Today, Wednesday October 9th, was the Career Fair held in Plymouth State University’s Hartman Union Building. Students got a chance to dress up nice, print our resumes and speak to some recruiters from prospective companies for post graduation full time jobs. While exploring some of the companies my friends and I came across a company called, “Stay Work Play”. This company's mission as explained by the woman at the desk is that they aim to give people reasons to stay, work and live in New Hampshire. What I found interesting was that at the career fair they were not looking for prospective employees but actually sharing their multiple blogs, including one which lists jobs people would be willing to stay in the state for. She did something that no one else at the fair did, she had us follow her on Social Media. I found this to be a really interesting table that stood out today. They really wanted to get us as young, social media obsessed students, interested. The instagram includes beautiful birds eye views of the state, picturest fall foliage, fairs, railroads, major monuments, animals, and activities that can be done in our beautiful state. Along with all of these lovely photographs there was also links for jobs to be had. I found it very interesting that they use the fun stuff to lure us younguns in and then give job opportunities once that gets us thinking about logistics. It is in the title “Work Stay Play” that they are interested in motivating young people to do all three. I know that a lot of people you see coming to Plymouth state fall in love with it, get a job, and decide to never leave. I personally feel blessed everyday waking up in such a beautiful place but would still need some convincing to get to the point of wanting to stay here post graduation. As seniors and juniors here at Plymouth State University, have any of you guys thought about staying here for good? Do you think your decision has been made just by looking around at our campus and what the state holds beyond or do you need some millennial social media convincing?
https://stayworkplay.org/
I had a great time at the career fair Katie. It was so nice to see all of the different options that we have for our communications degree. When we approached the woman, she was super friendly and she was super easy to talk to. She told us about how her job is to recruit people to come to N.H. and personally I think that after college I plan on moving here. I’m from New York and coming to New Hampshire was honestly the greatest decision I could’ve made for myself. I definitely am going to be looking into this job because staying in southern N.H. would be amazing. I love this state and I’m happy that I get to say that I live in the live free or die state. Plymouth having that career fair opened up my options and helped me really think about what I want to definitely stay up here for sure. I loved how you talked about how Plymouth opened up so many opportunities for me. I loved this blog post and definitely thought you did a good job!
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