Resumes were passed from students to recruiters with high hopes of getting jobs after graduation during the Sacramento State Fall Career Fair Tuesday in the University Ballroom.

122 companies came from not only all over the Sacramento region, but also from Southern California and Nevada.

Students could get information from engineering companies like O’Dell to clothing stores like Abercrombie & Fitch.

“There’s a lot of information and employers here,” said Matt Harrington, a senior liberal studies major. “You have to bleed through everyone to find out what’s good for you.”

David Bell, the senior auditor with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, spoke of the 13 positions for auditors in the Sacramento office. Auditors would work with Medicare, Medicaid and over 300 other programs.

“We’ve already collected several resumes with people who qualified,” Bell said. “Qualifying students need to have a Bachelors degree in accounting or at least have 24 units of accounting classes.”

Students who may not be interested in auditing could speak with Harrah’s/Harvey’s Lake Tahoe. Lynn McKissock, the recruiter for Harrah’s, said that one of the best benefits of working for the hotel/casino was the beautiful sight of Lake Tahoe.

“Workers also get discounts for shows and gift shops, free food and other benefits,” McKissock said. “We’re looking for upbeat, positive persons, preferably with business degrees.”

If business careers were not part of certain students’ career aspirations, individuals could always turn to the military. The U.S. Marine Corps were promoting their platoon leaders course. According to Staff Sgt. Egido Ryan, this program is considered the “upper management” of the military.

“Sacramento State and UC Davis are the No. 1 schools in the area for qualified candidates for the Marine Corps,” Ryan said.

When students left, they were urged to fill out a brief evaluation survey of the career fair. The survey would give the university some opinions of how to improve the fair for the next semester.

“This is a lot larger than I thought,” said Andrea Warner, a senior psychology major. “I transferred from Chico State and the career fair there was smaller. But I found a lot of good information today.”

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Jamie Gonzales can be reached at [email protected]