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Business Networks | March, 2007 | Volume 5, Issue 3
Move over Academy Awards: Here comes BizFest.
Students realize more and more that future employees will want to see not only good grades but also evidence of their participation in the life of the College of Business Administration. BizFest—the major recruitment event for business student organizations—brings all the organizations together on the south lawn of the Ryder Building so that not-yet-members can learn why and how to become members. The gathering typically includes food, competitions, and entertainment. When students gathered this year for BizFest, they got a taste of both Chinese food and Hollywood. The theme was movies, and each organization showed its talent at decorating, drawing others to tables representing Indiana Jones, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Money Talks, Pirates of the Caribbean, Wall Street, and The Castaway. Target sponsors BizFest, seeing its value as a networking event. Not only does BizFest give business student organizations the chance to recruit, but also, it was a venue for Target, which sponsored the event for the second consecutive year, to meet potential employees. “We wanted to have direct interactions with students so we could dispel myths about retail and talk about opportunities at Target in South Florida, all of which are executive level opportunities,” said Jordan Sembler, Target group campus recruiter. “Five of us probably talked to fifty students, a number of whom came by a career fair shortly afterwards to get more information.” Students compete for prize money to swell their organizations’ coffers.
“BizFest included a competition that netted a $400 prize for the winner to support their events,” said Anezka Martinez-Rios, assistant to associate dean of the Landon Undergraduate School, Clifford R. Perry, who came up with the theme and gained the consensus of the Business Student Council (BSC) to which all the student organizations belong and whose activities she helps guide. “Each participating organization received up to $50 to decorate the tables, and the table presentations were part of their score.” The other two components of the competition were a quiz show and a scavenger hunt. The quiz show tested students on areas outside business, and the scavenger hunt took teams around the campus for an hour and ten minutes to find an array of information and items. José Toscano (BA ’97), former assistant director, career services, hosted the quiz show and judged the contestants in the scavenger hunt. The FIU Accounting Association (FIU-AA) won the $400 prize, with the American Marketing Association (AMA) ranking second and winning certificates and goodies worth more than $100. BizFest took place on January 23, 2007, from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Four hundred Chinese meals were served, and members of the cast of the campus Theatre and Dance Department production of Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Forum, and the Dazzlers, performed. Blog this. |
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