There were 54 businesses on display on April 6 in the Campus Center at Bakersfield College.
“We have around 54 businesses, that’s a little low but with the economy the way it is, I can’t be too shocked about it,” said Work Ability III Coordinator Denise Crawford.
Work Ability is located on campus and is specifically for disabled students who are involved with the Department of Rehabilitation.
Crawford talked about the economy playing a part in the kind of business.
“We have Big 5 Sporting Goods and that’s the only retail store. The lack of Target and stores like that tell me that the economy isn’t turned around yet,” said Crawford.
The businesses ranged from fast food companies, such as Pizza Hut and Panda Express, to universities such as Fresno Pacific and National University.
Most of the booths had applications on hand or a website to go to and were accepting resumes on the spot.
National University spokesmen Steven Herrera talked about the differences between National and the University of Phoenix.
“People sometimes confuse us with University of Phoenix but the main differences are that we are non-profit, we are about 40%-50% cheaper and that National is the second largest private school in California behind Stanford,” Herrera said.
There were a few different radio and television companies in the Fireside room.
KUZZ had a booth with a sign from the music director on how to get into radio.
The sign talked about getting started in broadcasting schools and that people should ask about an internship at their local radio stations.
My45 had a booth looking for a part-time Master Control Board Operator.
“A Master Control Board Operator is someone who makes sure the programs get on at a certain time. For example if Family Guy is scheduled for six then your job is to make sure it starts exactly at six,” Manager Joe Abiecunas said.
American General Media was also offering seven different jobs including on-air positions as well as a Board Operator. AGM is the company that owns seven different radio stations here in town including: 1180 KERN, 1230 KGEO, 1410 KERI, 94.1 KISV, 93.1 KKXX, 101.5 KGFM and 96.9 KEBT.
As students were coming into the Campus Center for career day, there was a Sheriff’s Deputy car on display with Deputy Logan August on hand to talk about the Sheriff’s Department.
“We have a six-month training academy that is $2,500 to start up to become a deputy,” August said.