{"602088":{"#nid":"602088","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Top Companies Battle for GT Computing Students at Spring Career Fair","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe fierce competition between top global brands spilled out of the marketplace and onto campus recently as scores of companies gathered to vie for GT Computing\u0026rsquo;s best and brightest students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Spring 2018 College of Computing Career Fair was held from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 in the Klaus Advanced Computing Building Atrium. Recruiters from Citi Technologies, Northrop Grumman, Google, and other top global companies met face-to-face with thousands of GT Computing students and others from across\u0026nbsp;campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College hosts two undergraduate career fairs each academic year. The fall and spring semester events, organized by the College\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/student-life\/gt-computing-community\/oec-office\u0022\u003EOffice of Outreach, Enrollment, and Community\u003C\/a\u003E, are opportunities for students to build professional networks, sharpen interviewing skills, and get a sense of the job market they\u0026rsquo;ll enter after graduation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIf last year is any indication, the job market for these soon-to-be grads is looking good. The College\u0026rsquo;s Spring 2017 graduating class had a job offer rate of 91.4 percent and a median starting salary of $86,500.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than 1,000 students attended each day of the three-day career fair. A gallery of photos from the Career Fair is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ccgatech\/albums\/72157691268271121\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eavailable online\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"More than 1,000 students participated in the Spring College of Computing Career Fair."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2018-02-07 20:22:25","changed_gmt":"2018-02-07 20:22:25","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"602085":{"id":"602085","type":"image","title":"Female student speaks to company rep at College of Computing Career Fair","body":null,"created":"1518034455","gmt_created":"2018-02-07 20:14:15","changed":"1518034455","gmt_changed":"2018-02-07 20:14:15","alt":"Female student speaks to company rep at College of Computing Career Fair","file":{"fid":"229477","name":"39145121775_2c6b564ad7_k.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/39145121775_2c6b564ad7_k.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/39145121775_2c6b564ad7_k.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":656021,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/39145121775_2c6b564ad7_k.jpg?itok=iHz116yf"}}},"media_ids":["602085"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"46361","name":"GT computing"},{"id":"4354","name":"career fair"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlbert Snedeker, Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu?subject=Career%20Fair\u0022\u003Ealbert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}