Students encourages to apply for on-campus jobs
Career services held a career fair for on-campus jobs in the Memorial Student Union Building.
The event was hosted by Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) Career Services and the TAMUK Student Body on Oct. 4. The aim of the event was to spread awareness about job opportunities on campus and to answer frequently asked questions regarding the application process. The career fair hosted tables from the Center for Student Success, Javelina Dining and other departments on campus.
“Today, we’ve got about seven departments here that are hiring for regular wage and work study positions,” Ralph Leal, director of career services at TAMUK, said. “All the other positions we have available are primarily going to be in Javelina Careers powered by Handshake.”
The career fair was the first event held by Career Services since the pandemic started. Representatives from Career Services and the student body expressed interest in hosting other events like this one.
“It’s something I’ve really wanted to kickstart as president this year,” Micayla Grossman, student body president at TAMUK, said. “There’s a lot of questions coming out of COVID about ‘How do I get a job on campus? How do I look? I see this on Handshake but I’m not necessarily sure what the job entails.’ This is the first of hopefully many events.”
Students who attended the fair said they were better informed about the job opportunities on campus.
“You get the chance to speak to different employers and you have a timeline of when you will be employed,” Clementina Isibor, a student who attended the event, said. “You have a specific knowledge of what exactly each of these campus employers want and how to position yourself for these jobs.”
Career Services will be hosting another Career Fair on Oct. 20 that will primarily focus on external job opportunities. You can also see what jobs are available on campus by signing into Handshake using your university login.