The Vanek Center for Vocation & Callings hosts the biannual event with the primary goal of providing an atmosphere where students can begin securing internships, employment, or graduate school admissions.

POINT LOOKOUT, MO. — College of the Ozarks hosted 125 organizations during the spring Career Expo on April 12, in The Howell W. Keeter Athletic Complex. The Vanek Center for Vocation & Callings hosts this biannual event with the primary goal of providing an atmosphere where students can begin securing internships, employment, or graduate school admissions. 

The organizations in attendance included an array of employers and graduate schools located in the Ozarks region and beyond. The organizations represent a large variety of employers presenting job opportunities to students of various interests. Organizations from the following areas of study attended: accounting, marketing, hospitality, nursing, engineering, agriculture, computer science, and numerous others.

The Career Expo follows the College’s vision to develop students who are well-educated, hardworking, and patriotic, by encouraging students to network with companies and demonstrate the work ethic that has been instilled in them by College of the Ozarks.

“I think students need to identify their values, skills, and passions,” said Jim Freeman, director of the Vanek Center for Vocation & Callings. “They then learn and practice how to incorporate those into their story through written and verbal means. The expo helps students practice stepping into awkward conversations and putting themselves out there for future interactions with organizations.”