Finding Suitable Job Candidates at Career Fairs

Your Role at the Job Fair

No matter which industry you belong to, you can potentially meet hundreds, if not thousands, of job applicants whether you are at a Chicago job fair or a Seattle career fair. Parsing the qualifications of each applicant can be nearly impossible during a busy job fair, so you may need to do some work beforehand to make sure you have the credentials and contact information for each qualified job applicant.

Promotional Material

You don’t need to spend a lot of money on promotional material, but it can come in very handy at job fairs. Even a pen with our company’s phone number can be helpful. Keep in mind that job applicants can visit hundreds of employers at a large job fair in Dallas, for example, and even the most organized candidate can lose track after a stressful day of job hunting. Promotional material gives candidates a way to reach you, which is critical in case a qualified applicant fails to leave contact information due to overcrowding.

Job Descriptions

In order to avoid meeting with unqualified candidates, it is important that you bring a thorough job description, or job descriptions, to the career fair. Dallas professionals in the field of telecommunications, for example, will need technically skilled and highly trained staff, so be sure to indicate this in job descriptions. Vague job descriptions will only waste your time and give job applicants false hope with regard to their job prospects.

Contact Information Acquisition

Be sure to print out job application forms or a simple sign-up list to collect job applicant information. You should collect resumes too, of course, but collecting information on your own is a good safeguard in case applicants run out of their resumes. Seattle career fair representatives, and representatives in most cities, for that matter, can use state portals and other online tools to contact job candidates.

Notes, Notes, Notes

Take notes on candidates you wish to follow up on. These don’t necessarily need to be notes on Chicago job fair representatives, for example, can note that a certain candidate was a Bulls fan back in the day, and would likely get along with the resident office sports fan.