5 Things You MUST Do
Before Attending A Job Fair.
Job seekers who come prepared will strike up opportunities quickly, so here are five things you MUST do
before attending a job fair: Research ahead of time.
Before you attend a job fair or networking event, use Free Resume Builder to create your resume, then print out at least ten copies on high grade paper and carry these with you in a professional portfolio so they won't be wrinkled or damaged.
Related: 5 Things You Must Do
Before Attending A Job Fair.
Not exact matches
To get ahead of competitors, consider
attending local college
job fairs to meet those talented workers
before they've accepted a
job with someone else.
On a frigid evening, days
before Christmas, nearly 100 people braved icy roads to
attend a SolarCity
job fair at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, on the slight chance they might qualify for one of the few hundred positions available at the company's solar factory.
Before the
job fair, research a few companies
attending that
fair that you would like to work for.
Studying somewhere that's respected by your chosen industry can have advantages way
before you apply for graduate
jobs — relevant employers are likely to visit your university to
attend careers
fairs or give talks, and might even have direct connections with your department.
Include some targets and timescales - for example: apply for 5
jobs each week;
attend a careers
fair before the end of July; create a LinkedIn profile by the end of June.
Attend lectures and
job fairs where you can learn about professional worlds that may not have interested you
before.
You might take time to
attend job fairs or conferences that can open the door to industries you may not have known much about
before.