Job fairs on the PURDUE-CALUMET campus:

STUDENT EMPLOYMENT JOB FAIR
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, Time: 10:30am-3pm, Location: SUL Concourse

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY JOB FAIR
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, Time: 12:00-3:00pm, Location: The Calumet Conference Center

PART-TIME JOBS FAIR
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009,  Time: 4:00pm – 7:00pm, Location: Academic Learning Center (Crown Point)

ALL MAJORS CAREER & INTERNSHIP FAIR
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm, Location: Fitness and Recreation Center (in the Gym)

Job fairs on the PURDUE-WEST LAFAYETTE campus:

HIGH TECH JOB FAIR FOR INDIANA COMPANIES
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, Time: 10:30am-4:00pm (EST), Location: Purdue Memorial Union Ballroom

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FALL CAREER FAIR
Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, Time: 9:00am-2:00pm (EST), Location: Purdue Armory

HOSPITALITY & TOURISM MANGEMENT CAREER DAY
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, Time: 12:30pm-3:30pm (EST), Location: Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms

OLS/PAL JOB FAIR
Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, Time: 10:00am-3:00pm (EST), Location: Purdue Memorial Union South Ballroom

COMPUTER ROUNDTABLE
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, Time: 9:00am-3:30pm (EST), Location: Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms

INDUSTRIAL ROUNDTABLE
Date: Tuesday and Wednesday, September 15 & 16, 2009, Time: 9:30am-4:30pm (EST), Location: Memorial Mall (if it rains the fair will be held in the Ross-Ade Stadium Concourse)

Job fairs on the PURDUE-NORTH CENTRAL campus:

CAREER & INTERNSHIP FAIR
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, Time: 10:00am-2:00pm, Location: Library Student Faculty Building, Room 144

Job fairs on the IPFW-FORT WAYNE campus:

CAREER & INTERNSHIP FAIR
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, Time: 10:00am-3:00pm (EST), Location: Walb Student Union Ballroom

NURSING CAREER FAIR
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, Time: 11:30am-3:30pm (EST), Location: Purdue Memorial Union South Ballroom

Nearly one-third (32 percent) of the more than 1,400 chief financial officers (CFOs) polled by Robert Half Finance & Accounting believe job applicants make more missteps during the interview stage of the hiring process than at any other. Twenty-one percent of those polled said the greatest number of errors occur on resumes.

CFOs were asked, “In which of the following job application areas do you feel candidates make the most mistakes?” Their responses:

• Interview—32 percent
• Resume—21 percent
• Cover letter—9 percent
• Reference checks—9 percent
• Interview follow-up—7 percent
• Screening call—6 percent
• Other—2 percent
• Don’t know/no answer—14 percent