{"id":11134,"date":"2011-02-22T12:22:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T16:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=11134"},"modified":"2014-11-14T15:59:44","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T20:59:44","slug":"state-farm-career-event-succeeds-on-many-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2011\/02\/state-farm-career-event-succeeds-on-many-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"State Farm career event succeeds on many levels."},"content":{"rendered":"

When Florida International University (FIU) and State Farm recently strengthened their relationship with a plan for more activities between the university and the company, everyone involved was excited. And now, after the first of those activities, a career event in early February 2011, the enthusiasm has grown.<\/p>\n

\u201cEighty-five people, 56 of them business students, attended an information session about career opportunities at State Farm, including 51 undergraduates, 12 graduate students and 21 alumni,\u201d said Barry Shiflett<\/strong>, director, career management services (CMS) in FIU\u2019s College of Business Administration.<\/p>\n

One of those, International MBA student Allen Jackson<\/strong>, wanted to find out about opportunities at State Farm in finance, and he couldn\u2019t have been happier with the entire experience.<\/p>\n

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Students were able to talk to State Farm recruiters from a number of the company\u2019s businesses. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen you think State Farm, you usually think insurance, but I\u2019m interested in finance and I can definitely foresee pursuing a position at State Farm,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Part of the attraction went beyond the information he gathered.<\/p>\n

\u201cGenerally I am nervous because I am a prospective candidate, even at an information session, but they were so welcoming that they took away my nervousness and made the session more comfortable for everyone,\u201d he said. \u201cThat meant we were more at ease asking questions and we were more engaged.\u201d<\/p>\n

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State Farm created an atmosphere that encouraged interaction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Representatives from State Farm recruited in six different areas, such as creative services and systems\/information technology. In addition, Laura Haas, assistant vice president, human resources; Cheryl Herrin, State Farm operations vice president; and Eddie Toro, enterprise recruiting manager, made presentations.<\/p>\n

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Cheryl Herrin, State Farm operations vice president, was one of the presenters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Corporation\u2019s visibility grows at FIU. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAn exceptional university partner, State Farm\u2019s engagement with FIU is not only demonstrated by the generous support and involvement with the State Farm Financial Literacy Lab in the business school but also is evident in their vision for recruitment of FIU students university-wide and the outstanding support State Farm provides across the institution in mentorship, scholarship and leadership cultivation,\u201d said Nicole Kaufman<\/strong>, FIU\u2019s director, corporate and foundation relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Florida International University (FIU) and State Farm recently strengthened their relationship with a plan for more activities between the university and the company, everyone involved was excited. And now, after the first of those activities, a career event in early February 2011, the enthusiasm has grown. \u201cEighty-five people, 56 of them business students, attended […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[381],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23906,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11134\/revisions\/23906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}