Fall 2012 Business Career Fair

Registration for the fall 2012 Business Career Fair will be available online starting June 1!
 

What is the Business Career Fair?

The Sam M. Walton College of Business Career Fair focuses on helping students make connections with employers and allows employers an opportunity to meet and hire great students.

You can recruit multiple majors and all majors at the Business Career Fair! We encourage all industries to attend the Business Career Fair including, but not limited to: Retail, Consumer Product Manufacturing, Marketing, Management, Sales, Finance, Customer Service, Research, Banking, Service Industry, Food and Beverage, Communications, Hotel Management, Supply Chain, Transportation, Logistics, Trucking, Energy, Manufacturing, Information Technology, Information Systems, Telecommunications, Computer Science, Defense Contractors, Accounting, Consulting and Government Agencies.

Date, Location & Time

September 25, 2012
11:00am to 3:00pm
Willard J. Walker Hall
Click here for travel and parking directions, as well as local hotel accommodations.

Frequently Asked Questions

• How much does it cost to attend?
  • No charge for CRE, ITRI or SCMRC board members
  • Corporate Rate: $450
  • Government or Non-profit Rate: $250
  • First-Time Attendees Discount (offered to organizations that have never attended a business career fair event)
    • Corporate First-Time Rate: $250
    • Government/Non-Profit First-Time Rate: $200
• What is included in the registration fee?
  Registration includes lunch for registered attendees and one 6'x3' display table (display space is 8' high by 6' wide). Additional display space can be reserved for $250. Table assignments are recorded on a first come first served basis; however preferential placement is given to Walton College outreach board members.
• How can I pay the registration fee?
  • By Check: After you register for the Business Career Fair you will receive an email confirmation and invoice with instructions for submitting payment by check.
  • By Credit Card: The University of Arkansas accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American. You will enter your credit card information when you register for the Business Career Fair and your payment will be received as soon as you submit the registration.
• How can I share job and internship opportunities with Walton College students?
  It is free and easy to post as many vacancies as you have available in our online job search system, Razorback CareerLink (CareerLink). All you need to do is complete our short job/intern posting form. Once your position is posted, eligible students and alumni will be able to review the posting and apply by submitting their resumes to you through CareerLink.
• How can I get the University of Arkansas' Tax ID # or a W-9?
  Please call the Walton College Accounting Center at 479-575-2791.

Why register?

You'll meet great students to fill your hiring needs! 

• Well-Trained Undergraduates
  Business executives often tell collegiate business schools that business problems are interdisciplinary and students need to be better able to integrate business disciplines. Our faculty responded to this environment by developing an innovative business core curriculum. This curriculum pushes the frontier of business education beyond efforts currently in existence at any major U.S. research university. Our curriculum replaces traditional business core courses with integrated courses based on business processes that are essential for any organization to be successful.
   
  The Walton College encompasses the following undergraduate majors: Accounting, Economics, Finance, General Business, Information Systems, International Business, Marketing, Management, and Transportation & Logistics. Additionally, the Walton College offers the following business minors: Enterprise Resource Planning, Financial Economics, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Management, Marketing, and Transportation & Logistics. All business students are encouraged to attend the Business Career Fair and all U of A students are invited to attend.
   
• MBAs Like No Other
  The Golden Triangle: IS, Logistics, Marketing
  Three forces have helped to revolutionize the CPG and retail industries - the golden triangle of information systems, logistics, and marketing. The revolution in retailing is based on shared information and data not just within a company, but across companies, from suppliers to vendors to retailers. Logistics models applied to that information in turn help to drive out inefficiency and deliver better value to consumers and better profit margins throughout the supply chain. Finally, marketing savvy, from purchasing, to consumer insights, from merchandising to in-store promotion and marketing, are undergoing significant change. The synergy among these three areas is vital to the ongoing strategy and success of the CPG and retail industries. By leveraging our strengths in these three disciplines and using them as the foundation of the Walton College MBA program, our graduates gain a distinct advantage in the post-MBA career marketplace.
   
  From Theory to Practice
  Every MBA program is faced with finding the right balance between theory and practice, between academic rigor and professional relevance. The MBA program at the Walton College is designed with this balance in mind: providing rigorous academic training and a strong theoretical base in the core courses with courses that are directly relevant to particular career paths in the CPG and retail industries. Every MBA student takes the 28 credit-hour core including economics, accounting, finance, marketing, strategic management, and information management. Students then choose a 12 credit-hour career track or concentration area that leads to a specific post-MBA career path. Finally, students can customize their MBA further by selecting from an array of 1 credit-hour professional development seminars designed to add the cutting edge skills that grab the attention of corporate recruiters. Real world applications are also emphasized in the 3-hour consulting project and the summer internships.
   
• Master of Information Systems
  The Master of Information Systems is designed to provide professional preparation for positions in business and government. It is designed with sufficient flexibility to meet the needs of students with various backgrounds and foster lifelong learning and innovation. Students may concentrate in one of five areas:
  1. Information Technology Management
  2. Enterprise Resource Planning Management
  3. Telecommunications Management
  4. Software Engineering Management
  5. Transportation/Logistics Technology Management

The Business Career Fair is sponsored by the Sam M. Walton College of Business Career Development Center, the Center for Retailing Excellence, the Information Technology Research Institute and the Supply Chain Management Research Center.