How to Set Up a Career Fair

A career fair is an open market for employers to recruit candidates for particular job opportunities. The career fair coordinator is responsible for finding the location to handle the capacity of employers and the expected number of attendees. For the career fair to be successful for both the employer and job seeker, the expectations and priorities of the career fair must be well thought out for planning and execution purposes.

Things You'll Need

  • Employer contact list
  • Advertising budget
  • Career fair venue
  • Registration tables
  • Volunteers
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Instructions

    • 1

      Contact employers. Before finding a target location for a career fair, it is important for the coordinator to contact employers to find out if they are interested in participating as exhibitors at the career fair and what type of jobs they would be offering.

    • 2

      Set a date. After contacting employers and confirming their interest, set a date and contact locations of interest. Select at least three different dates of interest just in case the first choice is not available.

    • 3

      Contact possible venues. Seek information on the availability of the venue for the specific dates of interest.

    • 4

      Set the final date, location and time of the event. Book the location and inform employers of all of the details for the event.

    • 5

      Locate all the tools, resources, tables and materials needed to set up the employers' tables in the venue. Once the employers arrive on the day of the career fair, have volunteers check in employers.

    • 6

      Advertise the career fair in newspapers and on the radio; email list servers and local news in the area where the career fair is taking place.

    • 7

      Provide a registration table once attendees arrive so they can sign in and receive maps of the location of employers inside the career fair.

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Comments

  • PORAMA Feb 18, 2009
    Good tips. I did these before and thank for sharing. 5*
  • PORAMA Feb 18, 2009
    Good tips. I did these before and thank for sharing. 5*

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