Career Fair Strategies: Targeting Employers

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Tuesday August 20, 2019
      5:15 pm - 6:30 pm
  • Location: Bill Moore Student Success Center President's Suites C and D
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Contact

Robbie Ouzts, Graduate Career Development Advisor

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Planning to attend a career fair? Learn how to prepare at this workshop.

Full Summary: Attending Career Fairs can be an effective way to find jobs and internships. This workshop will provide a strategy for pre-career fair preparation, reviewing the list of employers, creating a target list, conducting pre-fair research, and making a lasting impression on recruiters. The workshop will also address how to standout, tips for remaining calm under pressure, great discussions with employers. You will also learn how to best utilizing your time waiting in line and what observations recruiters make when you are waiting.

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Attending Career Fairs can be an effective way to find jobs and internships. This workshop will provide a strategy for pre-career fair preparation, reviewing the list of employers, creating a target list, conducting pre-fair research, and making a lasting impression on recruiters. The workshop will also address how to standout, tips for remaining calm under pressure, great discussions with employers. You will also learn how to best utilizing your time waiting in line and what observations recruiters make when you are waiting.

 

If interested in attending this event, please remember to register HERE. NOTE: You MUST have an active CareerBuzz account to be able to RSVP for events.

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Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

Graduate Studies, Postdoctoral Services

Invited Audience
Postdoc, Graduate students
Categories
Career/Professional development
Keywords
graduate students, Postdocs
Status
  • Created By: Jana Stone
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Aug 9, 2019 - 2:11pm
  • Last Updated: Aug 9, 2019 - 2:12pm