The Career Center at the University provides its students with many opportunities to attend career fairs as well as many chances to have one’s resume critiqued and interview guidance. Even though all of this sounds great and seems like it would be very helpful, it isn’t always that way.

The School of Communication in conjunction with the Career Center, held a job and internship fair on Friday Nov. 7 in Dempster Hall. To put it simply, it was terrible; especially for print journalism students. The only print publication at the event was Newsday, who cut their internship program last summer and has recently laid off employees.

The other employers included broadcast companies, radio stations and marketing companies, none of whom are really interested in print students. This either goes to show the downward spiral of the print industry or the fact that no one is interested in coming to the University to hire students. Then again, the economy hasn’t been doing so well lately either.

For students that are graduating in December and hoping to find jobs soon, this recent career fair didn’t provide much hope.

The Chronicle staff that attended the fair was especially unsatisfied because there was nothing there for them. There were no newspapers, save for Newsday, and no magazines. Just broadcast, broadcast and more broadcast.

For such a largely advertised career fair where they suggested bringing lots of resumes, barely any could be given away. Unfortunately, going to the School of Communication career fair was a waste of time and we’re better off searching for jobs on our own.

Oh and to whom it may concern, thanks for telling us when you’re going to shut the power in the Student Center…in advance. We heard through the grapevine that power would be cut Wednesday night at 11, so of course that is what we prepared for. After a phone call to Public Safety at midnight we were told that the power shutdown was actually happening on Thursday night. Oh great, thanks. We’re not up here on the same days every week for nothing, you know. Does no one understand that we are working up here every week to put together a paper on time?