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Schedule / Attire
for Connection Co-op & Internship Job Fair 2009
 
Reception — Business casual attire
Monday, February 16, 2009
5:30 - 7:30 pm

Menu of heavy hors d'oeuvres
Owens Banquet Hall, Virginia Tech
 
Job Fair — Business casual attire
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Squires Student Center, Commonwealth Ballroom

Volunteers will be outside Squires Student Center to unload your displays. Signs will indicate where you can park. DO NOT PARK ANYWHERE ELSE.
7:30 am - 5:30 pm Shuttle runs every 15 minutes between Squires (Alumni Mall entrance) and Upper Chicken Hill (across from Lane Stadium) parking lot for guests of off-campus hotels. Guests of The Inn at Virginia Tech can arrange shuttle service directly with The Inn.
8:00 - 9:30 am Employer registration outside Commonwealth Ballroom; receive booth assignment; set-up.
Look over materials and instructions:
  If you will be interviewing on Wednesday and scheduling your students during the fair, please provide students with an interview pass.
  If you contact students after the career fair, please turn in your interview schedule and student passes at the employer registration booth on Wednesday at least 1/2 hour prior to your first interview.
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Refreshments in employer lounge, Jamestown Room, across from Commonwealth Ballroom.
9:45 am Welcome and announcements for employers
10:00 am - 4:00 pm  Job Fair, Commonwealth Ballroom, open to students
11:30 am - 2:00 pm Lunch for employers served in Williamsburg Room, Squires, with seating in adjacent rooms (Jamestown and Yorktown).
3:30 - 5:30 pm Student volunteers (wearing orange t-shirts) available to assist with removal of materials, loading.
3:30 - 5:30 pm Come to the employer registration booth to confirm your Wednesday interview schedules.
  If your interview schedules are completed, turn in and receive your interview location assignment for Wednesday. This enables you to skip check-in on Wednesday morning, avoid a waiting line, and proceed directly to your interiew location.
  If your schedules are not completed, you may turn them in Wednesday morning beginning at 7:30 a.m.; arrive at least 1/2 hour prior to your first interview. Arrive early; you may find a waiting line.
By 5:15 p.m Please have materials removed from job fair booth.
If you are interviewing on Wednesday, your interview location may NOT be the same as your fair location.
 
Interview day — Business attire
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Squires Student Center, Commonwealth Ballroom
7:30 am - 5:30 pm Shuttle runs every 15 minutes between Squires (Alumni Mall entrance) and Upper Chicken Hill (across from Lane Stadium) parking lot. (Guests of The Inn at Virginia Tech can arrange shuttle service with The Inn.)
Starting 7:30 am If you turned in completed interview schedules on Tuesday afternoon, go directly to your interview location; no need to check in.
Starting 7:30 am If you did not turn in completed interview schedules on Tuesday: Check in at the Employer Registration booth to receive your interview location assignment. Arrive at least 1/2 hour prior to your first scheduled interview so your students can be given location/passes without delay. Arrive early; you may find a waiting line.
7:30 am - 4:00 pm Refreshments in employer lounge, Jamestown Room, across from Commonwealth Ballroom.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm  Interviews: 25-minutes long; all scheduled to begin on the hour or half hour.
11:30 am - 1:30 pm Lunch for employers served in Williamsburg Room, Squires, with seating in adjacent rooms (Jamestown and Yorktown). Please arrive for lunch at time designated on your lunch ticket.
By 5:15 pm Please have last interview concluded and remove all materials from your interview table.
           
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