if they score high enough they can get the job. A lot of our pretrial officers come out of part-time."
While some students walked straight to the table of the agency they were interested in, other students walked around to see what the different agencies could offer.
"It's a way to get all your information in one place," said Bryan Glick, a sophomore majoring in justice studies.
Justin De Oliveira a senior also majoring in justice studies explained that the fair is a good opportunity to look into both local and federal jobs.
"It's good to get face-time too, instead of communicating through e-mail or a Web page," De Oliveira said.
Sarah Daley, a government services director of recruitment, said that her company has been going to all the major California universities to recruit for her company.
"We've had a lot of fun college recruiting," Daley said. "This is our first year (recruiting) and we're expanding our work force by about 800 this year."
Daley said that Kroll, the company she works for is looking for investigators to conduct background checks, and people who might want to work for the state department stating that it's convenient for students because they'd work from home.
"Half the time the investigators will be out in business dress talking to people in the business world," Daley said. "And the other half they'll be at home in their pajamas, typing things into the computer."
Handing out bags to students to put their handouts in, Nikky Gutierrez, a resource analyst for the justice department, said that the department puts on a fair every spring.
"We try to get as much variety as we can," said Gutierrez, "but our turnout depends on the agencies that are recruiting at the time."
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