Fall 2016 Career Expo Guide

The University Career center’s

fall

career expo

Sept 28 & 29, 2016

The Expo App!

Bring Expo to your smart phone/tablet.

Use the filters to search, star your favorites and take notes on specific organizations.

Bring your phone/tablet to Expo and use the interactive map to locate all your favorites.

Note: It is a new app for this year. Delete the previous app and download Career Fair+ Essentials

No smart phone‌no worries!

Login to your Handshake account and select Fairs to review the list of participating organizations. Print your favorites and bring to Expo.

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Participating Organizations Day 2

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Expo App & Cardinal Health Perfect Pitch & VillageMD

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Table of Contents Tips from Recruiters & Students

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Participating Organizations Day 1

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BUSINESS MANAGER

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Claire Bartosic

Sanjana Pandit

Hussein Hakim Jueui Hong

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PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

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284 Partners A. J. Boggs & Company Abercrombie & Fitch Accenture ALDI, Inc. Alliance Data AlphaSights American Airlines Finance Analysis Group, Inc. Argonne National Laboratory Mathematics and Computer Science AXA Advisors, Great Lakes Branch Beacon Hill Staffing Bloomingdale’s Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan BP America Broder & Sachse Real Estate Services Capital One Cardinal Health CDW CEB Change Healthcare Chewy Citrix Collabera College Pro Comcast NBCUniversal Finance Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Cornerstone Research Coyote Logistics DaVita, Inc. Dentsu Aegis Network Domino’s Doner Duff & Phelps LLC Eisenhower Center Epic Evonik Corporation FCB Chicago Fifth Wheel Freight, LLC Foresters Financial Services, Inc. Gartner GM Financial International Operations Grainger

Hagerty Insurance Agency, LLC Hillstone Restaurant Group Huron Consulting Group Insight Global Jackson National Life Insurance Company Jellyvision Kaufman Financial Group M&T Bank Medline Industries, Inc. Meemic Insurance Mercer Meritor National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Nielsen Northwestern Mutual - Troy Novacoast Plante Moran PNC Financial Services Power Home Remodeling Quad/Graphics, Inc Quicken Loans Reckitt Benckiser Republic Services Revize Software Sachse Construction Schlumberger Schneider Sherwin-Williams Southwest Airlines Steritech Success Academy Charter Schools Target Corporation The SpyGlass Group, LLC Think Liquidity LLC Thomson Reuters TI Automotive Traveling Teams Inc. United States Navy - Recruiting District Michigan Venture for America VillageMD Willis Towers Watson Yanfeng Global Automotive Interiors

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Access, Inc. Accident Fund Insurance Company of America Accretive Health Akuna Capital Ally Amazon American Transport Group, LLC Anheuser-Busch, LLC. Atrio Systems Inc. Backyard Products LLC Beepi Bluewolf Business Talent Group Cambridge Educational Services CHP Consulting Cisco Citi City of Detroit City Year Clean Water Action Michigan Comau LLC CSM Bakery Solutions Cummins Inc. Dan T. Moore Company Defense Intelligence Agency Dell, Inc. Delphi Department of Defense - Office of

Inspector General DISH Network End-to-End Analytics Express Scripts Federal Bureau of Investigation Fiat Chrysler Automobiles - US, LLC Flow Traders Ford Motor Company Finance Fox News Channel Goren, Goren & Harris, P.C. Greater Des Moines Partnership Green Courte Partners, LLC GreenPath, Inc. HBC Horizon Media Hudson Legal Group, PC IBM ICF International INFINITY Isobar Lucid Software

Marine Corps Officer Programs Ann Arbor Match Education Meijer Menards Mercy Home for Boys and Girls Milwaukee Tool Morningstar, Inc. NCC Group Niagara Bottling, LLC NITS Solutions NMB Technologies Corporation OHM Advisors Oracle Class Of - Sales and Business Development Oracle Oracle Data Cloud o9 Solutions, Inc. Peace Corps Plastipak Packaging, Inc. Polaris Industries Progressive Insurance Analytics Qualtrics Raymond James Restaurant Brands International Robert Half Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) SAGA Innovations Sparrow Health System Spectrum Health Starwood Retail Partners State of Michigan Department of Treasury Steel Warehouse Stryker Surgical Care Affiliates T-Mobile/MetroPCS The Advisory Board Company The Kresge Foundation The Kroger Company Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing TransMarket Group Treacy & Company United Shore Urban Teachers Wacker Welltower Yelp list of attendees as of 9/14/16

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3 STEPS TO A PERFECT PITCH Write down everything you want an organization to know about you.

Take a piece of paper and start writing. Include everything that occurs to you… don’t edit yourself yet. Think about why you choose your major, what you bring to the organizations you are a part of, what you like to do outside of the classroom and why, what career areas you are interested in and why. Try to spend no more than 3-5 minutes on this step.

2 Write it on a sticky note This forces you to prioritize the important items. What are the most important things for an organization to know about you? Are there common themes that can be grouped such as experience with teams or similar volunteer positions? Is there repetition that can be deleted? Try to spend no more than 3-5 minutes on this step.

3 Practice it.

Practice makes perfect and you want to make sure it’s clear when said out loud.

Edit as necessary and say it with confidence! Practice in front of the mirror, with friends, even record and watch it…then do it all over again. adapted from: The 15-Minute Method to Writing an Unforgettable Elevator Speech by Kathryn Minshew

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5 EXPO TIPS FROM STUDENTS “Be prepared to ask specific questions of different recruiters based on the research you’ve done on their company.”

“Go in with a game plan because the long lines can be disorienting.”

“Remember people’s names from the companies you are interested in. It will make it easier to follow up with them in the future.”

“I would have been less stressed out if I was more organized.”

“Come prepared and knowing what position you are interested in. Most importantly, be able to explain why you’re interested in it.”

Bonus Tip: Just smile and be yourself!”

5 EXPO TIPS FROM RECRUITERS “Positive energy and a high level of engagement are important.”

“The more you research, the more you will know and the more productive your job search will be.”

It’s not always about who you know. In fact, I’m more impressed by someone who can communicate well and who can apply what they’ve done in college to a real career, than someone who just had their dad send me a resume.” “…as for follow-up, I’m always impressed by people who take the initiative to ask for my card, send me a thank you email or even just send a hand written note.”

“In a career fair setting, you have to be a self-starter. This isn’t the setting to take a passive approach, no job is going to just fall into your lap.”

Watch the Fall Expo videos for more tips from recruiters(available on the Fall Career Expo website) 7