Going to the job fair---wish they had rides....

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Well, yesterday I went to a job fair advertised on one of the job search websites I frequent. The ad stated some jobs typically represented at their fairs, it was a very lengthy list. It sounded as though there would be dozens of companies with dozens of different types of jobs. When I got there, every single company was just looking for salespeople. It also turned out that the company presenting the job fair was trying to sell some kind of career-coaching service. What a great idea, having a "job fair" to get a captive audience for selling career services to, huh? I will say the people were really nice and did not push too hard, and I did get some free advice out of it, which is not bad. But I feel the whole thing was misleading and mostly a waste of time. Has anybody else had a similar job-hunting experience?