{"id":24538,"date":"2022-09-27T16:45:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T20:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=24538"},"modified":"2022-09-30T09:09:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T13:09:32","slug":"marshall-to-host-jcpenney-suit-up-event-and-career-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/marshall-to-host-jcpenney-suit-up-event-and-career-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"JCPenney Suit Up event and Career Expo set"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Marshall University\u2019s Office of Career Education and JCPenney at the Huntington Mall are teaming up to offer JCPenney Suit Up from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, at the Huntington Mall \u2014 just in time for the Career Expo, which Marshall\u2019s Office of Career Education is hosting Wednesday, Oct. 5, at the Memorial Student Center, featuring over 100 companies that are looking for job applicants.<\/p>\n<p>The JCPenney Suit Up event provides Marshall students, faculty and staff with a 30% discount on business attire purchased during the event, including an additional 30% off discount on sale-priced professional wear. Staff members from the Office of Career Education and store employees will be on hand to offer insights into the latest career fashion trends, as well as the basics of appropriate business dress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the inaugural event, our students saved over $7,000 and walked away with great business attire,\u201d said Jennifer Brown, Career Education\u2019s assistant director for student engagement and marketing. \u201cWe chose this date because it\u2019s right before the Career Expo on campus. Confidence is key when networking or conducting a job interview. We are proud to partner with JCPenney and help students dress for success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A few days later, Marshall\u2019s Office of Career Education will host a Career Expo, planned for 3-6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, at the Memorial Student Center.\u00a0 Over 130 companies\u201450 that are coming for the first time&#8211;will be on campus to hire for internships and full-time positions. The office also is hosting an Etiquette Dinner from 6:30 \u2013 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct 25, in the Don Morris Room of the Memorial Student Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecognizing that career development is a lifelong process, the mission of the Office of Career Education is to educate and support students as they explore and further understand themselves and career options, gain valuable experience, develop as professionals and launch their post-graduation career plans,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Marshall\u2019s Office of Career Education, its services and events, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/careereducation\">www.marshall.edu\/careereducation<\/a> or contact Brown at <a href=\"mailto:jennifer.brown@marshall.edu\">jennifer.brown@marshall.edu<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University\u2019s Office of Career Education and JCPenney at the Huntington Mall are teaming up to offer JCPenney Suit Up from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, at the Huntington Mall \u2014 just in time for the Career Expo, which Marshall\u2019s Office of Career Education is hosting Wednesday, Oct. 5, at the Memorial Student Center, featuring over 100 companies that are looking for job applicants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":24539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24547,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24538\/revisions\/24547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}