FARMINGTON – The University of Maine at Farmington’s Center for Human Development will sponsor a career fair from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 11, in Olsen Student Center hallway and in North Dining Hall. The career fair is free and open to the public as well as UMF alumni.

The fair will feature recruiting representatives from more than 60 businesses and organizations, ranging from mutual fund brokerages to summer camps for children with special needs, offering full and part-time work as well as internships. Last year’s fair featured more than 65 employers and drew more than 300 job seekers. No preregistration is required of job seekers.

For more information and a list of participating companies and organizations, people can visit the Web at http://departments.umf.maine.edu/~chd/Recruiting/careerfair.html or contact Program Coordinator Sue Ronald at 778-7029 or 778-7034.

Next in the series of UMF Center for Human Development career fairs will be the annual Education Job Fair Monday, April 26, in UMF’s Dearborn Gymnasium. It is Maine’s only job fair targeted specifically to prospective teachers and the event draws recruiters from across the nation. A list of schools planning to attend is available online at: http://departments.umf.maine.edu/~chd/Recruiting/Educafair.htm