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Career and Professional Development Services Newsletter                                                 January 2012

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Greetings from UAB Career & Professional Development Services
The New Year will usher in many changes in UAB Career Services, with the biggest being a name change. Career Services is now Career & Professional Development Services. This new name better incorporates the entire scope of our services. Our vision is to provide better prepared and more professional students to meet your workforce needs, so we anticipate this new name will more clearly communicate this offering to students and alumni.
Along with a new name we have redesigned our website using student focus group suggestions. You may expect a more user friendly site with more useful information. Plus, it highlights buttons leading students to Search Jobs and for you to Post Jobs. We are working to get more prepared and professional students in front of you.

Career Fairs
New to employers will be four new industry targeted career fairs replacing the one general career fair in the spring.
  • The Government, Non-Profit and Volunteer Fair is a two day event on January 17 and 18, with the Volunteer portion being the main focus on the second day.
  • Our annual Education Career Fair moves to February 16 for those school systems seeking some of the most highly qualified teaching candidates available.
  • The Business-Engineering-Technology Career Fair on March 13 is expected to be one of our largest career events this year. The combination of these three schools guarantees an excellent core of talent to recruit from.
  • Health and Science majors join together on April 4 for their Career Fair. This event at this time of the school year will allow more students in these majors to attend and network with businesses and organizations seeking top talent.
UAB Career & Professional Development Services looks forward to partnering with all employers as we try to provide the services and programs that will empower students to succeed in meeting their career goals. See a full list of fairs and register here.

Staff Spotlight
This fall, Career and Professional Development Services welcomed a new Employer Relations Specialist to our team, Lauren Smith. Lauren will be working directly with the School of Business and the School of Engineering to maintain strong and positive relationships with our employers and students. She will be handling interview schedules, as well as job postings and coordinating other career development events.
Lauren came to UAB from a background in marketing and recruiting, and is excited to begin work with the diverse group of students at the university. She is originally from Mobile, and a graduate from the University of Montevallo with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing. She now lives in Birmingham with her husband, Tyler. She enjoys volunteering and networking opportunities, and currently serves as a chapter adviser for Delta Gamma and member of the Heart Guild of Birmingham.
Contact Lauren at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 205.934.9250.
Meet the rest of our staff here.

Overview of Services
UAB Career and Professional Development Services offers many helpful services to employers looking to hire UAB students and alumni. 
Dragon Trail is UAB’s Career Management Site. Once an account is created, a hiring manager can post full time, part time, internship and co-op positions for free. UAB has over 35,000 students and alumni registered in Dragon Trail.
Based on recruiter feedback, we will be hosting six job and career fairs in 2012. These fairs will be specialized by career field. Career Fairs are a great way to reach a large audience in a short amount of time.  During UAB’s three career fairs in 2011, employers in attendance saw over 1500 UAB job seekers. 
UAB Career and Professional Development Services has ample space to conduct on campus interviews. These interview rooms are offered free of charge on a first come first serve basis. We are booking now for Spring 2012. While we try to make interviewing on campus as easy and convenient as possible, we understand that there are times when it is not possible. Because of this, UAB Career and Professional Development Services now has Skype capabilities. The interviewee can attend the Skype interview in our office as if it was an in person interview. These are just a few of our services that we offer to employers free of charge. 
For a full list, please view our services.

Recruiter of the Year
UAB Career and Professional Development Services is proud to announce Southern Company as the 2011 Recruiter of the Year. Southern Company continually had a recruiting presence at UAB during 2011. Representatives from Southern Company attended both Spring and Fall career events and hosted several information sessions to answer questions about Southern Company operations. Representative also participated in several speaker panels for Career and Professional Development Services on campus. Representatives from Southern Company have also served as mentors to students in the Mentor Program and have conducted on-campus interviews resulting in the hiring of numerous students in full time positions as well as internships and co-ops. Southern Company also supports Career and Professional Development Services by participating in our Corporate Partner program.  Please join with us in congratulating Southern Company as Recruiter of the Year for 2011.

Meet the Students!
Business Speed Networking Event Back by popular demand!
Would you like the opportunity to meet an elite group of business students before the upcoming career fair? On March 12th at 5:30pm, Career and Professional Development Services in the School of Business will be hosting a speed networking event for business students. Scheduled to be held in the Great Hall on the campus of UAB, 18 companies will have the opportunity to meet students in a fun and informal environment! Registration is limited to 50 students so you are guaranteed to be exposed a high caliber group of business majors. Contact Career and Professional Development Services in the School of Business today for registration information This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .