SHREVEPORT – Company logos, pop-up banners and presentation boards filled the LSUS Ballroom and spilled out all over the second floor of the University Center for the 2025 Regional Career Fair on Thursday.
A record 235 students from six participating schools navigated the maze of potential futures from 100 different organizations ranging the gamut of industries.
Students visited with representatives from K-12 education, graduate schools, healthcare, defense and law enforcement, financial services, manufacturing, hospitality and casino, and government to name the most represented industries.
Business student Blake Martin specifically targeted an internship with Brookshire Grocery Arena, but he left with a stack of brochures from the different businesses with which he connected.
“I came hoping to earn an internship as an event specialist with Brookshire Grocery Arena, and that still remains the goal,” Martin said. “But I met a lot of different people today that opened other opportunities.”
Caddo Parish Schools human resources Pateece Davis-Hardy said she’s on the lookout for any and all majors who are interested in educating children.
“We’re looking beyond just students and graduates who have or are pursuing education degrees,” Davis-Hardy said. “Anybody can take their original degree and get certified to teach through our alternative certification program.
“We’re not looking for specific backgrounds, we want people who are seeking opportunities to work with children. Teachers who come from non-education backgrounds are growing at a faster rate than traditional education students.”
Psychology student Sinead Arcania had education entities on her wish list.
But Behavioral Specialists of Louisiana topped that list as Arcania aims to stay closer to her psychology roots.
“I’m a pretty anxious person, but I was able to overcome those fears to network with an array of people today,” Arcania said. “The ultimate goal is to be an art therapist at some point in my career.”
Employers mostly represented local companies and parishes, but areas like Minden and Natchitoches and into East Texas and Dallas-Fort Worth were also in attendance.
Law enforcement and military was out in full force with Louisiana local and state entities, Texas local and state entities, U.S Border Patrol, and Army and Air Force branches represented.
Healthcare was another strongly represented industry with various hospitals, clinics and specialty healthcare services from which to choose.
Not many organizations could say they were the only ones in their field, but pharmacy technology company Red Sail Technology could.
The Chicago-based company has a local entity in PioneerRx.
“From the moment a customer walks into a pharmacy and hands a pharmacist a subscription to when they walk out with their medication, we design and implement the software a pharmacy uses to carry out their business,” said training specialist Heather Spivey. “We’re looking for software developers, engineers and support staff to help independent and community pharmacies operate efficiently.”
Students from LSUS, Centenary, Southern in Shreveport, Bossier Parish Community College, Northwest Technical Community College and Northwestern State University College of Nursing participated in the event.
