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Whether you’re in college or high school, you’ll probably see periodic announcements for job fairs. When I was in school, I generally ignored these, thinking, “I’ll worry about finding a full time job when I graduate or get closer to graduation”. I’m sure that a lot of other people thought the same thing.
Then a friend of mine was telling me about a job she had working part time at a television station. She was still two years away from graduating college and yet she already had a job in the field that she wanted to go into. Since that time, she has graduated and been hired full time at that TV station and greatly enjoys her job.
Where did she find this great part time job? You guessed it, at a job fair.
The reason that I never went to a job fair in my early college career or in high school was that I thought those people were looking for serious full-time applicants and I couldn’t fit that into my life. The big thing that I overlooked was that job fairs are used by companies as a way to cultivate talent.
From a company’s point of view, a job fair is a way to set up a booth and have lots of potential employees come to them. From this pool of potential employees, they are able to find good, pro-active, hard-working people who will soon possess all the requisite skills to be a valuable part of their team.
But more importantly, if a candidate shows promise, they may offer them part-time work while they finish their education and then offer a full-time position once that person graduates.
Hiring a part-time worker to do basic tasks in your business and learn the way that things are done in your office makes a lot of sense. Without any obligation the employer can see if a part time worker will fit into their company’s culture so that when they graduate, they can be offered a position that will transition them to full-time work with little to no necessary learning curve.
Much easier than hiring somebody who has a degree, but doesn’t know a thing about the unique parts of your own company!
It makes sense for companies to hire students for part-time positions, and it makes sense for students to get experience in their field of choice before graduating.
So, the next time you see an ad for a job fair, go along - you might find a great part-time employment opportunity.
More resources:
Check with the Career Services center at your college or the guidance councilor at your high school. They’ll know when any job fair is coming to your school.
Cool Jobs for College:The Smart Way to Make Money for College and Build Your Resume (A Guide to Part-time Jobs You Never Knew Existed) by David A. Stafford (Perfect Paperback - Feb 1, 2008)
Then a friend of mine was telling me about a job she had working part time at a television station. She was still two years away from graduating college and yet she already had a job in the field that she wanted to go into. Since that time, she has graduated and been hired full time at that TV station and greatly enjoys her job.
Where did she find this great part time job? You guessed it, at a job fair.
The reason that I never went to a job fair in my early college career or in high school was that I thought those people were looking for serious full-time applicants and I couldn’t fit that into my life. The big thing that I overlooked was that job fairs are used by companies as a way to cultivate talent.
From a company’s point of view, a job fair is a way to set up a booth and have lots of potential employees come to them. From this pool of potential employees, they are able to find good, pro-active, hard-working people who will soon possess all the requisite skills to be a valuable part of their team.
But more importantly, if a candidate shows promise, they may offer them part-time work while they finish their education and then offer a full-time position once that person graduates.
Hiring a part-time worker to do basic tasks in your business and learn the way that things are done in your office makes a lot of sense. Without any obligation the employer can see if a part time worker will fit into their company’s culture so that when they graduate, they can be offered a position that will transition them to full-time work with little to no necessary learning curve.
Much easier than hiring somebody who has a degree, but doesn’t know a thing about the unique parts of your own company!
It makes sense for companies to hire students for part-time positions, and it makes sense for students to get experience in their field of choice before graduating.
So, the next time you see an ad for a job fair, go along - you might find a great part-time employment opportunity.
More resources:
Check with the Career Services center at your college or the guidance councilor at your high school. They’ll know when any job fair is coming to your school.
Cool Jobs for College:The Smart Way to Make Money for College and Build Your Resume (A Guide to Part-time Jobs You Never Knew Existed) by David A. Stafford (Perfect Paperback - Feb 1, 2008)
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