Around the interior of Worthen Arena, students had the opportunity Wednesday to interview with businesses such as Target and organizations such as the Peace Corps.
James Mitchell, assistant director of the Career Center, said this year's job fair had about 110 employers offering students employment and internship possibilities.
More than 600 students attended the job fair, he said, and earlier in the day he was pleased with the attendance. This semester's job fair had less in attendance than Fall Semester's fair.
"There is just of string of students who are coming in and are looking good and professionally dressed," he said, "and we're excited about that."
He said he was glad that there were so many different employers for the diverse amount of students looking for a job or internship.
Junior marketing major Colin Austin said he was looking for a summer internship. This year's fair was just as good as in the past, he said.
"[The] sales and marketing job fair is more geared toward my major," he said, " but there is still a lot of opportunity here."
Austin said he felt good about his chances at earning an internship with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Liberty Bell Mutual. He will keep in contact with the companies, he said.
"If you are ready to get your name out there, [the fair is] a great way to get introduced to these companies," he said.
Senior psychology major Jennifer Clarke said job fairs were good opportunities for not only getting a job, but also getting practice at a job interviewing.
She said she last came to a job fair as a sophomore, but as a senior she is more confident when meeting employers.
Mitchell said the new aspects of this semester's job fair included a partitioned rest area, which allowed students to check with a staff member to have "that great professional polish."
"It's just a place where they can get themselves together," he said.
Promotional events worked in bringing students to the fair, he said, which allowed students to spin a wheel and win prizes such as T-shirts and mugs. He said student organizations helped promote the job fair.
There were no graduate schools here, he said, which is a difference from the fall semester job fair.
Mitchell said he had one disappointment. The Career Center did not find a job man to represent the fair, he said.
The Career Center wanted to use "Job Man" to promote the job fair as a costumed hero.
"I, as an organizer, was a little disappointed that there weren't students that came in costume to volunteer to be job man," he said.
He said the center planned on using "job man" as a concept to advertise for Fall Semester's job fair.
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