{"id":476,"date":"2015-04-16T15:01:04","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T19:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.eckerd.edu\/?p=463"},"modified":"2022-11-03T12:04:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:04:28","slug":"career-and-internship-fair-draws-record-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/career-and-internship-fair-draws-record-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"Career and Internship Fair draws record crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">The largest Career and Internship Fair in Eckerd history was held Wednesday at Fox Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">More than 50 employers from across the Tampa Bay area were on hand to discuss job and internship possibilities. More than 250 students turned out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really impressive as far as the number of job opportunities you provided,\u2019\u2019 said Jonathan Bonner, program manager for Academy Prep in St. Petersburg and a 2010 Eckerd graduate.<\/p>\n<p>Bonner was one of many Eckerd alumni who attended the fair on behalf of local employers. The event drew twice the number of employers who attended who attended last year\u2019s fair, said Grant Bailey, director of Career Services.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit\">\u201cWe were very pleased with the response from local employers and it was great to see so many alumni here showing our students what the possibilities after graduation,\u201d Bailey said. \u201cThe students were very engaged and many left with solid leads on internship and job opportunities. 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