What: Each year the University of Georgia sponsors a Risk & Insurance Careers Day to facilitate the hiring of graduating seniors. The event includes company information displays and interviewing. Please visit our website: www.terry.uga.edu/insurance/careers_day/

Who: The University of Georgia currently has about 220 undergraduate students majoring in Risk Management and Insurance. Of these, approximately 120 will be graduating and seeking entry-level positions in areas such as commercial underwriting, claims management, agency and brokerage operations, group insurance, employee benefits, marketing and sales, financial planning, life insurance underwriting, corporate risk management, loss control, and risk management consulting. An additional 15 to 20 MBA students will be seeking similar positions.

When: The Careers Day information displays are scheduled for Tuesday, February 3, 2009, from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m., followed by a reception from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Firms can schedule interviews anytime during the period from February 6-15. Other dates throughout the spring semester are also available for interviewing both full-time and internship candidates. Companies based in Atlanta are especially encouraged to consider scheduling their regular, initial interviews during the week of February 9. The Career Center will work with you to secure the best available dates for your interviewing schedule.

Where: Company displays on February 3, 2009 will be at the Athens Classic Center -- located at 300 N. Thomas Street in downtown Athens. Driving directions and parking information for the Classic Center are available at www.classiccenter.com/directions.cfm. Interviews will be conducted at the Career Center in Clark Howell Hall on the University of Georgia campus. A variety of information regarding campus recruiting at Clark Howell Hall is available at www.uga.edu/career/.

Size Constraints: The Career Center can accommodate only 16 interviewers on any one-day. The interview schedules will be assigned on a “first come” basis. To ensure that your company can interview all qualified candidaes, request interview room reservations at https://uga-csm.symplicity.com/employers/ as quickly as possible to reserve interview space and to assure that your company's job listings can be posted on DAWGlink. DAWGlink is the Career Center 's online job/internship posting, resume referral, and on-campus interview scheduling system. Additional information on the resources available at the Career Center is available at www.career.uga.edu/. If you have questions regarding conducting interviews at the Career Center, please email Debi Grayson at DebiG@uga.edu.

Cost: The registration fee is $200 per company. This fee covers the expenses for all company personnel attending, regardless of the number from any one firm. Hotel accommodations must be paid for separately. Two Athens hotels close to the Classic Center are offering rooms for this event, The Foundry Park Inn (www.foundryparkinn.com) and The Hilton Garden Inn (www.hiltongardeninn.com).

Registration: The registration fee of $200 is required. Please make all checks payable to the Insurance Society. Send the fee plus the completed registration form by November 21 to Risk & Insurance Careers Day, 206 Brooks Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-6255. Full refunds are available for cancellations prior to December 5. Partial refunds are payable for cancellations on or before January 9. No refunds are possible after January 9.

Questions: For additional information please contact Dr. Robert E. Hoyt at (706) 542-4290 or by e-mail at rhoyt@terry.uga.edu.