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RHO PHI LEADERS DELIVER 'BEST CAREER FAIR YET!'

By Kim Saavedra (RPTA '13), Staff Writer

For several years now, Rho Phi Lambda, the RPTA department’s professional honorary society, has hosted an industry career fair for those interested in opportunities with an RPTA-related organization. While past career fairs have been moderately successful and well organized, Dr. Hendricks asked leaders to place special emphasis on the fair this year. He did so for several reasons. One, he felt it was important to send a message to RPTA students that the industry had rebounded from the economic recession. And two, he knew that organizations in a post-recession economy were concerned about efficiency and wanted career fairs to be worth their while. In true RPTA fashion, the Rho Phi leaders who comprised the career fair planning and coordination committee stepped up to the challenge set forth by Dr. Hendricks and delivered the most successful career fair to date. The career fair was held on campus on May 18 in the lobby of the Performing Arts Center with a record 31 companies and nearly double the number of student attendees from previous years.

RPTA students Amy Lepp (’12), Teagan Lazzarotti (’11), Caitlin Looney (’13), Katie Nice (’13), and Brittany Glasnow (’13) comprised the planning and coordination committee and were responsible for recruiting companies such as Chumash Casino & Resorts, SLO Parks and Recreation, SLO Blue’s Baseball, Cass Winery, Pebble Beach Resorts, and many more. For the future, Rho Phi Lambda leaders hope to build upon this year's success and move the event up to February to help students find positions for spring and summer internships.

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