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Making contacts in the business community can be the key for job-searching students. The A. B. Freeman School of Business recently hosted its annual Freeman Days Networking Reception, the school's biggest career event. Held at the National World War II Museum's Stage Door Canteen, it brought together students, alumni and corporate recruiters for an evening of professional networking followed by a day of company presentations and information sessions on the uptown campus.

Prospective May graduate Steven Folse, left, talks with alumni Christina Thomas, center, and Chris Partridge, right. Thomas and Partridge, who are with Chaffe & Associates, were among 150 business school alumni who attended the reception.

Stephen Feazell, an MBA student scheduled to graduate this May, was one of 140 business school students who attended the event to meet alumni and recruiters and, hopefully, generate some job leads.

Tulane business alumna Marcella Fonseco, center, greets Yolanda Johnson, right, talent acquisition manager with Enterprise Holdings, during the reception's “speed networking” session. The exercise, modeled after speed dating events, lets students and employers meet and exchange information in 15-minute rounds.

April Cathey, right, a recruiting agent with the Internal Revenue Service, tells students about the organization during the speed networking segment. More than 90 recruiters attended this year's reception to pitch their organizations to graduating students.