How To Be Successful At A Job Fair

How To Be Successful At A Job Fair

A job fair can be an effective way to meet hiring managers and recruiters in your community and learn about many job opportunities in one day. If you are prepared and use your time wisely, you can walk away with many strong job leads. Many job seekers make careless mistakes that can hurt their chances of success at a job fair. Here are 16 simple tips to make your next job fair a success.

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My Job Story - Cj Feierabend

My Job Story - Cj Feierabend

In this week's My Job Story, we feature Cherylyn Feierabend. Cherylyn, who goes by Cj, is a Social Media Advocacy Specialist for GoDaddy. Yes, that GoDaddy, the domain name and web hosting company with the great ads (including some very popular Super Bowl commercials). More domain names are registered at GoDaddy than any other company in the world. Cj has been at GoDaddy for six years and in this position for two years. 

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My Job Story - Tara Cuslidge-Staiano

My Job Story - Tara Cuslidge-Staiano

In My Job Story, we share job stories from people in various fields. What led them to their current job? What can we learn from them in our job search and career?

For today's post, I spoke with Tara Cuslidge-Staiano. Tara is Associate Professor of Mass Communication/Journalism and adviser for The Delta Collegian newspaper at San Joaquin Delta College.

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My Job Story - Chris Kay

My Job Story - Chris Kay

In our new series, My Job Story, we share job stories from people in various fields. What led them to their current job? What can we learn from them in our job search and career?

For the first in the series, I spoke with my friend Chris Kay. Chris is the Director of Marketing with SMG Stockton, the company responsible for Stockton Arena, Bob Hope Theatre, Oak park Ice Arena, and Stockton Ballpark.

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Lessons From Jeopardy ‘Mad Genius’ Arthur Chu

Have you heard the controversy surrounding the tactics used by Jeopardy contestant Arthur Chu? From Yahoo! - "Chu, 30, stunned fans of the long-running game show last week, as he barreled his way past eight competitors to win the game four nights in a row. But it wasn’t his impressive winning streak that turned him into an Internet sensation — it was how he won."

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Promote Out Versus Lateral Out

Let's briefly touch on the difference between promoting out versus making a lateral move out. Promoting out is changing employers for a position with more responsibility. As an example, let's pretend you are a waitress in a restaurant and you are eager to become a restaurant manager but there are no opportunities at your restaurant. You've targeted a couple of other restaurants in town for which you'd like to work as a manager.

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