GTAA Hosts Student-Athlete Career Fair

THE FLATS – On Monday night, Georgia Tech student-athletes had the opportunity to look beyond the playing surface at the annual GTAA Career Fair. The event, hosted at McCamish Pavilion, welcomed 27 companies offering internships and career opportunities in various industries.

The event is designed to help student-athletes secure jobs and internships for the coming year, as well as prepare student-athletes for the job interview process. Last week, a virtual career fair was also offered to student-athletes that featured 15 companies. Between the two options, over 170 student-athletes attended the career fairs.

The companies in attendance Monday night included:

Accenture
Amazon
Atlanta Hawks
Brightmark
Control Southern
Despoco
DPR Construction
Eaton
Enterprise Holdings
Galerie Living
Georgia Pacific
GM
GTRI
Honeywell
incidentlQ
JE Dunn
Lutron
Marketwake
Matthew Real Estate Investment Services
NCR
MDU1
Piedmont Group
Sterling Seacrest
UPS
US MARINE CORPS
Waffle House

Several companies attended the virtual career fair, including:

Accenture
Anthem
Brightmark
Control Southern
Deposco
DPR Construction
Home Depot
Lutron
Norfolk Southern
North Highland
Northwestern Mutual
Rock Central
Sherwin Williams
Truist
US MARINE CORPS

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