Music students are glad to see the Career Center finally host an event for them.
Nearly 10 leading companies will be in the breezeway between Building 24 and the Bronco Student Center for the first Music and Entertainment Career Fair, Thursday from 11 to 2 p.m.
Companies such as 20th Century Fox, Universal Music Group, Disney Entertainment and 93.1 JACK FM will be attending to recruit students for full-time jobs, part-time jobs and internships. Students will also be able to obtain career track advisement and referrals.
The event is open to students in every major. Some of the majors these companies have expressed interest in are music, music business, communication, public relations, journalism, theater, marketing, and management and human resources.
David Craig, a career center counselor, said there will be approximately 200 to 300 students participating in this event from the music department, but they are expecting more students to attend this event from many other majors.
"This is based on the number of students in targeted majors and the focus of opportunities that are represented by the employers who are participating," said Craig. "I think this projected level of turnout would fulfill the expectation of employers and students will provide great pool of talented students who would be a tremendous asset to these companies as interns or employees."
Craig said the music department has been asking for a career day for some time now. The career center staff gave a presentation to a music class two years ago, and from that day forward, the music department has wanted a career day.
"I spoke with the career center staff to try to organize an event that will be hosted by the Career Center and music department," said Dave Kopplin, an assistant music professor. "We are going to work together with the career center to bring some employers on campus for students who want to work in the music industry."
Michelle Romero, a second-year music production student, said at the annual university-wide career fair, music students never see companies that appeal to them, so they are all anxious for the day to come.
Not only does the first music and entertainment career fair have students excited, but it also has professors looking forward to this event.
Janine Riveire, an assistant professor from the music department, said the department is left out of the annual university-wide career fair. She said she wants to expose music students to industry professionals.
"We have an amazing talent inconstantly impressed at the creativity and entrepreneurship of a lot of them, and I want to make sure that their talent would be exposed to some of leading entertainment companies in southern California," said Riveire.
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