OUR VIEW: Job Fair timing not helpful

Just as location can save or destroy a business, timing, for good or bad, can greatly affect the outcome of an event. Organizers should take the timing of other events into consideration when planning their own.

This apparently was not the case with yesterday’s summer job fair. February is too early for most students to commit to anything regarding the summer. A lot can happen between February and May: family members’ health can deteriorate, marriage can be proposed and student’s goals can change.

However, the main reason a lot of students aren’t able to sign their summer away is this year’s career fair, to be held this March, hasn’t happened yet.

For the summer job fair to wait until April, after the career fair has come and gone, would be beneficial for both the employers and their potential employees. Many people decide not to attend yesterday’s event choosing rather to wait to see if they can obtain a summer position or internship in the same field as their profession, which would aid their career more than a summer selling pest control. Competition at the career fair is often tight, though, with many students going away without employment. These students could greatly benefit and probably enjoy a chance to work three months at a summer camp. Employers would have even more qualified applicants to select from.

With a little better planning next year’s summer job fair could better serve the needs of both parties.