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Major Employers Scheduled for Embry-Riddle Industry/Career Expo

Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 16, 2007 -- More than 100 employers in aviation/aerospace, business, engineering, and high-tech fields will be on hand to talk with jobseekers at the 2007 Industry/Career Expo at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Sponsored by Embry-Riddle’s Career Services Office, the Expo is free and open to the public and will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7, and Thursday, Nov. 8, in the university’s ICI Center, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach. The Expo will be held during Homecoming Week.

“Recruiting and hiring is at its strongest since 2000 and I’m extremely pleased with the quality of the companies attending this year’s Expo,” says Lisa Scott Kollar, Career Services executive director. “In fact, we have received the most registrations in the history of the event. We expect a fantastic opportunity for our students, alumni, and visitors. We welcome job candidates from all levels of experience and backgrounds to interact with a full range of employers in the aviation/aerospace industries and beyond.”

Major employers at the Expo will include The Boeing Company, Cessna Aircraft Company, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Honeywell Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Rockwell Collins, Rolls-Royce, Sikorsky Aircraft, United Space Alliance, U.S. Navy, and Volvo Aero Services.

Among the airlines represented will be Air Wisconsin Airlines, American Eagle Airlines, ATA Airlines, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, and World Airways.

Visit www.erau.edu/career/expo/07_exhibitors_daytona.html for a complete listing of employers attending the Expo.

For more information, contact the Career Services Office at (386) 226-6054 or careers@erau.edu.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering. The university educates more than 34,000 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through the Worldwide Campus at more than 130 centers in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu.

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