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From the lens Job Fairs - A Waste Of Time ? .

  • MercedesSydney Jun 10, 2010 @ 7:14 am | delete
    I've attended numerous job fairs / career shows. There are good and bad ones. Ones that are well organised by professional trade show coordinators tend to attract a better quality of employer and a better quality of candidate. Poorly organised shows tend to have less attractive employers and candidates.
  • Still looking, not a job fairs Jul 9, 2009 @ 10:59 am | delete
    I've been to a few job fairs over the past, sheesh, 20 years, in multiple places around the country, and I have found they are virtually identical, regardless of time or place. Meat markets for which recruiters are hunting for lower-end employees and even lower than that, salesmen.

    It's not a fad, but they do become *much* more common when the job market is, as the media puts it, "soft". This job market reminds me of the very early-90's, when those with MBA's were taking entry-level jobs in order to keep their houses. I'm now one with too much experience, it seems, because while, from what I have heard, even though I receive many more responses to résumés than most, I'm still sending out at least 50 per month, and getting one, maybe two, responses.

    From what I have seen, it may be I have a concept of spelling and grammar. I have seen screening tests in which people actually used "u" for "you" in a business document, among other glaring, and almost sickening, errors.

    What really irks me is seeing repeat postings for jobs which must not truly exist, because, based on the company's posting, I am the *perfect* candidate, yet they'll post it every 3 days, 7 days, or monthly, and I never hear so much as a "hey we want a few more details". Go figure. Sounds like HR people doing their best to not join the unwashed masses.
  • Looking4You Jan 22, 2009 @ 4:45 pm | delete
    Interesting lens. A topic we typically don't talk about.
  • mzthollywood Jan 11, 2009 @ 9:49 pm | delete
    Practical information. I've attended several job fairs, without any results.

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