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Virtual fair just the job for graduates

March 14, 2005

Leece Rhonda thumb.jpgRadio interviews conducted over the Internet will feature in this year's Virtual Careers Fair, organised by the University of New England.
The innovation would allow students to hear from employers and other graduates about opportunities and experiences in the graduate recruitment market, said the organiser of the fair, Ms Rhonda Leece.
This is the fifth year that UNE has operated the Virtual Careers Fair (VCF), the largest collaborative event of its kind in Australasia. The two-week, online graduate recruitment event began last Thursday (March 10) and is online round-the-clock until Thursday, March 24.
Last year, the service attracted more than two million "hits", featured 71 "exhibitors" and conducted 52 "career chat options", according to Ms Leece, UNE's Careers Officer.
"This is the only national interactive online event of its type," she said.
"The VCF was originally established as a response to the needs of regional students who were studying at a distance from the campus. It has evolved, however, to be relevant to students from both metropolitan and regional locations and is complementary to the other campus-based events that university careers services offer their students."

During the VCF, students interact with employers in a chat-room, inquiring about job opportunities. "The VCF offers all students the ability to be exposed to the same opportunities, no matter their location, schedule or study type, removing past inequalities in the graduate recruitment market,"
Ms Leece said. "This has particular importance for regional students, external students, and metropolitan students who are unable to attend their own university's on-site fair."
The fair is sponsored by Defence Force Recruiting, Gradlink, Graduate Opportunities, NAGCAS, Seek, Testgrid, tUNE FM and Stomp Pty Ltd.
To view the site visit www.vcf.gradlink.edu.au. For more information phone Rhonda Leece on 6773 3408.
Media contact: Rhonda Leece, Counselling and Careers, UNE (02) 6773 3408 or Lydia Roberts, Public Relations Manager, UNE (02) 6773 2779.


Posted by Lydia Roberts at March 14, 2005 10:16 AM