Career Fair!

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Welcome to the Career Fair of 2006! It will last 4 days long, but since this is in plotting, GO NUTS! I will start with showing you the Excellent Diagram that Nino made Booth ArrangementsI will list the NPCs and Adults that can be played here. Ideally, play with your char's journal or another one with a specific icon. If you'd like to let me

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TABLE B: MINISTRY ONE

[raven_annabelle]

Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures

It is divided into three divisions ("Being", "Beast" and "Spirit") and contains liaison offices for goblins and centaurs, though the centaurs, being isolationists, have never interacted with the Centaur Liaison Office since its creation. Thus, "being sent to the Centaur Office" has become a euphemism at the Ministry for those about to be fired.

Offices:
* Beast Division
o Centaur Liaison Office
o Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures
o Dragon Research and Restraint Bureau
o Werewolf Registry
o Werewolf Capture Unit
* Being Division
o Office of House-Elf Relocation
o Werewolf Support Services
o Goblin Liaison Office
* Spirit Division
o Ghoul Task Force
o Pest Advisory Board
source: lexicon and wikipedia

Department of International Magical Cooperation

Main Offices: level five of Ministry of Magic Headquarters

- work with magical governments of other countries
- sets standards for trade
- creates regulations for things like cauldron thickness
- worked with Department of Magical Games and Sports on the Triwizard Tournament
- International Confederation of Wizards, British Seats
- International Magical Office of Law
- International Magical Trading Standards Body
source: lexicon

Department of Magical Transportation
On Level Six of the Ministry of Magic lies the Department of Magical Transportation. This is the Department that handled the complicated problems of transporting folks to the World Cup, including setting up a network of Portkeys all over Britain and working out where it was safe to Apparate into the area without being seen.

Apparition Test Center
To legally Apparate, a witch or wizard must be of age and must successfully pass a test to acquire a license. To pass the test, the candidate must successfully Apparate to a specified destination without splinching himself or herself.

The Ministry of Magic offers a 12-week series of Apparition lessons from a Ministry of Magic instructor, presumably each year. The lessons begin in January and are open to all students who will be of age on or before 31 August (that is, before the next school year begins). The lessons take place every Saturday; extra, heavily supervised practice sessions can be arranged.

Broom Regulatory Control
Broom Regulatory Control is part of the Department of Magical Transport, but it is not clear what functions they perform. Since underage students are permitted to fly on broomsticks without any formal licensing process, licences do not appear to be a requirement for broomstick use. It is possible, though only a speculation, that Broom Regulatory Control concerns itself with whether broomsticks meet adequate safety standards rather than whether the users meet a specified level of competence - e.g., whether broomsticks have adequate Braking Charms, for example, or whether the Flying Charm on a broomstick is up to standard.

Floo Regulation Panel/Floo Network Authority
please refer to the lexicon for this information as it's too much to fit in to this comment!

Portkey Office
Portkeys have to be authorized; this is presumably the Office in charge of that. Since Portkeys are ordinarily made from objects that can pass as litter - objects that might appear on the Registry of Proscribed Charmable Objects, in other words, and which the Muggle Artifacts Office would have to worry about - it's not surprising that the Portkey Office keeps track of them.

source: lexicon

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[bluebirdconnie]

Connie sat with her back straight in her chair and watched the kids walk by with an air of indifference. Someone had told her that doing this would get her some extra work credit or a good review, so naturally she was the first to sign her name. However, she hadn't been completely prepared to talk to students who were close to five years younger than her about her job.

Most of them were more excited about the field work than the desk-work, and all she had for that aspect were pamphlets. The pamphlets were fanned in front of her in alphabetical order (judging by the first letter on each pamphlet). There were a few on the laws against breading, ownership, and the precautions that needed to be taken with the recent werewolf activity.

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[scott_dorminson]

Scott grinned as he dragged Eliza over to the Ministry table. Sure, she might not be interested, but he sure was! And she hadn't seemed to have a clue what she wanted to do (other than see if anyone famous was at the Quidditch booth, and really, where was the fun in that?). "C'mon, it'll be interesting!" He insisted, marching over quite happily.

The 5th year reached the desk and peered down at the leaflets that were laid out. "Hi!" He greeted, giving her a quick wave. Realistically, Scott had no idea what he wanted to do. He just knew it was going to involve animals. "So...what's all this involve?" He looked at the girl brightly, glancing at Eliza with faint amusement. My, my, was she going to be bored.

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[eh_dorminson]

Elizabeth followed Scott somewhat reluctantly. Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures? Did Scott not realize that to control the creatures they'd have to be out of control first?

"Scott," she mumbled threateningly, "I'm doing this now, but later? You are coming with me to the Socialite booth." She wasn't quite sure if she was serious; god knew that going in there alone was dangerous but there was ice cream and she might see her mum. She supposed it all depended on just how boring this was.

She picked up a brochure cautiously after one last glare at Scott.

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[scott_dorminson]

The socialite booth!? What the hell was this girl thinking? Scott couldn't go there! "Eliza," He replied under his breath, while smiling and nodding at the girl on the booth. "There is no way in HELL that I'm going over there with those bastards." His face remained pleasant and open to the girl, Scott was actually quite interested in what she was saying after all. But his tone, his tone said it all. Scott wasn't exactly subtle with hiding his dislike for all those rich prats. Most of them hated him...well, not him so much as his father. Sort of disturbing to think about really, and yet he couldn't help but question how many of the people in the room would prefer is his father died right now.

He gave Eliza a brief smile of 'that had better be an empty threat' and continued talking to the nice lady. "Is it possible to specialise in kneazles?"

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[eh_dorminson]

Eliza sighed. She really didn't understand anything that was going on.

"Fine. Although that could be my mother you're talking about. What about the photography table? I hear there's some high fashion photographer hanging around. Maybe he's looking for models," she joked.

Kneazles were cute, as far as Eliza could remember. She had a nagging feeling she'd kill any animal she touched though and she didn't really have any questions. 'Do you have to be good with animals?' seemed a little... pointless.

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[bluebirdconnie]

Connie sat with a bland face, mildly interested in the prattle going on between the two students in front of her. When they both finally managed to bring their attention back to her booth she gave them a very brief smile, "To answer your question," She said to the boy, "It is quite possible to specialize in Kneazles. For example, I specialize in werewolves."

She eyes the girl, wondering if she was going to ask a question or leave.

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[scott_dorminson]

"Werewolves?" Scott repeated in awe. He was quite impressed. Werewolves...wow! "And..um, what does that involve? With the werewolves, I mean," He asked, figuring that was the next decent question to ask. Scott glanced at Eliza, smirking when the woman on the booth gave her a 'look'. This was a brilliant booth to come to!

He gave Eliza a sympathetic pat, "Sure, we can go there next." What harm? Photography could be interesting too.

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[eh_dorminson]

Eliza continued to feel like she absolutely did not belong at this booth. She would have run to another booth after making an awkward excuse, but Scott did seem excited. And interested. Specializing in werewolves didn't sound interesting to Elizabeth, more... death-inducing. At least there was photography to look forward to.

Scott had asked the only question she could think of, so she ended up blurting out, "when'd you know you wanted to work with werewolves?" Not a half bad question, she commended herself.

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[bluebirdconnie]

Obviously this boy was only interested in guns that trap werewolves or hunting them down and tracking them and all of that foolish work that her colleagues did. "Yes, Werewolves. And if by 'what does that involve' you mean, how close do we get to them, or how do you capture one, I'm afraid you'll have to wait for my colleague to return from his mindless wanderings," Connie gave him a firm look and turned to the girl who had a much better question.

"Since sixth year," she said with a nod, "I did a project on them for Defense Against the Dark Arts. I knew then that they were worth studying in depth, so I didn't stop at sixth year. I decided I'd like to specialize in their particular field," it was at this point Connie realized that she should probably give some sort of advice about careers and choosing a path. However, Connie had no idea how to convey that important point to someone she hardly knew so she waited to bed asked another question.

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[scott_dorminson]

Why was she suddenly annoyed at him? Scott raised a surprised eyebrow. "Actually, I meant what do you actually do," He said as he folded his arms, "when you capture them." Scott didn't care too much for going off chasing them. He wanted to know what they did when they had them. Werewolves were people too, so obviously it wasn't like other creatures where they tagged them and possibly ran some tests on their breeding. Especially the new ones.

"What sort of grades are needed for...well, in general, what would be needed by this department?" He asked, unfolding his arms so he could scratch the back of his head. It was a very wide question, but Scott had no idea how else to phrase it. He didn't care what he did as long as he could work with creatures of some sort. He glanced at Eliza and gave her a quick smile. They wouldn't stay much longer. Scott wasn't sure he liked this lady anymore.

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[bluebirdconnie]

Well that was a little better of a focus for the boy, "There is an interrogation process to begin. During the recent years we've needed to track down certain werewolves who have decided to ignore their human halves. Meaning, they attack because they enjoy attacking." Connie stopped there since she was about to delve into some classified information. "Then we assimilate them into civilization with classes on how to control their transformations. They're people in essence, so their democratic rights are automatically forfeit."

"You need top marks in Defense Against the Dark Arts. If you want a job at the ministry, that is your basic requirement for any job posting. For my particular job, it is especially needed. A background in Magical Creatures and History is an added bonus, but their main concern is your DADA Newt level."

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[thomasrichards]

Thomas could have easily assigned this to someone else, but coming to Hogwarts for career day was a perfect opportunity to see his daughters.. and, of course, one Corina Mayfield. He wasn't sure what to think about her recent and sudden engagement, but he also hadn't seen his friend in far too long.

Looking around, he spotted a few other people he knew at the Ministry and there seemed to be a pretty good turnout for students as well. He scoped the room for any sign of his children, hoping he could talk them into dinner or something later, while he waited for someone to approach him for information about his department.

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[williamfarley]

William had planned on not showing up at the career fair AT ALL. He was set on taking over the family business anyway, so what was the point? Nevermind if he really had no choice in the matter and might've preferred to do something else.

He had just passed by the Auror table, resisting the urge to stop and make inquiries; he had settled on catching bits of conversation. He was now heading to the Ministry table, listening in for a second or two but not really interested in making a pause. Will wasn't really interested in working for the Ministry in that manner, anyway.

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[thomasrichards]

Thomas was bored. No one seemed to realize what a great and powerful department this was and he hadn't even managed to catch Corina, yet, which may have been his number one reason for attending. Shame, that.

But he straightened and brightened when he saw a student he knew come by.

"William!" he called cheerily. Now this was a boy he appproved of for Bri. It was a shame she couldn't date him instead of that mudblood hippie she seemed so attached to. "How have you been? How are your parents?"

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[williamfarley]

Oh, Merlin. Why of all people...?

William forced his facial muscles to form a smile and his legs to get his whole body moving in Thomas Richards' direction. He would never tell anyone and he was loathe to let his behavior indicate that this man makes him a tad...uncomfortable.

"Mr. Richards, hello. I'm well, thank you. My parents our fine, the business is still doing lovely, I was told." There was a bit silence as he kept casting around in his mind for what to say. "So. How are you and, uh...the ministry? The department?" One of his hands gestured at the sign on the table in front of him.