They came for the great burgers and left with a job.
That’s because USC career center is hosting a Career Carnival event for undergrad students.
Students were able to get burgers, funnel cake, snow cone and of course play carnival games. But the fun didn’t end there. With the fun twist on career fair, the carnival gave a more fun environment attracting the students to join the activities and speak to potential employers.
A junior cinema studies student, James Mai talked about how the career carnival had more opportunities for different majors.
James Mai: I think it’s great for a lot of my fellow other students. I’ve been to some of the career fairs here at USC. As a film student, it’s not as like. There isn’t as many opportunities for film students. That’s okay. We have the film school here, so there’s plenty more stuff. If you know, want to. I see a lot of opportunities for a variety of different majors, so it’s a good time.
The career center aimed for a more fun and relaxed setting to connect the students and guiding them to a career path. The participation of the students helped receive key insight to improve future programming.
Alex Flores, who’s a sophomore public relation major and a worker at the career center--- helped plan the carnival and was happy with the turnout.
Alex Flores: I’m really excited to see that a lot of people showed up and I’m happy that to be here and show up all my coworkers. I’m very one that through this amazing event. This is like a more, like, chill back, like, relaxed environment for students. I know that, especially because it’s midterm season and we just had our career fair that they wanted to do something just a little more chill and a little more to like de-stress students. It’s a lot of fun. There are games, there’s free food. I’m actually looking for the puppies right now.
Hopefully undergrad students left with a mouth full of treats and the possibility of an employment offer or a business card.
For Annenberg Media, I’m Tracy Mejia.