{"id":1151,"date":"2013-10-24T14:54:38","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T18:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/blog\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2013-10-24T14:54:38","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T18:54:38","slug":"is-the-job-fair-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/is-the-job-fair-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Job Fair for YOU?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/images\/Blogimages\/JobFairTabling.JPG\" alt=\"Employer discussing job opportunities with prospective employee\" width=\"390\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes!<\/p>\n<p>Most people know that a Job Fair is for people seeking jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities.\u00a0 Did you know it is also for those who want to get ideas, explore options and gather information? You don\u2019t have to be actively searching for specific job to attend.<\/p>\n<p>A key part of the career journey is having conversations, exploring what is out there and practicing presenting yourself and your interests.\u00a0 You can do all of that at the Job Fair.\u00a0 You can also learn about companies, industries, jobs, and opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what your reason for attending, you should come prepared.\u00a0 Dress professionally. Bring a resume and an impressive handshake. \u00a0Why?\u00a0 Because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/job_fair\/jobfairbooklet.pdf\">100 employers<\/a> are coming to meet you!<\/p>\n<p>Put the date in your calendar:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/job_fair\/\">Job Fair<\/a><br \/>\nWednesday, October 30, 2013<br \/>\n2:00pm \u2013 5:00pm<br \/>\nDavis Center 4<sup>th<\/sup> Floor<\/p>\n<p>Still feeling nervous about attending?<\/p>\n<p>Review the Career Center <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/job_fair\/?Page=faq-students.html&amp;SM=studentsubmenu.html\">FAQs<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/job_fair\/?Page=prep.html&amp;SM=studentsubmenu.html\">Preparation and Tips<\/a>. If you want more support, talk to a Career Center staff member.\u00a0 Quick (10 minute) consults, resume reviews, and questions can be explored during Drop-ins at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~uvmhub\/\">Career + Experience Hub<\/a>, M-Th: 1-4pm and Fr: 1-3pm.<\/p>\n<p>Do more than just wonder about your future.\u00a0 Explore options. Talk to employers.<\/p>\n<p><em>~Jill<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes! Most people know that a Job Fair is for people seeking jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities.\u00a0 Did you know it is also for those who want to get ideas, explore options and gather information? You don\u2019t have to be actively searching for specific job to attend. A key part of the career journey is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/is-the-job-fair-for-you\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is the Job Fair for YOU?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127021,16890,129271,129667,6901,1],"tags":[116804,131420,132835,542,135226,138813,138814,135537,135871,46457,138816,569,138818,660,528],"class_list":["post-1151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-exploration","category-event","category-helpful-resources","category-job-searching","category-networking","category-uncategorized","tag-advice","tag-career","tag-employers","tag-events","tag-internship-search","tag-internships","tag-interviewing","tag-job-fair","tag-job-search","tag-jobs","tag-networking","tag-photos","tag-resume","tag-search","tag-tips","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"career","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/author\/career\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}