Career fair.

Last Friday, the 8th, the career fair was held in the Sport complex. More than 100 companies set a table at the fair looking for potential talents for prospective business developments. I attended to the fair searching for my potential employers. As a senior student, an offer means the recognition to your study and your ability to generate benefits to the business. It would mean more than just a career and money even though both of them are equally important to a fresh graduated.

I was quite nervous before I arrived to the venue. I got an information booklet and immediately started to locate all the potential employers that offer jobs in banking, investment banking, or business service sector. Many chances have been limited to an international student since more than handful of these companies specified work authorization as one of the many requirements. Citizenship is one big issue. Yet, I still found ten potential employers offer internship to student who are neither a citizen nor a green card holder. As long as the student has a legal status in the U.S. would be considered as a potential candidate. It is good; however, most of them are unpaid internship. Well... most students who were just looking for working experience would not care whether it is a paid or unpaid internship. Again, money to a fresh graduated is equally important to a good working opportunity.

From the career fair, I have noted that some companies are looking for the true talents for the businesses but some of them are just looking for people who take an unpaid nasty job with a big smile. E.g. one investment company is hiring sales representatives to sell their insurance products. This kind of job is nothing more than an insurance agent. However, they dubbed it a fancy name as investment adviser.

I still have hope and faith in searching a decent job, and no matter if it is painstaking and requires constant overtime working. I am keen for a job that can let me learn and work as a professional practitioner in the field of finance.