Job Fair

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Pasadena ISD Job Fair

The phrase often heard is “ Are you Hiring”? The answer is Yes or No. However, a collective group of employers band together to form a job fair. These job fairs are usually grouped by geographical area, job type, and salary. The job fair I attended was the Pasadena ISD job fair held March 3, 2005. I will be writing about the atmosphere, procedure, and the attendees for this job fair.

The atmosphere of the job fair was pleasant yet business orientated. The initial welcome came from a group of women at a table located at the entrance of the Pasadena High School. Once entering the building a host of employer venders lined the wall of the gymnasium. All spokespeople for various company where in business attire. Dress suits, ties, and armed with a smile. They all held the title of recruiter. Recruitment might be defined as the process of enticing people to apply for a job, hiring the most satisfactory of these candidates, and inducting the successful candidates into the policies and the practices of the organization. For recruiters the phrase location, location, location, means the difference it the selecting good candidates and average candidates. There were over one hundred candidates. All professionally dress armed with briefcase. No doubt holding a precious cargo known as the “ Resume”.

Upon walking in the receptionists will ask you to sign in. Secondly they ask for a copy of your resume for the host of the job fair to see how many participates they had in attendance. Now it’s up to you to decide which way to go. Look at he company logo to see what line of business they are in. Depending on your skill every vender will not have opening in your career. You should walk up to the vender’s booth look for the job opening. If there is an opening that you are interested in make eye contact with the representative there and introduce yourself. The representative will respond back and most often ask you ...