UCF Career Services recently collaborated with the School of Public Administration\u00a0to host\u00a0the annual Nonprofit and Public Service Career Showcase. The showcase connected more than 350 UCF students and alumni with over 40 organizations from the nonprofit, service, and government sectors.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are hundreds of students at UCF that are interested in careers in public service,\u201d said Neal Robinson, assistant director of Employer Relations in Career Services. \u201cThis showcase provided these students with an invaluable opportunity to explore career paths and find employment, internship, and volunteer opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some of the organizations in attendance included the Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency, Orange County Government, American Cancer Society, Department of Children and Families, Peace Corps, and Easter Seals.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not enough to just teach, we need to provide students the opportunity to connect and learn about real world industries and what they have to offer,\u201d said Stephanie Krick, director of Nonprofit Management Programs. \u201cThis is a great way to do that, and Career Services has been a wonderful partner in conducting this showcase.\u201d<\/p>\n
The showcase also provided local, regional and national organizations with an opportunity to partner with UCF to recruit talented students and alumni from a variety of academic disciplines. \u201cThe students who come to this showcase are some of the brightest UCF has to offer, giving our employer partners access to the highest achieving candidates,\u201d said Krick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UCF Career Services recently collaborated with the School of Public Administration\u00a0to host\u00a0the annual Nonprofit and Public Service Career Showcase. The showcase connected more than 350 UCF students and alumni with over 40 organizations from the nonprofit, service, and government sectors. \u201cThere are hundreds of students at UCF that are interested in careers in public service,\u201d said Neal Robinson, assistant director…","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":66387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[4,5,6,27],"tags":[714,4185],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-66385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-colleges","category-community","category-student-life","tag-career-services","tag-sdes"],"yoast_head":"\n