Before The Fair:
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Complete your Handshake profile
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Register for the virtual fair
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Review the "Employers Attending" Section of the Fair
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Look at the company that you are interested in
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Read their summary
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Look at the job titles they are hiring for
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Do your Background Research on the Companies/Organizations & Recruiters
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Prepare your Questionnaire
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Make or Update your Resume
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Make sure that you remember their name and find how out to pronounce it before the meeting
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Have your Professional Headshot Ready
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Prepare an Elevator Pitch
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Practice your pitch on Big Interview
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Get comfortable with being uncomfortable (We know this is hard, Trust us, we know )
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Visit CSLD
During The Fair:
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Test your computer setting to make sure that your audio and video works properly
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Dress up in your professional outfit (business causal at bare minimum) to convey your Ethos to the potential employers.
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Make sure that you have a clean and simple background or virtual background so its easier to focus on you, when you are speaking
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Have your Resume and cover letter file ready to send to the recruiter
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Make sure that you get their email and save it at the place where you will not forget their name/s and ways of reaching out to them
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Have your questions ready that you want to ask the recruiters
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Take notes of what they are looking for and if you would be a good fit for the positions that they are offering
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We Recommend that you restart your computer before the meeting to avoid any lag, and also this will give you a chance to troubleshoot any problems it might have
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BE ON TIME and You are going to Rock!
After The Fair:
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ALWAYS REMEMBER to Follow up with your Recruiter/ Employer for the position/s that you are interested in
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PLEASE REMEMBER to Say thank you for their time
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CONNECT with your Manager/Recruiter/Recruiter liaison on LinkedIn to continue your conversation about the position/s that you were interested in