LACD Events

I completely understand if everyone was too busy attending Advance Yourself, our graduate fair today, to read this blog. LACD events are such a blast! Today was my first time attending a fair as an intern. We’ve been working on planning this even since school started, and this week was crazier than ever trying to sort out all of the final details. But today was the big day!

If you haven’t already attended a fair at Purdue, I highly recommend that you take time out of your day to meet these recruiters who have traveled across the country just to talk to students like you! Our day started out extra early setting up tables, snacks, and welcome folders for each of the recruiters. They (mostly) arrived right on time, and began to set out all of their cool pamphlets and swag for students. My favorite was a highlighter shaped like a syringe from American University of the Caribbean Medical School.

Before the recruiters were even done setting up, students began to file in to the Union and gawk at all of the fancy displays and professionally dressed people around them. Luckily, you didn’t have to know much about Advance Yourself before attending. Students meandered through the maze of tables, shaking hands and giving out their emails for more information.

But what I noticed while there were lulls in students coming in was how disappointed the recruiters looked in between talking to people. All they really wanted was to be talking to students, and I think that’s the most important thing to remember. Don’t be scared to just walk up to a recruiter’s table and ask them questions about the programs that they offer, that’s what they’re there for and that’s what they enjoy. Leave all of your anxiety behind and take this chance to really learn some information that could end up shaping your future. Luckily for you, there’s a whole week of events like these coming up in the spring: Career Week! Us interns work extra hard trying to figure out what students like you would want to hear about, so show up to the things that sound interesting and let us know! I promise you won’t leave feeling disappointed.