Career Fair Reflective Essay

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When walking into the Career Fair I had dueling nerves, both of fear and excitement. I felt confident, looked professional, and set out to make connections. Having gone into the career center office two weeks prior, I was able to settle my nerves and format an approach when talking to recruiters that included not just looking for an internship but rather get the ball rolling with different networking skills. As I looked around the fair, the recruiters seemed much more approachable than I expected to talk to which served as a challenge in my mind. When envisioning the recruiters, I would talk to, in my mind were similar to the man that came and spoke to our class this past Thursday; experienced, wise, and almost looking for a needle in a

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