In spite of the coronavirus outbreak, the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) launched its first-ever career fair (usj.vfairs.com) recently with an innovative virtual career exhibition platform, providing students and alumni with a brand-new interactive experience of online job seeking.
The USJ Virtual Career Fair 2020 was held on 16 April 2020 (Thursday). A total of 30 companies joined the fair, offering over 1,200 diversified job vacancies.
The event recorded over 2,000 visits to the exhibition booths on the first day. The platform will remain open to provide information on job vacancies and online job application services. Students and alumni are also able to replay the featured webinars.
USJ Rector Prof. Fr. Peter Stilwell delivered the opening remarks at the fair. He said, “This is the first time that we are having a career fair online. The challenges this year are very unique – we are not only working online but also facing what is likely to be a big change in the international financial and economic scene. There are big challenges that the students will be facing. Enterprises and companies are readjusting to different circumstances. Students have been studying online, which will prove to be an important advantage. They can help companies to rethink their ways of being present in new and different international scenes.”
Some students remarked that the virtual career fair provided a brand-new experience to both students and alumni, which made it possible for them to obtain the most updated employment information even under the unfavorable epidemic condition.
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