{"id":599,"date":"2017-07-08T10:09:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T02:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2017\/07\/08\/8-secrets-for-working-a-job-fair\/"},"modified":"2017-07-08T10:09:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T02:09:27","slug":"8-secrets-for-working-a-job-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/8-secrets-for-working-a-job-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Secrets for Working a Job Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Job fair season is here and this is going to be one of the few times in your life when companies come chasing after you, so don\u2019t screw it up. Organize yourself properly, take the right attitude and vow to work the whole show because job fairs make for a<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Job fair&nbsp;season is here&nbsp;and this is going to be one of the few times in your life when companies come chasing after you, so don\u2019t screw it up. Organize yourself properly, take the right attitude&nbsp;and vow to work the whole show&nbsp;because&nbsp;job fairs&nbsp;make for a great&nbsp;entry-level job&nbsp;search opportunity.<\/p>\n<h5> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FjMGZbBAUxr0z6XGcpzNwohXFDj9?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"310.3936507936508\" title=\"\"><br \/><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/8-secrets-for-working-a-job-fair\/#First_Jobs_and_Internships\" title=\"First Jobs and Internships\">First Jobs and Internships<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/8-secrets-for-working-a-job-fair\/#Dress_for_Professional_Success\" title=\"Dress for Professional Success\">Dress for Professional Success<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/8-secrets-for-working-a-job-fair\/#You_Must_Have_a_Resume\" title=\"You Must Have a Resume\">You Must Have a Resume<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/8-secrets-for-working-a-job-fair\/#Network_the_Job_Fair\" title=\"Network the Job Fair\">Network the Job Fair<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/8-secrets-for-working-a-job-fair\/#Theres_More_to_Life_Than_Google\" title=\"There\u2019s More to Life Than Google\">There\u2019s More to Life Than Google<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/8-secrets-for-working-a-job-fair\/#Test_Drive_a_New_Professional_You\" title=\"Test Drive a New Professional You\">Test Drive a New Professional You<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/8-secrets-for-working-a-job-fair\/#Speakers_Love_Flattery\" title=\"Speakers Love Flattery\">Speakers Love Flattery<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/8-secrets-for-working-a-job-fair\/#Follow-Up\" title=\"Follow-Up\">Follow-Up<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"First_Jobs_and_Internships\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(227, 55, 55);\">First Jobs and Internships<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Internet.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FpHlh58rHrl740G9ndfjUvbE7Jia?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"885.1092896174863\" title=\"\">      <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>While job fairs are mainly focused on helping the graduating class get their first jobs, you can start going as a freshman and use these same employers as sources for internships. When it comes to the real world of professional work, having internships under your belt gives you a major competitive edge. As we say today, \u201cThe&nbsp;internship&nbsp;is the new first job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>     <\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dress_for_Professional_Success\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(227, 55, 55);\">Dress for Professional Success<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"111.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FmnwsI1wknDaGVgli-7seaQFAfl2?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"894.5899581589958\" title=\"\">      <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Remember, you are trying to get hired, not dated, so you need to dress to impress the employers, not your classmates and favorite hotties. You may be meeting your new boss&nbsp;and you don\u2019t want the first impression to be anything less than professional.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"You_Must_Have_a_Resume\"><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(227, 55, 55);\"><strong>You Must Have a Resume<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"recursoshumanos.com.pa1.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FgjMADLrbbav-1OZ9yj1qJ9i8QZe?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"390.81882352941176\" title=\"\">      <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Not only must you have a&nbsp;professional-looking resume&nbsp;that talks about your suitability for a target job (which takes time), you should take as many copies of your resume as there are exhibitors \u2014 times two. You\u2019ll need one to leave at each booth and an additional copy for anyone you speak to.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Network_the_Job_Fair\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(227, 55, 55);\">Network the Job Fair<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"chinajob.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FiJ1b7vsH6JwAQ_M2ISMdAUzLRLJ?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"428.8333333333333\" title=\"\">      <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Organize a collaborative marketing effort with friends who are attending. They may be pursuing entirely different jobs and different professions, but if you all make the effort to text each other with alerts for opportunities, everyone wins. You can say to a representative, for example: \u201cIt\u2019s been a pleasure to speak with you, Mr. Jones. I\u2019m going to text my friend Colleen Rice, who would be perfect for that accounting job.\u201d The company sees you networking, while you find an opportunity for a friend and build expectations, which helps your friends open the conversation when they arrive at the booth in person.<\/p>\n<p>On leaving each booth with a job that is appropriate for you, make notes for follow-up while everything is fresh in your mind.<\/p>\n<p>Looking down the road a few years, one of the best networking contacts you can have are people who graduated from the same school as you. So if you are attending solo, introduce yourself to other attendees and start building a professional network that you can use to promote your career for the rest of your adult life. With this in mind, collect business cards and\/or social network addresses from everyone you meet.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"color: rgb(227, 55, 55);\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Theres_More_to_Life_Than_Google\"><\/span><b><span style=\"color: rgb(227, 55, 55);\">There\u2019s More to Life Than Google<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FhHygl3iLq_OymCe3S49I_zTfUeu?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"351.44074844074845\" title=\"\">      <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to walk into a job fair and be drawn like a moth to the biggest and most attractive booths \u2014 sponsored by the largest and most established companies \u2014 and ignore the lesser ones. But you should know that companies with less than 500 employees and in their first 10 years of existence generate the majority of the jobs in America. So visit every booth, not just the ones with the flashing lights and all the moths fluttering around.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Test_Drive_a_New_Professional_You\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(227, 55, 55);\">Test Drive a New Professional You<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"studentmag.topzine.cz.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fmg62erobyVLbd-C_KmurW6ZPq57?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" title=\"\">      <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(62, 62, 62);\">You can approach and talk to absolutely anyone at a job fair \u2014 no one will blow you off. Other soon-to-be grads are as nervous as you are&nbsp;and the company people are being paid to talk to you. Talk to someone at every booth; ask questions about company products and direction, plus titles they are looking for, before you talk about yourself. You can\u2019t know how to sell yourself if you don\u2019t know what the customer wants to buy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(62, 62, 62);\">Arrange times and dates to follow up with as many employers as possible: \u201cMs. Jones, I realize you are very busy today, but I would like to speak to you further. Your company sounds exactly suited to my education and interests. Can I call you next week?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Speakers_Love_Flattery\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(227, 55, 55);\">Speakers Love Flattery<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Skip Prichard.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fnlq2UTmv2HJRyI0DkSzJ6FrN3JT?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"393.0034305317324\" title=\"\"> <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>There will usually be formal group presentations made by employers. As all speakers love feedback, move in when the crush of presenter groupies has died down. You will have more knowledge of the company from the speaker\u2019s exchanges with people in front of you&nbsp;and time to customize your pitch to the needs and interests of the employer. Besides, you\u2019ll get more time and closer attention. Open with a compliment about the person\u2019s platform skills: \u201cYou are such a good speaker! [Wait for a smile.] Can I ask you a question about &#8230;?\u201d After that, you can usually continue to ask all the questions you want.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Follow-Up\"><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(227, 55, 55);\"><strong>Follow-Up<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Millo.co.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FoKRHwbZ3vIgHL0Js_traPeCXHA2?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"600\" height=\"318\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>At the end of the day, go through your notes while everything is still fresh in your mind. Review each company and what possibilities it may hold for you. Also review what you have learned about industry trends, skill requirements, marketplace shifts&nbsp;and long-term staffing needs. Then visit company websites, upload your resume&nbsp;and send emails and make follow-up calls to everyone with whom you spoke.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have any of these tips worked in your favor in getting your first job? Any networking tips you&#8217;d share that work for you? 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