  {"id":192844,"date":"2024-03-01T16:26:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T02:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=192844"},"modified":"2024-03-01T16:26:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T02:26:40","slug":"tech-career-opportunities-at-cyber-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/01\/tech-career-opportunities-at-cyber-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Students connect with tech career opportunities at Cyber Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_192849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192849\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/west-oahu-it-fair.jpg\" alt=\"People at the Cyber Fair tables.\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/west-oahu-it-fair.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/west-oahu-it-fair-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/west-oahu-it-fair-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-192849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image courtesy of Loea Akiona)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scores of University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> students connected with about 30 prospective tech employers at the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/hawaii.edu\/uhwo-career-fair\/home\">Careers in <abbr title=\"Information Technology\">IT<\/abbr> and Cyber Fair<\/a> held at the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> in February. The fair was part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/hawaii.edu\/hawaii-tech-days\/home\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Tech Days<\/a> series of events, aimed at preparing and linking <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s young people to information technology careers in local companies.<\/p>\n<p>Participants were able to interact with industry leaders, learn about the latest trends, and explore internship and job opportunities in rapidly evolving fields.<\/p>\n<p>Loea Akiona, director of student development and career development at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>, was pleased with the event, especially considering it was only the second fair of its kind held on the west side. The first took place in the fall at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were thrilled to host a diverse range of esteemed employers across various sectors and industries,&rdquo; Akiona said. &ldquo;Students were able to speak at length with recruiters and professionals, gaining valuable insight into the industries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Careers in <abbr>IT<\/abbr> and Cyber Fair was coupled with the <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.joinhandshake.com\/career_fairs\/46863\/student_preview\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> Career and Internship Fair<\/a> held the next day. Both fairs provided opportunities for students seeking internships, planning for their first job, or exploring career options for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Careers in <abbr>IT<\/abbr> and Cyber Fair linked students with local employers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[416,59],"class_list":["post-192844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-information-technology","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192844"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192851,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192844\/revisions\/192851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}