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NEWS, NOTES & QUOTES


MEETING THE FUTURE: NCLC CAREER FAIR PUTS STUDENTS AND EMPLOYERS FACE-TO-FACE By Kate Mooney and Sheryl S. Jackson


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ore than 1,100 students and eager-to-hire employers had


an opportunity to meet at the 2018 National College Landscape Competi- tion’s career fair. With more than 100 employers and industry suppliers rep- resented, the career fair gave students a chance to explore job and internship opportunities, and gave employers a chance to meet top-notch candidates. Christopher Johnson, project man-


ager for R.P. Marzilli knows the value of attending the National Collegiate Landscape Competition Career Fair because he attended the event as a student. “I attended NCLC for three years as a student from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. For the last two or three years I have been talking to my company about coming here and this year we finally made the commitment,” he says. R.P. Marzilli is a growing company, so they are making a conscious


effort to garner visibility at college career fairs, most recently in New England, Chicago and Colorado. The company not only wants to focus their efforts locally, but they also


“want to make sure they are always a part of the industry” by attending national events like the NCLC Career Fair, says Johnson. It may have been R.P. Marzilli’s first appearance at the event, but not so for many other companies, including Lawn Butler LLC. Rudy Larsen, owner of Lawn Butler, has been a part of the NCLC career fair for the past three years. His company was there to primarily recruit for internships, but he also had a few full-time positions available. “We are always hiring because we are continuing to grow,” he says. “I also like to network— seeing people who I know through the industry that I have gotten to know over the years.”


“We’ve hired people we’ve met through the NCLC career fair,” says Tyler Bass, human resource director at Lawn Butler. While they were interns at first, they were later offered full-time positions, he explains. Bass was pleased with the good


turnout at the 2018 career fair and recommends it for other companies— with one exception. “This is a necessi- ty because our industry really doesn’t have any other big networking type of event,” he says. “Being able to bring in the students and help them find a career is as essential for us as it is for them. We just wouldn’t recommend it to any of our direct competitors.”


The 2019 National Collegiate Landscape Competition will be held at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado March 20–23. Visit landscapecompetition.org for more information on next year’s event.


Rudy Larsen, owner of Lawn Butler


Christopher Johnson, project manager, R.P. Marzilli 12 THE LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONAL > MAY/JUNE 2018


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