Career Month started off strong with this year's Reverse Career Fair on Friday - an annual event that provides student organizations and Professional Edge Badge earners the opportunity to engage and network with company representatives. Registrants were able to showcase the skills learned outside of the classroom to over 60 employer representatives from a wide variety of industries.
Each year employer representatives have the opportunity to vote in the Best Booth Contest judging the following criteria:
- Did the booth represent the purpose/objective of the organization?
- Were the accomplishments of the organization clearly defined?
- Were the student representatives articulate and engaging?
- Did the booth have an element of appeal that attracted the employer?
This year's winner of the Reverse Career Fair Best Booth Contest is UMBC's Society of Women Engineers, earning a $200 cash prize for their student organization account!
Some employers commented:
- “Very eye catching! Great student engagement!”
- "Creative booth! Very articulate representatives - able to communicate the mission and how employers can be supportive. ”
The Career Center congratulates the Society of Women Engineers and all of Reverse Career Fair registrants that helped to make this event a success - it was a very close race among several student organizations!
