Friday, September 8, 2023
Photos by Cindy Davis Meixel, writer/photo editor; and Jennifer A. Cline, writer/magazine editor
There was no shortage of networking opportunities during the holiday-curtailed week, as Career Services kicked off its September lineup of Recruitment Days. Among programs in the spotlight were automated manufacturing & machining and welding & metal fabrication, which brought companies to the College Avenue Labs patio; and nursing, which paired job-hunting students with a variety of employers in the Breuder Advanced Technology & Health Sciences Center atrium.
Under a Wildcat blue sky, matching canopies stretch out along the College Avenue Labs patio, attracting students.
Derrick Schnetzka, a representative of Vulcan Materials Co., engages prospects by sharing images of the impressive equipment at the company’s York quarry, where he works.
Greg Esh, director of safety and human resources with Goodhart Sons Inc., a steel fabricator based in Lancaster, converses with Alaina S. Myers, of Hanover, a first-year student in welding & fabrication engineering technology.
Penn State Health’s Renee Webster, Allison Scheetz and Nicole Cox tell nursing students about the benefits of working for the organization. Participating health care agencies offer a variety of work environents – including home health care, nursing homes, hospitals and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania faciltiies that include state hospitals, prisons and community nursing.
UPMC human resources recruiters Julie Tressler and Katelyn Morgan (on right in gray) provide information to pre-nursing student Cadence J. Copson, of Williamsport. They were joined by nurse leader Joshua Pauling and Devan Guinter (third from right), a 2014 Penn College nursing grad from South Williamsport.
Pre-nursing students Zhanae K. Brown (left) and Makiyah A. Leeks talk with Jill Livermore, human resources director for The Williamsport Home.
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