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I’m posting the following message from Beth Runciman about what she found at Career Day. Shows you need to take advantage of the opportunities presented.

Beth Runciman
Macroeconomics, Section 2, MWF 12:30
Career Day Extra Credit

At career day I spoke with many employers and handed out six resumes for potential summer internships. I signed up for an interview that took place the following day with William Chung from Hawaiian Tug & Barge / Young Brothers, LTD.

Who: Hawaiian Tug & Barge / Young Brothers, LTD
William Chung, VP, Personnel & Industrial Relations
Where from: Honolulu, Hawaii
Job opportunities: Engineers, 2nd Mates, Chief Mates, and Captains of tractor and twin
screw tugs; also Commercial Cruises and summer internships for Cadets

My goal in attending the job fair was to find summer work to gain job experience and help pay the bills. Being a freshman I didn’t know what to expect, as I know mostly the companies are looking for graduating seniors or sophomores for commercial cruise. However, I found six employers willing to provide summer work opportunities in the form of internships or entry level deckhands. Career Day can be beneficial, even for freshman!

On Wednesday Feb 7 I attended a meeting on transportation for intermodal freight in the LA area, which took place in Los Angeles. I made some notes on the four speakers, and obtained some of their presentations.

A summary of the four talks.

CELSOC-LA Meeting

I also made a few contacts with folks and made inquiries about:

• A potential economic research project on public welfare contributions from public and private funding sources for infrastructure projects like this.
• Possible interest in coming to our job fair for potential hiring.
• Interest in students in the business program for hiring or for internships.