Job & Career Fair Set for Feb. 20

Fairmont State University students, alumni and members of the community interested in employment are invited to attend the annual Job & Career Fair hosted by the Office of Career Services.

More than 100 companies and agencies are registered to attend the event. The fair will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the Falcon Center, Gym 1, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For those who are not current students, parking is available in the parking garage at a cost of $2.

"The fair provides students, alumni and others the opportunity to network with employers representing a wide variety of areas," said Sally Fry, Director of Student Development. "Freshmen through alumni are encouraged to attend the fair to learn more about current and future employment opportunities as well as internship opportunities."

The fair will consist of an open forum allowing students and alumni the opportunity to gather career and employment related information from employers, as well as the opportunity to submit their resume for interview consideration.

For more information, contact the Office of Career Services, Suite 300, Colebank Hall or call (304) 367-4230. Visit www.collegecentral.com/fairmontstatejobfair to access links to the web sites of organizations participating in the Job & Career Fair.

Representatives of the following businesses and agencies will be attending the Job & Career Fair: Aflac; Air Force Reserve Recruiting; Alldredge Wilderness Journey; Allegheny Energy; Allegheny Insurance Services; Inc.; Arbonne International; Bankers Life and Casualty Company; Barnes and Noble College Booksellers; BB&T; Benchmark Hospitality International; Board for Child Care; Booz Allen Hamilton; BOP/FCI Gilmer; Brewer & Company of WV, Inc.; Bureau of Prisons; Camp Horseshoe; Cedar Point Amusement Park; Chesapeake Energy; Cintas Corporation; Civil Mining Environmental Engineering, Inc.; College Summit; CONSOL Energy, Inc.; CTL Engineering of West Virginia, Inc.; Dewberry; DMG Securities, Inc.; Doddridge Cotnrols, Inc.; DSD Laboratories, Inc.; E.A. Hawse Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc.; Eastern Regional Jail; Energy Express; Enterprise Rent-A-Car; Extras Support Staffing; Fairmont General Hospital; Fairmont WORKFORCE West Virginia Center; Fastenal; FCI Cumberland; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Galaxy Global Corporation; Genesis HealthCare; Genesis Youth Crisis Center, Inc.; Greenhorne & O'Mara; HealthSouth Mountain View of Fairmont; Heritage Hall Healthcare and Rehabilitation Centers; The Homestead; InfoCision Management Corporation; Information Research Corporation; Internal Revenue Service; Lee Reger Builds, Inc.; LifeBridge AmeriCorps; ManTech e-IC; MetLife; Mid-Atlantic Aerospace Complex; Monongalia General Hospital; MSES Consultants, Inc.; MVB Bank, Inc.; NASA IV & V Facility; North Central Regional Jail; North Central WV Community Action Association; Northwestern Mutual Financial Network; Peace Corps; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; Pennsylvania State Police; Phenix Technologies, Inc.; Plastipak Packaging; Preston Memorial Hospital; Pruntytown Correctional Center; ResCare; Rite Aid; Robert C. Byrd Institute; Sears Home Improvement Products; Shirley Contracting Company, LLC; Social Security Administration; Social Security Administration/Office of Labor Relations; Specialty Groups, Inc.; St. Joseph's Hospital; Swanson Industries; TeleTech; Terradon Corporation; Thrasher Engineering/Resource Engineering Group; Time Warner Cable; Triad Engineering, Inc.; Tygart Valley Regional Jail; UniFirst Corporation; United Hospital Center; U.S. Army; U.S. Army Pittsburgh Medical Recruiting Company; United States Marshals Service; U.S. Nursing Network; United Summit Center, Inc.; United Talent Staffing Services; Upward Bound; Valley Health Care System; Weirton Medical Center; Wells Fargo Financial; WesBanco Bank, Inc.; West Virginia Army National Guard (WVARNG); West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources; West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services; West Virginia Division of Personnel; West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services; West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation; West Virginia Legislative Post Audit Division; West Virginia State Police; West Virginia University Hospitals; Youth Academy.