Job Search, Networking and Partying

Networking opportunities, with the industry folks, are always on the priority list for MBA students.  Luckily for us, at Walton, we have a fantastic career center that has made networking easy for us.  Last Tuesday, over 100 employees visited the career fair organized by our career center. The Walker Hall was filled with capacity with representatives from the various companies, and students from the university. MBA students had an added advantage. The career center organized a “Business Career Fair Networking Event”, with the employers, the previous night. We had all prepared posters on our summer internships and it was our chance to interact with the employers.It was a special evening for me.The results of the presentation competition were announced. Thanks to my marvelous opportunity at Mr Price- I WON!

Tammi, Emmanuelle and Caroline at the Business Career Fair Networking Event. Tammi and Adam, not in the picture, won the poster competition.

Manish, Andrew, Devavrata and Jason at the event. Each one of us had a poster on our internship. Jason along with three other classmates, is going to represent our college in a case competition in Michigan.

Krystle and Charles with their posters.

Winners of the presentation competition. David, interned at Kelloggs and came second and Charles worked in China for ACCA

The career fair at Walker Hall. The event required was held at 3 floors of the Walker Hall and also spilled over to the adjacent JB Hunt building

Another view of the fair. The event was a huge success and subsequent to the fair, we saw interviews going on in some rooms at Walker hall

In addition to the networking events our career center has been responsible for setting up sessions with individual companies. This week Cameron and Nielson representatives came down to our university and discussed openings post-graduation. There was one session, which was of particular interest to the international students. Walmart has opened up an international academy and offering full time job opportunities for international students seeking to return to India, Brazil and China, after working for 1 year in Bentonville. They are focusing on three areas of business- supply chain, real estate and merchandising. At the University of Arkansas, this program is ideal and very well suited for many international students. Participants benefit from experiencing the work culture in US and also get the opportunity to take it back to the countries and implement it.

Bikes, Blues and BBQ was all the rage in Fayetteville this weekend. It was a time to just chill with friends, enjoy the rallies as hundreds of bikers rode up and down Dickson Street on their bikes. I had never witnessed the event before and I enjoyed watching the bikes and their antics. In addition to the bikes the concert and the food stalls are a major crowd puller.  I enjoyed a particularly juicy, BIG turkey leg. It was big. Monday has our first semester exam in store for us and my whole class is busy accounting (that’s the subject). I really need to forget the bikes and get on with my financial statements. J

David Dai, clicked these absolutely magnificent B&W pix to capture the action. I just had to include them.

Another magical click by David

I want a Harley too!

Crazy action at Dickson

Yaay, I saw a monkey riding a bike

The stage constructed for the event