{"id":3305,"date":"2009-05-04T20:14:22","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T00:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2009\/05\/job-fairs---are-they-effective.html"},"modified":"2009-05-04T20:14:22","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T00:14:22","slug":"job-fairs-are-they-effective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2009\/05\/job-fairs-are-they-effective\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Fairs – Are They Effective?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feedback from my students and clients of late has been that job fairs don’t do anything for them. Some of the reasons for this that I have heard include:<\/p>\n

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1. The people that are working the tables don’t care.<\/div>\n
2. All the jobs at these fairs are cold-calling jobs.<\/div>\n
3. I already have a job, why should I go to a job fair?<\/div>\n
4. There are only entry level opportunities at the fairs I have been to.<\/div>\n
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Today, I’ll address the first point. I’ve seen this myself; apathy or lack of care in the people working the job fair tables. This could be the result of someone being assigned to the role with little interest, a belief that no candidates will be found by using this method, or the misconception on the part of the attendees that the people behind the table don’t care.<\/div>\n
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Some of the best practices to employ as a representative of your company at a job fair:<\/div>\n
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1. Rotate job fair responsibilities between HR, managers, and other representatives of the company. <\/div>\n
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2. If possible, break up the job fair into shifts, and have people rotate roles during the shift.<\/div>\n
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3. Outsource your job fair representation; their are plenty of passionate people out there who if hired for a single event may be more passionate about your product than you!<\/div>\n
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Soon, I’ll touch on #2 on this list – “All the jobs at these fairs are cold-calling jobs.”<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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