If the job description doesn't reveal whether you would have the chance to work in recruitment, consider approaching
the company at a careers fair or emailing them to find out.
We had some incredible
companies at the Careers Fair in March including @CocaCola @Version1Tweets @amazon @Jobbio and @MorganMcKinley.
Not exact matches
Twitpics show the
company's hockey team holding up a championship banner, and the
company's Facebook page shows its activities
at a recent university
career fair.
The same high - profile tech
companies that threw out my resume
at other
career fairs were now calling me back.
Science
Careers readers often think that
companies have an easy time filling open positions; they've seen the long lines that form
at career fairs.
His suggestion for the future is to find high - level contacts in
companies — individuals who can tell HR that having
company representation
at the
career fair is a «must - do.»
The student unions and faculties
at Lund University organise job
fairs where you can meet with
companies and talk about your future
career options.
These are not jobs in
companies who will field stands
at careers fairs, have big factories to tour or even necessarily have a clear route to promotion.
Interview (Starts
at 6:03)-- Mike Shatzkin, founder and CEO of The Idea Logical
Company in New York, spoke with me on April 23rd by Skype about why there was so much hand wringing
at the recently concluded London Book
Fair, what's ahead for authors and readers if Amazon's dominance of the book business grows, and how his father, the late Leonard Shatzkin, who also had an illustrious
career in publishing, probably would have been more inclined to applaud Amazon's disruption than is Leonard's son.
College
career fairs are excellent opportunities to get a sneak peek
at the most talented up - and - coming members of the workforce, and many
companies use these events to find excellent candidates for in - school interning opportunities and entry - level positions.
You'll be refreshing your network of candidate referrals so that if you miss a candidate another
company may introduce you to them, you'll be in the know about upcoming changes and schedules for the
career fair, and you'll represent your employer brand to lateral stakeholders in other industries and
at the university level.
You can look
at online job posting sites, in the newspaper, on
company websites,
at job
fairs, on professional group forums and even
at career centers.
«Employers should proactively speak to their interest in seeing more women in tech, whether it's in a
company blog post, on social channels, through internal newsletters,
at networking events, or
at career fairs,» Cullen says.
Reach out to
company execs via social media such as LinkedIn or Twitter, attend job
fairs or open
career days, and show up
at meet and greets the
company may have for graduating students.
Indeed most of the
companies at the gradireland Graduate
Careers Fair recruit from a number of disciplines, so don't walk on by their stands — get in there and ask them if they are on the look - out for graduates from your discipline: you might be pleasantly surprised!
Bring more resumes (
at least 20); be more punctual than anyone else (arrive
at least half an hour early); be more prepared (learn all about the
companies that will be represented
at the
career fair).
But when you approach a
company and their representatives
at a
career fair — and you display your prepared binder in a confident manner to show how much homework you've done — you'll be able to say, «Steve, I noticed from your LinkedIn profile that were an engineer but somewhere during your early
career years you moved into Human Resources and Recruiting.
This could be Careerslink, through a
company contact you met
at a
Careers Fair (name dropping is a must!)
One explained how her
company often earmarked the CVs of the students who'd impressed them
at careers fairs.
A big part of success
at a
career fair is planning and if you want to network
at career events, then you have to start with the
companies that are looking for people with your qualifications.
Every
careers fair and
company is different, but broadly you can identify three types of
company representative that might be
at the
fair.
Promote [
company name]
at job
fairs, university and college
career days, and
career events targeted for special populations
Represented [
company name]
at high school
career fairs, campus open houses, and other outreach events
Sometimes looking beyond that list of
companies at the next
careers fair is your best bet, as I found -LSB-...]
WHEN
AT A
CAREER FAIR, YOU ARE THE
COMPANY TO JOB SEEKERS.
At career fairs, representatives of
companies with graduate recruitment programs will attend to try to pick up the best and the brightest.
At career fairs, representatives of
companies with graduate recruitment programs will attend... Read more
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Careers Fair brought a range of employers from a wide variety of sectors, including companies that you won't find at the majority of careers
Careers Fair brought a range of employers from a wide variety of sectors, including
companies that you won't find
at the majority of
careerscareers fairs.
Maximizing your time and effort
at a
career fair can be accomplished with a few helpful reminders: Review the
companies participating in the
career fair and create a list of those you wish to target.
Theme, seasonal or annual
career fairs take place in each city
at least once in quarter and gather representatives from different
companies in different industries.
Build a sourcing pipeline, develop relevant strategies, and represent the
company at career / job
fairs.
Reply lapreghiera March 15, 2011
at 12:09 am I agree with your assessment as well, half the reps are
at some
career fairs just to take a day from work, get a free box lunch, and make sure their
companies meet the EEOC / EOE requirements for the year so they can say «we went / we tried.
Dan BalterChief Creative Officer Dan Balter is Chief Creative Officer
at Pongo Software.His extensive experience in internet start - ups includes the co-founding of CareerMD, one of the most recognized and trusted names in
career planning for medical students.In addition to the CareerMD.com web site, the
company hosts national
career fairs and publishes several print publications.Dan also co-founded the original 10minuteresume.com, an online resume builder that is now part of Pongo Software's flagship product, the PongoResume suite of online
career tools.Earlier in his
career, Dan was the Owner and Creative Director of the design firm, Imageline, which provided computer design and simulations for clients in the architectural, legal, broadcast, and gaming industries.Additionally, Dan has worked in architectural reclamation projects, restoring distressed properties for community use; operates an international web site for artists; and continues his own creative work as an artist, painter, and printmaker.