Toronto Area Job Fairs

and Career Expos

Career and Job Fair

by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.

Here are the keys to successfully navigating a career or job fair. Follow these simple rules and you should achieve success in this important strategic tool of job-hunting.

• Do have a specific strategy for maximizing your time at the event. And don’t bother spending time with recruiters from companies that do not interest you.

   

• Do pre-register for the event, and do attempt to get the list of attending companies before the career fair.

   

• Don't eliminate companies because they are recruiting for positions outside your field; take the time to network with the recruiter and get the name of a hiring manager for your particular career field.

   

• Do attempt to research basic information about each company you hope to interview with at the job fair. A common career fair question from recruiters is, “Why do you want to work for our company?”