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Anatomy of a Job Fair
Today I had the pleasure of attending the 26th Annual PVCC Job Fair, which was a remarkable experience in as-much as it demonstrated why such a thing is increasingly out-dated. It is easy to see why. The internet has clearly revolutionized the process of looking for a job, but the Job Fair has yet to catch up with that reality. The experience at PVCC was not unlike other Fairs of this kind, a couple hundred persons in need of employment (that would be, several hundred persons like myself) vying for the attention of a couple dozen Human Resources professionals. Resumes are past, cards are exchanged, but this analog experience remains primarily about face time – as if to say, “Hello, my name is David. As you can see, I am more than just some electrons that happen to form a summary of experience and qualifications. How are you?”
Were I to advise PVCC on the organization of this event, I would do it thusly:
