Students interested in a sales career can talk to more than 50 companies today during the annual sales job fair at the Alumni Center.
"One of the objectives is to bring in some of the finest companies in the country to hire Ball State students," Ramon Avila, marketing professor, said.
The career fair differs from other job fairs on campus because it is specifically for sales careers, Avila said.
The participant companies that offer full-time employment and summer internships are from various fields, including broadcasting, publishing, insurance, industrial manufacturing, engineering, food industries and more.
At the job fair, students will receive a booklet with a list of attending companies, and students can find which companies are looking for full-time employees and which are looking for interns.
"Then you go to the table, and you sell yourself," Avila said.
Christina Close, a marketing major, won't graduate until December, but she got her resume and business suits ready to attend the fair.
Close is interested in Hershey Foods, one of the participants, because the company's products are well-known.
Because it's an annual event and will be the last one she can attend before she graduates, Close said she looks forward to finding a full-time job through the job fair, she said.
When the fair started nine years ago, 26 companies attended. The number of participating companies is increasing because they know Ball State graduates have good skills to work for them, Avila said.
"They keep coming back to this career fair to hire more Ball State students," he said.
Because five more companies are participating in the event this year, Avila expects 350 students to attend on Monday, which is 50 more students than he had last time.
Amy Leahy, an assistant chairwoman for the department of family and consumer sciences, said that she already brought the fair's flier to her class and hopefully her students will attend the event.
Students should take advantage of the career fair to develop direct networking experiences, Leahy, who has seniors and juniors in her fashion merchandise class, said.
"You never know, someone in the sales department might introduce you to others," Leahy said.
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