Career and Placement Services hosts two career fairs for arts students
Next week, Career and Placement Services (CAPS) will host two career fairs aimed at students in the humanities and social sciences.
The Education Career Fair takes place Jan. 31 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Most Montreal-region schools boards will be present, along with the Cree and Kativik school boards serving Native communities in Northern Quebec.
This is the first year that a career fair has been aimed specifically at education students. Susan Hawke of CAPS explained that there were so many education employers at the Social Sciences and Humanities Career Fair over the last few years that they really warranted their own event.
The splitting of the career fair also allows for better service to education students, Hawke said. “The middle of the day is not a good time to hold an event for students who are undertaking stages, so we moved it to the late afternoon and early evening to accommodate their schedules.”
The Social Sciences and Humanities Career Fair will take place the next day, Feb. 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Human resources representatives from 20 organizations, including Batshaw Youth and Family Services, Bureau en Gros, The Gazette and the Public Service Commission of Canada, will be present.
Both fairs will be held downtown in the Atrium of the J.W. McConnell Library Building, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W. For more information, visit the Career and Placement Services web site, caps.concordia.ca, or contact Francine Salinitri, fsalin@alcor.concordia.ca
Both the John Molson School of Business and the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science have organized their own careers fairs for many years. CAPS also organizes a separate career fair for science students which has been held in the Richard J. Renaud Science Complex at Loyola since its opening three years ago.