Office of Career Management - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 / 21
About This Presentation
Title:

Office of Career Management

Description:

Preparing for the Career Fair Office of Career Management 150 Gerlach Hall 292-6024 fisher.osu.edu/career – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:179
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 22
Provided by: help340
Category:

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: Office of Career Management


1
Preparing for the Career Fair
2
What is the Career Fair?
  • The Career Fair is
  • A NETWORKING event
  • The Career Fair is NOT
  • An event where students receive job offers
  • Purpose
  • To meet employers that you want to work for
  • To introduce yourself and make a good first
    impression
  • To make contacts that you can follow up with
    during your job search

3
The 3 parts of the Career Fair
  • A successful Career Fair has 3 parts
  • Before the Career Fair Preparation
  • During the Career Fair Execution
  • After the Career Fair Follow Through

4
Before the Fair
  • Preparation

5
Things to do
  • Utilize FisherConnect
  • Update your profile
  • Upload your current resume
  • Visit Career Events
  • Drop Resum to companies of interest
  • Get your supplies
  • Portfolio
  • 30 Resumes
  • Career Fair Student Guide
  • Clean Ironed Clothes

6
Clarify Your Goals
  • Why are you going to the Career Fair?
  • Job or internship search
  • Looking to network with recruiters
  • What are you hoping to accomplish?
  • Get a feel for what companies and industries you
    want to pursue
  • Plan with the next steps in mind

7
Select Your Companies
  • Set Criteria
  • What industries am I interested in?
  • What geography can I work in?
  • What values am I looking for in a company?
  • What companies am I excited about?
  • Remember to not be too specific (Software
    companies in Kalamazoo) or too general (a big
    company in the US)

8
Selecting Your Companies (continued)
  • Select companies and prioritize
  • Have to meet
  • Would love to meet
  • Want to meet
  • Should meet
  • Do your homework
  • Read up on your companys news
  • Review history
  • Review companys values and mission
  • Look at info relevant to your major

Once you have chosen and researched companies of
interest, prepare to introduce yourself with your
PERSONAL COMMERCIAL!
9
Your Personal Commercial is
  • a professional, enthusiastic, and comprehensive
    introduction of yourself
  • Initiate contact, firm handshake, smile
  • Name, major, year
  • State why you are interested in the company
  • State your intent and ask a question

10
Now You have a Plan
  • That includes
  • What you are there to accomplish
  • A priority list of your companies (with notes)
  • An outline of your commercial
  • BRING IT WITH YOU Refer to the plan during the
    Career Fair to keep you on track

11
During the Fair
  • Execution

12
Dress Professionally
  • A Career Fair is a Business Professional event
  • Wear a clean and ironed suit
  • Look presentable (nice haircut/freshly shaven)
  • When in doubt go conservative
  • Finance and Accounting majors may want to wear
    white shirts
  • Use a portfolio not a backpack
  • Take advantage of the coat check if available

13
Strategize and Break the Ice
  • Get a map of the room and learn where your
    companies are located
  • Take plan and map and create an order of attack
    (be conscious of time and long lines)
  • Consider first approaching a low priority company
    to practice your commercial

14
Speaking with Employers
  • How to approach and end conversations
  • Initiate conversation (use your personal
    commercial) and have a firm handshake
  • Show enthusiasm by smiling and speaking clearly
  • Be as clear and direct as possible
  • End conversation with a thank you
  • Ask for a business card

15
Speaking with Employers (continued)
  • What you need to accomplish
  • Make a great first impression
  • Inquire about possible roles that fit your needs
  • Steps you need to take to apply
  • With whom you need to speak
  • Ask if they are taking resumes or interviewing on
    campus
  • Discuss their hiring process
  • Ask for a business card for later follow up

16
General Notes
  • Pick up company info as well as giveaways
  • When accepting business cards do not put them
    away until you have walked away
  • Stay positive and enthusiastic
  • Have fun with it. Make sure you are relaxed and
    confident

17
After the Fair
  • Follow Through

18
Immediate Follow Up
  • Pull together all the notes from the back of
    business cards create a spread sheet
  • Send thank you emails to all employers you spoke
    to
  • Follow through on submitting requested information

19
In the Next Few Weeks
  • Review your goals and company selection criteria
  • Create a method for managing and recording your
    follow up

20
Long-term Follow Through
  • Research when your companies will be back on
    campus
  • Keep up on your companys latest news
  • Maintain contact emails, letters, phone calls
  • Set up informational interviews with your
    companies
  • Always keep their hiring process in mind
  • Think like the recruiter

21
Additional Information
  • Additional questions? Please contact our office.
  • Fisher Office of Career Management
  • 150 Gerlach Hall
  • (614) 292-6024 or fisher.osu.edu/career
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com