{"id":27760,"date":"2025-02-14T09:27:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=27760"},"modified":"2025-02-14T10:11:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:11:37","slug":"marshall-university-to-host-career-fairs-in-february-and-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/marshall-university-to-host-career-fairs-in-february-and-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall University to host career fairs in February and March"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Marshall University Office of Career Education will host two career fairs in February and March offering students, upcoming graduates and alumni the opportunity to engage with hundreds of employers.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Career Expo is scheduled for 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, in the Marshall University Recreation Center, located at the corner of 5<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue and 20<sup>th<\/sup> Street. The expo is open to all majors and features employers in education, engineering, health care, business, law enforcement, media, manufacturing and graduate education, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Also scheduled for 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, is the annual Cyber Forensic and Cybersecurity Career Fair in the Don Morris Room of the Memorial Student Center.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Brown, assistant director of career education, said attending career fairs is important because it provides valuable opportunities for networking, learning and advancing your career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese events allow you to connect directly with employers and industry professionals, giving you the chance to make a strong first impression and showcase your skills and interests,&#8221; Brown said. \u201cBy engaging in conversations with recruiters, you can gain insights into company cultures, job openings, and the qualities they seek in candidates, which helps you better understand how to position yourself in the job market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information on both events, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/careereducation\">www.marshall.edu\/careereducation.<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marshall University Office of Career Education will host two career fairs in February and March offering students, upcoming graduates and alumni the opportunity to engage with hundreds of employers. The annual Career Expo is scheduled for 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, in the Marshall University Recreation Center, located at the corner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27760","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\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27760"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27764,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27760\/revisions\/27764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}