Dear Angel,
There are 2 Career fairs coming up in the next 6 months at Cal Poly San Luis
Obispo. The first one, “Springboard Job Fair”, is general and will have
recruiters for all majors, science and math majors included. Here is a brief
list of some of the companies that will be there “recruiting”:
Applied Biosystems
Lockheed Martin
Navy Civilian Jobs
Target
Swales Aerospace
I would highly encourage you to go to this event yourself to get a more
specific feel for which companies are recruiting strongly for one major over
others, etc. There is a complete list on this website of all the companies
that will be at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo recruiting those days at:
Career Services Student Page
http://www.careerservices.calpoly.edu/Students/stuindex.htm
Springboard Job Fair
Thursday and Friday, May 16 & 17, 2002
Open Forum, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Interviews, 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.
Chumash Auditorium
The second career fair coming up at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a High-Tech
Industry recruiting event in Oct (2002) where students receive the opportunity
to make contacts and present their resumes to employers in high technology
industries. You must prepare your resume and register in advance with the
career services center at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. They do not presently give
a listing of the specific companies that will be at this career fair, but that
information most likely will be available as it draws nearer to October. You
might also call the career centers office in the fall at (805) 756 2501 to find
out that information, or answer any other questions you might have.
From personal experience I can tell you to be a little leery of all
the “recruiting” going on right now. As recruiting is solely based on demand,
which is directly correlated to the economy, which right now isn’t that strong,
there seems to be a lot of “fake recruiting” going on right now at career fairs
so that companies can “save face”, i.e., the recruiters still have something to
do, they can get their name out there, make is seem like their company is still
doing well (that’s why they go to the career fairs), even if they’re really not
hiring, or are hiring on a VERY limited basis. Basically even if there are
still a lot of companies at career fairs doing “recruiting”, don’t feel bad if
you don’t get heavily recruited; this most likely has nothing to do with you,
or even your major, but most likely is just because the American economy is not
that strong right now.
Careers in science and math generally fair better in economic downturns, so
whether you major in physics or computer science is really more a question of
which one you like better, although something to keep in mind is the broadness
(or lack thereof) within the major. For example, a computer science major
might have a broader spectrum of course options than physics, making it
slightly more desirable for job purposes.
According to a report by Microsoft Network (MSN), arguably at least 7 out of
the top 10 in-demand job skills require a high level of science of math related
knowledge and understanding, such as computer programming and money management
skills. MSN posted a report listing the top ten in-demand job skills, which
can be viewed at:
MSN Careers – 10 in-demand job skills
http://editorial.careers.msn.com/articles/skills/
Also of possible interest, the career right now that still has a very high
demand (if not the highest) across the nation and especially in California, due
to it’s high population, is teaching. This demand is especially high for math
and science teachers.
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Thank you and good luck!
Best Regards,
Skis4jc |
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