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Great response at the Company Day career fair

With 148 companies from all over Germany and more than 2,500 visitors, Company Day at Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg’s Sankt Augustin campus is the largest career fair in the region. On 9 and 10 November 2022, the networking days for students, graduates and companies could finally take place again in person at the university. Interest was so great that the university had to decline some of the exhibitors.

“Characteristic of Company Day is the wide range of sectors and company sizes,” says Birgit Jendrock, who organises the event. From bakeries to IT companies, from fashion retailers to globally-operating logistics groups and machinery and industrial plant manufacturers, every sector was represented. The participating companies had more than 500 job ads in their pack – plenty of choice for the professionals of tomorrow, who were able to prepare for their career entry through CV reviews, career coaching and specialist lectures during the fair.

Personal contacts count

The first contacts were correspondingly successful. Billy Kohlberg, Recruiting & Employer Branding Officer at RTL Germany, sums up: “There were many interesting conversations with students who have a clear idea of their professional future and were very receptive to what we presented them with in terms of opportunities.”

Just how useful personal contact with the university can be was experienced by the numerous H-BRS alumni who, after completing their studies and starting their careers, were now recruiting for their companies themselves at Company Day. “This connection quickly establishes a basis of trust with students,” says Birgit Jendrock. The fair is also a welcome opportunity for H-BRS teachers and researchers to build contacts that often lead to long-term partnerships or projects.

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