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2005 was another record-breaking year.
We broke last year’s record, with an
attendance of more than 6,700. It was
also a record year for the expo, more
than 320 companies and universities
participating; that’s almost a 10
percent increase from 2004.
 Dell
Inc. and Microsoft partnered together
again this year to offer the Dell and
Microsoft Marketing Case
Competition.This year’s winners, Shalini
Bhatia, Marina De La Torre, Natalie
Prutsky and Ramon L. Rodriguez, were
from Northwestern Kellogg School. The
winners received a Dell Inspiron
6000 notebook, Microsoft Windows XP
Professional and Microsoft Office 2003
Professional software and a certificate
for an Xbox 360 – Microsoft ’s newest
gaming console set to launch this
November. Winners and finalists alike
all received a copy of Money 2006 from
Microsoft.
 This
was the second year for the Citigroup
Finance Case Competition. The winners
were Karine Chami from Crummer Graduate
School of Business at Rollins College,
Boris Leoro from Northwestern Kellogg,
Rohit Narayanan from Rutgers Business
School and Carlos Sandoval from UNC
Kenan Flagler School of Business. The
winners received a Citigroup Gift Card,
and an interview with the business of
the choice within the global consumer
group at Citigroup. Last year two
winners were hired.
Thursday was dedicated to professional
development. Twenty-four different
work-shops were available, four
workshops in six different tracks. The
tracks included professional
competencies, career development,
finance, marketing, leadership and
management.
The day
 also included two enjoyable
panel events, the Dell Kick-Off Luncheon
and the PacifiCare Leadership Plenary.
If you weren’t able to make it to the
professional development day, some of
the workshops will be available online.
We will keep you posted on when they
will be available.
Each night was filled with great
networking opportunities. Thursday
offered a corporate networking reception
and more than 20 companies participated,
followed by the PepsiCo. Opening Party.
Friday night included the United
Technologies Corporation Networking
reception, and Saturday offered even
more. The events offered attendees a
chance to expand their professional
network and to make connections that
could propel their career.
The career expo opened on Friday and was
filled with those who were looking to
make a career move. Companies were on
hand to talk with potential hires.
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2005 Conference Basics
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Location: |
Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, CA |
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Dates: |
September 29 - October 1 |
2005 Conference Statistics
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Total Attendance: |
6,700 |
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Corporate Sponsors: |
223 |
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Academic Sponsors: |
78 |
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Total Sponsors: |
301 |
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Interview Booths: |
372 |
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MBA Scholarships Awarded: |
195 |
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Total Financial Assistance Awarded: |
$735k |
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Professionals: |
25% |
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Students: |
75% |
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Students from Top Universities*: |
27% |
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Job Postings Online (Conference): |
766 |
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Job Postings Online (Annual): |
30,798 |
*
Rankings as reported by US News and World’s
Report for Top 25 Universities
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