Businesses looking for future employees, interns among K-State agriculture students at Agri-Industry Career Fair Jan. 30

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Note to editor: Jamie Hamor is a graduate of Coldwater High School.
News release prepared by: Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, 785-532-6415, ebarcomb@k-state.edu

Friday, January 12, 2007

BUSINESSES LOOKING FOR FUTURE EMPLOYEES, INTERNS AMONG K-STATE AGRICULTURE STUDENTS AT AGRI-INDUSTRY CAREER FAIR JAN. 30

MANHATTAN -- Representatives from more than 50 businesses, including Tyson, Monsanto, Cargill and Hormel, will be at Kansas State University to talk with students in K-State's College of Agriculture about employment and internship opportunities.

The Agri-Industry Career Fair will be 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, in the K-State Student Union Ballroom. Employer representatives will be on hand to discuss opportunities in all areas of agriculture, including in the food industry, banking, finance, communications, livestock, grain, research, agronomy and horticulture. Students are encouraged to wear business casual attire and to bring plenty of copies of their resumes. More information, including a complete list of employers attending the fair, is available at http://www.k-state.edu/ces/

The fair is sponsored by K-State's career and employment services and the College of Agriculture. Students serving on the Agri-Industry Career Fair committee include student leader Jessica Smith, junior in animal sciences and industry, Conway, and graduate assistant Jamie Hamor, graduate student in counseling and student development, Manhattan.