ADVISORY/ Drexel University's Job Fair to Provide a Barometer of the Region's Job Market.

News & Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...Wednesday (Oct. 2)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Drexel University 

What:            The Greater Philadelphia job market has a promising
                 future despite the fact that the region's
                 unemployment rate rose a tenth of a point since July.

                 Cause for the positive outlook is the anticipated
                 increase in homeland security spending and the $200
                 billion contract Lockheed Martin won. Government
                 contracts for these projects will find their way to
                 the Philadelphia region because of the area's
                 traditional strengths in technology and
                 pharmaceuticals, according to Drexel's Cooperative
                 Education and Career Services Dean Martin Ford.

                 At the Drexel Job Fair, the region's largest of its
                 kind, 2,000 students from Drexel and other colleges
                 will have the opportunity to meet with recruiters
                 from more than 170 companies.

When:            Wednesday, October 2, 2002, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Where:           Drexel's John A. Daskalakis Athletic Center (33rd
                 and Market streets)

Visuals:         More than 2,000 students and alumni job seekers in
                 business suits, distributing their resumes to
                 prospective employers ... More than 170 corporate
                 recruiting booths ... One-on-one interviews with
                 students and recruiters.

Recruiter        --  What is your assessment of the future of the job
questions:           market?
                 --  For how many jobs are you collecting resumes?
                 --  Has your company been affected by the recent
                     accounting scandals?
                 --  What careers are hot and cold?


Students         --  Are you worried about post-graduation job
Questions:           prospects?
                 --  Are you re-thinking your choice of major?
                 --  If you don't get a job, do you have graduate
                     school plans?

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