Scott Money
News reporter

Employers including Peel Regional Police, Planet Energy, Goodlife Fitness, WSIB and Fed-Ex will be at Humber next week offering students summer employment opportunities as part of the Career Centre’s first summer job fair.
The event will take place next Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the North Campus Student Centre.

Event co-ordinator and fourth-year business administration student, Jimmy Jhandi, said the job fair is planned in response to an increased number of Humber students looking for summer jobs through the college’s Career Centre.
“The last couple years we have seen a really high demand for summer jobs,” he said.
“Before this year’s job fair, all we had was a job board in front of the Career Centre.”
Jhandi said he got the idea for a summer job fair after seeing how ineffective the job board was last year.
“The board didn’t get the job done, so we decided it would be more effective for students to meet with employers one on one,” he said.
Career Centre employment adviser, Christine Colosimo, is overseeing the event and said she expects many of the 100 employers invited will come with employment opportunities for students.
“Were hoping to have at least 30 to 35 employers at the career fair, if not more,” she said.
Colosimo said the majority of jobs being offered to students will be entry level, seasonal opportunities.
She added that as the first summer job fair at Humber it will be different.
Employers will  set up their booths in the student centre rather than a small conference room like previous job fairs held at the college.
Career Centre employment adviser, Angella Nunes, said she agrees that one of the best features of the fair will be the change in venue.
“We were limited in our space before, now we can showcase the student centre and have a nice open space for the fair,” said Nunes.