An Education Career Day with representatives from 100 school systems in 11 states will be held Thursday, Feb. 3, at UNCG.

The event will take place from 12:30 to 4 p.m. in Cone Ballroom of Elliott University Center. Sponsors are the UNCG Career Services Center, N.C. A&T State University Career Services Center and the UNCG School of Education.

The event is being held for UNCG and N.C. A&T students seeking teacher certification and for students seeking jobs in counseling, library science, social work, speech pathology, nursing, dietetics and administration in schools.

In addition to students, it is open to alumni of both universities and other interested persons. For more details, call the UNCG Career Services Center at 334-5454.

Approximately one-third of the recruiters are coming from Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island. They will join those from approximately 70 North Carolina school systems.

“The job market for educators continues to be excellent,” said Janice Simpson, an assistant director of the UNCG Career Services Center.

“The employers who registered for this event indicated great need in the areas of the sciences, mathematics, special education, foreign languages, English, speech pathology, school counseling, library science and middle school teaching.”

“While our Education Career Day is primarily geared to students and alumni, it is open to the community as well. Meeting with the recruiters will enable our students to see what opportunities in the field of education are available in North Carolina as well as elsewhere in the country.”