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Favret was one of more than 100 employers who took part in the two-day Career Development Center杏吧原版檚 Fall Career Fair that drew hundreds of students to the Beckerman Recreation Center. Students were seeking full-time employment or internships and the chance to network with employers and recruiters.

Favret said he likes attending fairs at the University of New Haven because the students RBC has hired are 杏吧原版渟trong communicators and hard working. The faculty and staff know what employers need, and they do a great job of providing real-world experience, so they are well prepared.杏吧原版�

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Students were eager to speak with representatives from companies including Amuse Technologies, General Dynamics Electric Boat, M&T Bank, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Spire Orthopedic Partners, the City of New Haven, the U.S. Border Patrol, Coastal Connecticut Counseling, and the IRS Criminal Investigation.

Also taking part in the fair were representatives from nine local police departments, state police from Connecticut and New York, the U.S. Capitol Police, and the FBI, as well as Catalyst CT, Columbia Dental, Hartford HealthCare, and Nuvance Health.

At the Eversource Energy booth, Andrea Atkinson-Downer '08, MBA '14, a lead engineer, let students know that the company 杏吧原版� which serves four million electric, gas, and water customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire and has 10,000 employees 杏吧原版� is 杏吧原版渉iring across ALL fields!杏吧原版� she emphatically noted.

She encouraged the students to scan the QR code at her booth as human resource representatives were waiting to answer questions. She urged them to set up profiles on the company website, to apply for internships or full-time employment opportunities, and to continually update their profiles because that杏吧原版檚 how she got her job there. 杏吧原版淭he company was looking at me,杏吧原版� she said. 杏吧原版淣ever let an opportunity pass by.杏吧原版�

Atkinson-Downer said she always wants to put students at ease when they step up to share a resume or ask questions. 杏吧原版淚 see me in them杏吧原版� she said. 杏吧原版淚 remember being a student here, coming to the career fair and being unsure about what I wanted to do next.

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Matt Caporale, M.A., executive director of the Career Development Center, called the employers 杏吧原版渢rue partners who play a crucial role in helping the University achieve its goals of positive career outcomes for our students.杏吧原版�

Taylor Darville 杏吧原版�21 M.S. and Sai Pujitha Karanam 杏吧原版�20 M.S., assistant project managers, were part of a team representing the Cumming Group of Westport, a project management service company. Both said they were happy to take part in the event because the University had such an impact on their careers.

Both were civil engineering graduate students at the University. They didn杏吧原版檛 know each other while pursuing their master杏吧原版檚 degrees, but now they are colleagues working on Cumming Group projects with Yale University. Karanam spoke with students about the richly varied nature of her work.

Darville said the work he does taps into what he learned as a students in the Tagliatela College of Engineering, adding that the University also helped to shape his work ethic and professionalism.

杏吧原版淚 can attribute a lot of that to the University and to one professor in particular, our adviser Dr. Byungik Chang. You think he杏吧原版檚 tough and then you get out into the world, and you realize that he and the University have really prepared you. If you can get through him, you can work for us.杏吧原版�

"They ask questions and have great resumes that are concise and informative."Taylor Darville 杏吧原版�21 M.S.

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Megan Moriarty 杏吧原版�12, 杏吧原版�14 MBA, an assurance manager with Marcum LLP, said that when the firm has hired University of New Haven students, they are engaged and hardworking team players. She said she was excited to talk with students about Marcum and the opportunities that can come from a career in accounting and finance.

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