Hundreds of Humber Students Meet With Prospective Employers at the Longo Faculty of Business Career Fair
By: Chris Clay
The Learning Resource Commons was filled with students and prospective employers earlier this month when the Longo Faculty of Business Work-Integrated Learning Centre hosted its annual Fall Career Fair.
The two-day fair, which ran November 9th and November 10th, had nearly 800 students take part along with more than 50 different employers who sent more than 120 representatives to Humber College to speak with students.
Antoniette Di Marco, manager of the Work-Integrated Learning Centre at the Longo Faculty of Business, said the career fair was mostly designed for those looking for work in the hospitality industry but that students from a variety of programs attended. Di Marco noted the hospitality industry is rebounding after a rough few years during the COVID-19 pandemic and there is a need for workers.“What we hear from the industry when we're talking to them is that they're really desperate for staff,” said Di Marco.
Di Marco said they felt a career fair targeting that sector would be beneficial for both the students – who are looking for full or part-time jobs as well as work-integrated learning placements – and companies in the industry.
