{"id":3758,"date":"2017-04-24T11:17:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T18:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/?p=3758"},"modified":"2017-04-24T13:59:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T20:59:23","slug":"spring-term-week-4-highlights-careers-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/2017\/04\/24\/spring-term-week-4-highlights-careers-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Term Week 4 Highlights: Careers and Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3763 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/files\/2017\/04\/Beaver-Careers-expo-600x227.png\" alt=\"Oregon State College of Business\" width=\"600\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2017\/04\/Beaver-Careers-expo-600x227.png 600w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2017\/04\/Beaver-Careers-expo-150x57.png 150w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2017\/04\/Beaver-Careers-expo-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2017\/04\/Beaver-Careers-expo-768x291.png 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2017\/04\/Beaver-Careers-expo.png 1551w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Welcome to Week 4, a busy one, as usual.<\/p>\n<p>We have two of our favorite themes for you this week &#8211; <strong>Careers and Innovation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But first a quick callout of our blog post outlining all the <strong>important academic updates<\/strong> this week from College of Business advising. Read this <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/2017\/04\/21\/advising-updates-academic-program-curricula\/\">post <\/a>and prepare for fall scheduling.<\/p>\n<p>Now back to <strong>Careers<\/strong>: The <a href=\"http:\/\/career.oregonstate.edu\/students\/events\/career-expo\">spring OSU career expo<\/a> is this week on Wed., April 26. They&#8217;ve got hundreds of employers lined up to attend. As well there is a companion diversity career symposium, providing a full day of career building sessions for diverse students; both events are at LaSells.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Wednesday, in Austin Hall we have the <strong>spring accounting job fair<\/strong>, from 1 to 4 pm with employers from the <strong>State of Oregon, Jones &amp; Roth, Precision Castparts, Moss Adams<\/strong>, and others.<\/p>\n<p>One day ahead of the university event is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.science.oregonstate.edu\/health-professions-fair\">health professions expo<\/a> hosted by the College of Science, which welcomes student from all majors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fridays in Austin&#8217;s<\/strong> theme this week is <strong>Innovation<\/strong>, and we bring in industry professionals from companies including <strong>Starbucks, Nike and WiLAN Inc.<\/strong> We also have a jobs seminar for international students, and a professional development workshop on cover-letter writing.<\/p>\n<p>Friday in Austin will also be buzzing with Innovation Nation&#8217;s <strong>Spring Company Show<\/strong>. The first-year entrepreneurs will be displaying and selling their products in three sessions in the Austin Marketplace and 2nd floor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3762\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/business\/files\/2017\/04\/leatherman-tool-photo-blog-300x300.png\" alt=\"Oregon State College of Businesss\" width=\"219\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2017\/04\/leatherman-tool-photo-blog-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2017\/04\/leatherman-tool-photo-blog-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/494\/files\/2017\/04\/leatherman-tool-photo-blog.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/>We&#8217;d like to put this on your radar: save the date for next week&#8217;s <strong>Dean&#8217;s Executive Series Lecture<\/strong> featuring a keynote address from <strong>Tim Leatherman<\/strong>, OSU alum, chairman of the board, and co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leatherman.com\/\">Leatherman Tools<\/a>. He&#8217;ll discuss the story of Leatherman, creators of all-in-one tools. Tim&#8217;s keynote will kickoff the <strong>Shark Tank<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/business.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/business.oregonstate.edu\/files\/shark_tank_announcement_flyer_may_5.pdf\">competition<\/a>, hosted here by the <strong>Entrepreneurs Club<\/strong> and <strong>InnovationX<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more, if you can believe it, and it is all in The Works. So look for that newsletter in your inbox, or read it <a href=\"http:\/\/business.oregonstate.edu\/news\/college-of-business-The-Works\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Week 4, a busy one, as usual. We have two of our favorite themes for you this week &#8211; Careers and Innovation. But first a quick callout of our blog post outlining all the important academic updates this week from College of Business advising. Read this post and prepare for fall scheduling. 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