Virtual Career Fair of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences Is Next Week

The Virtual Career Fair of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the Easy Virtual Fair platform. This fair is designed for students within the Dale Bumpers College and any student with interests in agriculture, food and hospitality, apparel merchandising, or child development. Students will be able to chat virtually with recruiters about full and part-time job and internship opportunities. Register and attend the fair at uark.easyvirtualfair.com.

A few of the companies attending include: Cargill, Camp War Eagle, Corteva Agriscience, Design Resources, George's, Greenway Equipment, J.B. Hunt, LandCare, Merck & Co. Inc.-Animal Health, Seaboard Foods, Simmons Foods, Teach for America, The Andersons, Tyson, and USDA.

To see a full list of employers attending, view a virtual fair pdf guide, and watch quick tutorials of the platform, see the links below.

The Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences Fair is co-sponsored by Walmart, ArcBest, Tyson, J.B. Hunt, and UL.

Contacts

KayLee Simmons, director of career events
Career Placement Center
479-575-6199, ksim02@uark.edu

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