Things You'll Need:
- Resumes
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Step 1
Take stock of your skills. Are you best suited to working in an emergency room, continued care clinic, nursing home or another type of health care institution? This will help you target specific employers who will be at the job fair.
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Step 2
Check job boards in hospitals and health care facilities in your community to see if any job fairs are coming to town. If not, check back frequently.
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Step 3
Seek out health care job placement websites online, or register with the Web's bigger job search sites to receive email alerts when a nursing career fair is heading your way.
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Step 4
Collect current references you can add to your resume. Good references are particularly important in the health care field, since part of your job entails saving people's lives.
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Step 5
Prepare plenty of current, error-free copies of your resume. Make sure your resume lists your best skills at the top. If you're not confident in your resume-writing skills, you should attend a resume workshop through a government-run human resources center or local employment service.
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Step 6
Know what employers will attend the career fair, and learn about them. Understand the size of their staff, how their institution is run (and who runs it) and everything else you can find out about them. Make sure you display that knowledge when you meet recruitment personnel. You'll impress them.
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Step 7
Sell yourself. During your research, you should have come up with a good idea of what each employer is looking for in a nurse. Be that nurse. Rehearse a self-introduction that summarizes your skills and make a lasting impression by smiling, looking people in the eye when you talk to them and maintaining professional conduct at all times.
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Step 8
Remember to follow up via email or phone call. To do so, you'll need to collect business cards from every recruitment agent you meet with. Thank them for their time, and repeat your interest in working for them.
