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New This Year!

8:30am - 4:00pm

Resume Drop and Employer Contact Table: Bring 40 copies of your current resume and we will make sure that they get into the hands of all of our guest speakers for the day.  Also stop by for employer information on current jobs and applications and mix with Fashion Group members. Hosted by the University of Minnesota Career Center

8:30-9:00 am
Registration/Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:45 am
Welcome and Keynote Speaker

10:00-11:00 am
Breakout Session A

11:15-12:15 pm
Breakout Session B

12:30-1:45 pm
Lunch, Afternoon Keynote Speaker, & Scholarship Awards

2:00-3:00 pm
breakout Session C

3:30-4:30 pm
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Breakout Sessions

Time to discover your future...

A1 ...In Product Design Development
A2 ...As a Buyer for a Major or Specialty Store
A3 ...In Upper Level Retail Management
A4 ...As a Designer of your own Brand

B1 ...In Product Design Development (repeat A1)
B2 ...As a Buyer for a Major or Specialty Store (repeat A2)
B3 ...As a Visual Merchandiser
B4 ...By Writing your Resume, Interviewing and Networking

C1 ...In E-Commerce or E-tailing
C2 ...As an Entrepreneur / Store Owner
C3 ...As a Coporate or Manufacturer's Sales Representative
C4 ...In Fashion Marketing and Public Relations


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During this hour and a half the first 115 registrants will have the opportunity to talk with different successful professionals at Mall of America in Bloomington or Target headquarters downtown Minneapolis about their career path and what their jobs are really like. Come with questions for this chance to do some informational interviewing.

For more information regarding the Career Day 2008 contact:

Danna Atherton, President, FGI Foundation of Mpls/St. Paul at 952.221.6980
or datherton@mchsi.com