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Hundreds of students and recent alumni attended the University of Delaware's 2007 Spring Career Fair held April 16 at the Bob Carpenter Center on the Newark campus.

“This is the last of our larger fairs, and is open to all majors, and even though flooding and high winds aren't great recruiting tools, turnout has been decent,” Jack Townsend, director of the Bank of America Career Services Center at UD, said.

“For the past two years, when we held the fair at the Trabant University Center, we had a waiting list and could only accommodate 90 employers. This year, 160 are represented, so we're very pleased,” Townsend said. “For students that have put off job-search efforts, the fair offers a good opportunity to get their résumés out, and to network; and for shyer students and those early in their academic careers, the fair gives them an opportunity to talk with recruiters and get better at it.”

Amanda Porcelli, a senior psychology major from Middletown who plans eventually to return to school to gain certification to counsel patients, said that the fair offered a good sampling of careers, even for job-seekers only seeking temporary positions.

Graham Becker, a senior computer science major from Newark who had an interview with a local technology firm in Wilmington later in the afternoon and who also was job-hunting via e-recruiting, said that the fair offered good variety and a number of high-profile companies.

Media contact: Becca Hutchinson, (302) 831-1418, [playfair@udel.edu]
April 24, 2007