Have You Been to a Job Fair Lately?
By marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
United States
January 17, 2016 10:51am CST
Job fairs can be fun.
You need to have a top notch resume to hand out to the recruiters and you need to dressed professionally.
A job fair does not guarantee you a job but it puts you in front of a number of employers.
A lot of the job fairs will provide some type of refreshments and remember they are free to attend, they also will give you brochures, pamphlets and other fun stuff.
The job fair will also let you see who you are competing against and to see if you need more job skills.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
17 Jan 16
I wish I could go to a job fair.
I have never been to one, I was so busy working haha
I have never been to one, I was so busy working haha2 people like this
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
17 Jan 16
@TiarasOceanFair I hadn't been to one either because I was always working but it would have been interesting.
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@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
18 Jan 16
I have never been a job fair before. There was once my husband went to a job fair, and I was already a stay-at-home mom and bringing my son with me. At first I thought perhaps I could take a look how a job fair was like, but of course, kids were not allowed to enter.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Jan 16
I haven't been to a job fair since the one I went to in 2002. Got the job and worked there until I got a early retirement in 2007.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
17 Jan 16
@celticeagle So you were hired and it was a good thing you went to that job fair back in 2002.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
19 Jan 16
@celticeagle
Wonderful then it was worth the time it took going there.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Jan 16
@Marcyaz ...Yes, it worked out well.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
17 Jan 16
I had been to a few back in late 1990s when I was looking out for better opportunities in other big cities. Back then, the call centers were quite new and the jobs in International ones were high paying. Now, the problem I had faced was that as these companies were from other states, only a part of interview (I would call that as screening) was done here. I got selected into one only in 2001 - and that too when I was at Delhi (Capital of India).
Today, these Job fairs are more exciting even here. I had gone to take interviews on two occasions (in 2013,2014 for Internet Based Firm with whom I was associated) - and the best part was that apart from the to and fro and the payout, they also served me good food
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@tammys85 (31417)
• Baltimore, Maryland
17 Jan 16
I haven't been to one recently, but I did attend one for our local Science Center several years ago. I wanted to work in the "Kids Room" but did not get the job. I have had more experience in working with children recently, plus my 90hrs Certification in Child Care, so if it came down to it, I'd probably stand a bigger chance now than I did at the time. I'm content working from home as a freelance writer and babysitter, but it's still good to know the option is there.
That job fair was only for jobs at the Science Center tho.
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
18 Jan 16
Yes. I attended one last Saturday. They provide lunch and I also got a gift certificate.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
18 Jan 16
@cherriefic Wonderful you attended one recently and they provided you with lunch and you received a gift certificate.
@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
20 Jan 16
I've never been to anything like this before. I don't really know if we have ever had one around here. I reckon it could be a bit of fun.
