Record turnout for Job Jamboree

It was a full court press at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sept. 25, as more than 1,500 résumé-bearing students and alumni met with 660 recruiters from 269 companies during the University’s 39th annual Job Jamboree.

Open to students of all majors, the Job Jamboree is the largest such event held on campus during the school year. Participating employers this year included local accounting and engineering firms, as well as such corporate powerhouses as DuPont, W.L. Gore & Associates, ARAMARK and Bank of America. Students attending the jamboree included seniors seeking full-time jobs and underclassmen interested in internship possibilities.

“This is the biggest event we have ever done,” Lynn Jacobson, coordinator of UD’s Bank of America Career Services Center, says. “Job Jamboree started in 1968 and has continued to grow each year.

“We send out invitations to about 3,000 companies that are listed in our database, and we give participating students complimentary bags to store literature from all the various recruiters with whom they talk. This year was really nice, because students were already lined up and waiting when the doors opened.”

Several career fairs specializing in such areas as engineering, health sciences and education will be held during spring semester, beginning in February. For a list, visit [www.udel.edu/CSC/fairs.html].