CareerFest 2010 Video

The Ninth annual OFIC CareerFest was held on Friday, February 5, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio at the Aladdin Shrine Center.  The purpose of CareerFest is to bring students and alumni from OFIC’s 34 member institutions to meet with OFIC’s donor companies and organizations in one central location to discuss internship and employment opportunities.

This year 93 organizations—businesses, corporations, non-profit groups, and government agencies—and over 1,100 students registered from 30 of our campuses to discuss permanent employment and internship opportunities.  Due to inclement weather only 724 students attended.  Those that did not attend received all of the employer contact information for their employment search.

CareerFest 2011 has been scheduled for February 4th in the same location and our goal is to achieve at least a 5% growth in employers and return to 1,200 students. 

OFIC would like to recognize and thank those individuals who helped make CareerFest 2010 a success.  Our college Career Services Representatives’ efforts and expertise made it all possible.

CareerFest 2010 Committee Members:
Pam Allen, Denison University (Co-Chair)                 Barbara Kaplan, Wilmington College
Nick Christian, Urbana University (Co-Chair)            Marylou LaLonde, The College of Wooster
Meg Barkhymer, Otterbein College                           Kristen Lindsay, Heidelberg University
Elaine Blair, Mount Vernon Nazarene University       Mason Murphy, Ashland University
Ryan Brechbill, Denison University                            Jody Noreen, Franklin University
Diana Burns, Ashland University                                Stewart Peckham, Kenyon College
Becky Doak, Mount Union College                            Doug Reichenberger, Malone Univeristy
Jason Eckert, University of Dayton                           Jan Rich, Capital University
Bill Fournier, Marietta College                                    Nancy Sheely, Ohio Northern University
Shaanette Fowler, Walsh University                          Wendy Smiseck, Wittenberg University
Brad Hammer, University of Findlay                          Gerri Sullivan, Ursuline College
Hilles Hughes, Marietta College                           Jackie Vascura, Muskingum University

College/Students

Ashland University	49	University of Findlay	6	Mount Union College	45	Urbana University	10
Baldwin-Wallace Coll.	15	Franciscan Univ.	1	Mt. Vernon Nazarene Univ.	44	Ursuline College	9
Bluffton University	26	Franklin University	11	Muskingum University	14	Walsh University	16
Capital University	79	Heidelberg College	12	Notre Dame College	33	Wilmington College	7
Cedarville University	17	Hiram College	14	Ohio Dominican University	29	Wittenberg University	43
University of Dayton	52	Kenyon College	8	Ohio Northern University	24	College of Wooster	19
Defiance College	7	Malone University	23	Ohio Wesleyan University	43
Denison University	20	Marietta College	13	Otterbein College	35

Quotes from Employers:

“Always a great experience! Look forward to talking further with your students for future positions.” (AcuSport Corporation)

“CareerFest is a great way to connect with a wide array of students from many colleges around Ohio.  A well run event and good location.  We have been coming for years.  Very productive.”  (Legislative Service Commission)

“The students who attend the OFIC CareerFest are exactly what we are pursuing for our paid internships.  Students of character, professional presence, prepared.”  (Lakeside Association)

“It was a great event that gave us the opportunity to meet talented students from a variety of colleges that we are not always able to visit.  We will definitely attend in the future.” (Target)

“We are very pleased with the quality of students and have several candidates set for interviews.”
(The Columbus Dispatch)

“Great volume of students.  We have 5 prospects.”  (McGraw Hill)

“It is nice to see candidates from independent colleges throughout the state in one career event.  We interviewed 15 valid prospects.” (The J.M. Smucker Co.)

“We identified 10 possible interns and were very pleased with the quality and quantity of students.” 
(Medical Mutual)

Questions?

For more information about CareerFest, contact either Cheryl Kight at kight@ofic.org or Wendy Thornton at thornton@ofic.org.

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