Sunday, March 8, 2015

Personnel Changes for Pamplin Career Services

As you enjoy spring break, take note of two job fairs - Monday in Richmond and Tuesday in Falls Church - for all Hokies. It can be a great opportunity for you as I anticipate the crowds will be much smaller than Business Horizons. Also, if you are an accounting student, read the next section for a special and unique opportunity.

Also, we are doing some spring cleaning with Pamplin Career Services to enhance our services to students and employers.

First, we are promoting Emily Africa to become the Associate Director of Recruiting. She will be responsible for bringing in more talented students to Pamplin. The bad news is that she will no longer be performing career services functions. But the good news is that she will be in a position to sell Pamplin and our offerings to all new incoming Pamplin students. She's a great ambassador for us. Congrats!

Second, with the departure of Renee Cloyd, who did an incredible job with programs such as LEAP and PUMP, we have made Kelly Queijo the interim director of Student Success Programs. Kelly has a tremendous background in higher education and we are excited to have her on board. If you interacted with Renee in any way, please say hello to Kelly as she is in Renee's old office.

Third, we will be hiring an associate director of career services to assist in carrying out our wide array of programs, events and activities. The goal is to have this person hired by the end of the semester. You will see more of this person next fall.

Fourth, Sarah Messer will be providing her same excellent customer service and behind-the scenes support, which is so crucial to Pamplin and Career Services.

Finally, Stuart Mease will move to a leadership role supporting all the areas mentioned above. He is especially interested in your thoughts and ideas. Please send him an email - smease@vt.edu.

Enjoy your spring break!

2015 Spring Break Company Visits in Tysons - March 11th

We have arranged a very unique opportunity to visit three Northern Virginia (Tysons) public accounting firms on Wednesday, March 11 during Spring Break.

9:30am-11:30pm - Baker Tilly (8219 Leesburg Pike, Suite 800
Tysons Corner, VA 22182)

12-2pm - Cherry Bekaert (1934 Old Gallows Road, Suite 400
Tysons Corner, VA 22182)

2:30-4:30pm - McGladrey (1861 International Dr #400

McLean, VA 22102)

The on-site company meetings will be open to accounting majors, any academic year, who are eligible to work in the US.

Previous similar meetings have produced many interviews, internships and full-time jobs for students. Student must provide their own transportation and dress in business casual attire.

Space is still available. Email smease@vt.edu to reserve your spot.

Once you send the email committing yourself to attending, then we will expect your attendance. Your name will be shared with employers. So, if you do not show up, then the recruiters will know.

You may attend one or all three of the events. However, you are strongly urge to attend all three.

More details and directions will be provided upon registration.

Richmond Hokie Alumni Chapter Job Fair - March 9

The RVA Career Expo will be held on Monday, March 9 at the Cultural Arts Center - Glen Allen.

90 or more of the best employers in Richmond will recruit for full-time, part-time jobs and internships. The event is free and open to all job seekers - not just Hokies. Companies such as Altria, MeadWestvaco, CarMax, Northrop Grumman, UVa Hospital, Federal Reserve Bank and Dominion participate because of the high quality candidates we attract.

We encourage candidates to register early at www.richmondhokies.org where you can see the growing list of participating employers and job openings. Registered candidates have the added benefit of immediately having their resumes shared with participating employers.

National Capital Region Job Fair - March 10

If you're headed home to the Washington, D.C. area for spring break, be sure to bring some copies of your resumes! The 24th Annual National Capital Region Job Fair is on Tuesday, March 10. Read more....

Protiviti

Protiviti will be hosting a Summer Leadership Conference that will be taking place in McLean, VA. Read more....

Student Government Association

Are you interested in student governance? If so, the Legislative branch of the Student Government Association has a seat to fill for the Pamplin College of Business. Please contact Alicia Brown (aliciab9@vt.edu) or Byung Kim (bhkimm@vt.edu) if you are interested. This is a great opportunity for students to voice concerns from the student population and for you to learn about campus governance.

Moog

Moog Components Group in Blacksburg has a career opportunity available as a Lead Quality Auditor. Read more....

Univar

Univar is recruiting for HR Talent in the Chicago area. If you are interested in relocating to Chicago, then consider beginning your HR career with Univar.

The HR Coordinator role will support centralized (and re-vamped) Talent Acquisition organization. The role can lead to many other opportunities (inside/outside of HR).

Please send your resume to jim.gwinn@univarusa.com and in the subject line write "Virginia Tech Pamplin connected by Stuart Mease". This will get you noticed.

SpaceX

SpaceX: Engineering the Future, invites you to attend their information session on Thursday, March 19th from 7:00-9:00pm in Engel Room #233. Read more....

4Help Computer Consulting

4Help Computer Consulting is looking for students with good people skills and technical aptitude to work at the 4Help helpdesk. Read more....

Get Connected 2015

Get Connected 2015 job applications are NOW available at: http://www.support.vt.edu/jobs.