The Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team at UNC Charlotte will host their sixth annual Etiquette Dinner Thursday, Nov. 12, from 6:30 to 9:00 PM at the Barnhardt Student Activity Center on campus.
More than 150 students from the Belk College of Business will attend along with 50 business professionals from the Charlotte region, representing top companies including Bank of America, Duke Energy, Wells Fargo, Lexis-Nexus, Planet Central Advertising, Unilever, Vanguard, LPL Financial, TIAA-CREF and McGuire Woods, LLP.
Students will be seated with business practitioners in fields related to their majors. In addition, the dinner will provide a hands-on exercise in dining etiquette, guided by Andrew Lipson, resident district manager of Compass Group.
Following the dinner Mark Frietch, president of TAC Services LLC, a recruting and staffing consulting firm, will discuss how students can effectively use social media to gain a competitive edge in today's highly-competitive job market.
After dinner, the students and business professionals will participate in a moderated "speed networking" session, during which students will be posed potential interview questions and then will receive feedback on their performance.
About SIFE
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) is an international non-profit organization that works with leaders in business and higher education to mobilize university students to make a difference in their communities while developing the skills needed to become socially responsible business leaders. There are approximately 1500 active SIFE teams in more than 40 countries around the world.
The mission of the UNC Charlotte SIFE teamis "to continuously inspire students of all ages to impact the community through projects based on free enterprise that promote literacy and leadership." The UNC Charlotte team has won the SIFE regional competition every year since the chapter was formed in 2003.