A Freshman’s Thoughts about the October 17th Career Fair

By Kevin Aquilano

Each individual who chooses to continue education beyond high school has a goal or career in mind that they would like to achieve.  Each student is at a different level, not just in education but in maturity and life in general. Whether you are a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior or even an alum, each of us has our own perspective.  I am a freshman here at Montclair State University, a future History Education major, as well as an employee in the Center for Career Services & Cooperative Education. I recently had the opportunity to attend the Center’s 2012 Fall Career Fair as part of my job, but it turned out to be an experience I hadn’t expected.  Although I was there to work, I took the liberty of analyzing and examining not just the employees and career opportunities, but more importantly, the students who came to the Fair.  As I checked each individual into the Fair, I could see that each and every person had his or her own story, identity, personality and character. But the most interesting aspects to watch were how differently students at different levels of their education and lives dressed, spoke and carried themselves. This observation proved that with education comes maturity and with that maturity comes responsibility. So when I looked at these upperclassmen and alumni and the efforts they were making in order to ensure their success, I couldn’t help but get excited about my own turn in the future. Although these individuals were not aware of the impression they were making on me, they were an inspiration to at least this one  underclassmen here at Montclair State University!