Media Cover Annual UMaine Career Fair

WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7) and WLBZ (Channel 2) covered the University of Maine Career Center’s 16th annual UMaine Career Fair. About 126 employers took part in the event at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Patty Counihan, director of the UMaine Career Center, said networking is key to finding a job and the career fair allows students to get experience networking and to learn about what job opportunities exist. She said many of the employers at the fair were alumni who got their jobs through the career fair and have returned to recruit new students. WLBZ reported the event is the largest career fair in the state.