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What are the Benefits to Students?

Benefits to Students:

  • Information about career options
  • Development of career-oriented skills
  • Information about current issues and trends in your field of interest
  • Professional socialization
  • Networking and external relations with Creighton alumni
  • Participation in round-table discussions about current trends in the changing business environment
  • Application of skills and knowledge in a setting outside of the classroom
  • The opportunity to include your resume on the Resume CD, which is given to all corporate sponsors and executives in attendance.  To have your resume included on the Resume CD, you must register and upload your resume in the Career Center's Jobs4Jays database at least two weeks prior to the Symposium.  Go to www2.creighton.edu/careercenter to register.  

What are the Benefits to Panelists?

Benefits to Panelists:

  • Strengthen ties between faculty and students at Creighton University
  • Exposure within the Creighton Community
  • Interaction with prominent business leaders
  • Learn and discuss future trends in the changing business environment
  • Have a say in producing future employees

Does your company want to advertise to Creighton Students?

Why pass up the perfect opportunity to get your company's name out to a diverse, young, active target market of over 350 business students?

You may also donate your company's product or promotional items to the Student Gift Package!

Check out the Tiered Sponsorship Proposal for a full list of benefits!

Or, contact the Symposium Team for more information.

What are the Benefits to Sponsors?

Benefits to Sponsors:

Who attends the Symposium?

  • Creighton University Board of Directors and Administrators
  • Creighton University College of Business Advisory Council
  • College of Business Faculty
  • College of Business Students (350-400 students)
  • Fr. John P. Schlegel, President, Creighton University
  • Business Executives and Leaders from Omaha and across the country

Who may attend the Business Symposium?

  • Only Creighton faculty, staff and students are invited to participate
  • Students need to be registered and have paid their $10 to attend events
  • The lunch is all registered guests, faculty and business leaders (panelists and speakers)
  • The breakfast is only for panelists, speakers, and select faculty and symposium team members

Interested in Recruiting at Creighton?

Contact our Director of Business Career Programs: Jeremy Fisher

The Creighton Career Center provides the following college recruiting services for employers wanting to recruit at Creighton University:

  • Online job posting and routing system for full-time jobs and internships
  • On-Campus Interviewing & Recruiting program
  • Career Fairs (Fall and Spring)
  • Virtual e-Fairs (online career fairs)
  • Resume Referrals
  • Resume CD for all sponsors of the Executive Business Symposium, featuring student resumes of Symposium attendees registered with the Creighton Career Center 
  • Career library with your corporate information and materials
  • Employer information tables
  • Career-related workshops and other on-campus events
  • Speaking and recruiting opportunities in student organizations
  • For alumni wanting to recruit at Creighton, there is the online Creighton Career Alumni Network program