Walk out of class Thursday morning October 17, leave with your hands full of flyers filled with job opportunities, scholarships, advertisements, and the possibility of money coming your way. If you were interested in a job, hopefully you were present on the Mesa campus to attend the annual job fair, if not, you’re still not too late.

The job fair was located in the Main Quad with over 30 vendors luring students in to choosing them as their future employer.

“I walked out of class this morning and just saw the fair.” Elliot Hwang, 21, explains as he wipes the sweat from his forehead.

“I just need a job right now”

Most students, such as Elliot, had no idea about the job fair until the day of. The jobs offered range from Campus Police, construction, Goodwill, Pizza Hut, Vector, Panda Express and more. Each booth had some way of bringing students into their tent. Some offered candy, others loud music, and Panda Express even offered fortune cookies.

Ling Huang and Maria Bazan were the operators of Panda Express booth and explained to students, in order to get employed with them one must apply online and they will call back for an interview if their resumes and application qualify.

“We are looking for individuals who are really self motivated and have a great attitude, and smile.” Ling Huang explained. Panda is primarily hiring for manager 45-50 hours a week, and assistant managers ranging from 35-40 hours.

The most popular vendors seemed to be the radio stations and the Humane Society, who attracted people in with their cute dog located in the front of the stand.

The benefits of this job fair were not only limited to accessing a part time or full time jobs, but also the chance of acquiring scholarships. Many vendors come to the campus to find student employees because they offer great opportunities for furthering their education.

Vector was one of many vendors offering students scholarships, Vectors was called “All American.” Cassie Cholaki, one of the representatives for Vector, said, “We are looking for people comfortable working with other people.” The job aimed towards selling products face to face to customers and answering questions based on the products sold, and placing orders for the customers. The products sold weren’t stated, but Cholaki explained that as long as one is 17 years or older and graduated from high school, they qualify. If advertising and selling is up your alley, Vector starts their employees off at $17 each appointment, which ranges from 45 minutes to an hour, not paid hourly. The closest locations in the San Diego area are in Mission Valley, Chula Vista, and El Cajon.

If you happened to miss this beneficial event on campus, it will all be okay. By visiting the Mesa College website under Student Services, then continue by going through to Career Center, one would be able to find further information on the campus’ Job Fair. The information would lead one to the vendors who attended, and their numbers one would be able contact them by.