Just came back from a "hiring fair" (interviewed, employer, job)

[Tekkie]

Mass job fairs seem like a real waste of time to me. You'll mostly find commission-based sales jobs and military.

[FBJ]

Originally Posted by Tekkie

Mass job fairs seem like a real waste of time to me. You'll mostly find commission-based sales jobs and military.

It wasn't a job fair, it was a hiring fair.

[Tekkie]

Originally Posted by TVandSportsGuy

It wasn't a job fair, it was a hiring fair.

I didn't realize there was a difference.

[FBJ]

Originally Posted by Tekkie

I didn't realize there was a difference.

Hire Fair is interviewing applicants on the spot for open positions

Job Fair is giving applicants information about the company and collecting resumes

[Tekkie]

Originally Posted by TVandSportsGuy

Hire Fair is interviewing applicants on the spot for open positions

Job Fair is giving applicants information about the company and collecting resumes

Minor detail. Probably still equally as worthless as a mass public job fair.

[FBJ]

Originally Posted by Tekkie

Minor detail. Probably still equally as worthless as a mass public job fair.

Hire Fair is only worthless to those who are not hired.

Job fair is worthless to everybody


lol

[Tekkie]

Originally Posted by TVandSportsGuy

Hire Fair is only worthless to those who are not hired.

Job fair is worthless to everybody


lol

I'm talking more in line with the kind of jobs that you'd be hired for. Again, any company that is mass hiring people on the spot at a "fair" makes me think that there is probably very high turnover at their company. So it's probably the same type of job you'd find at a job fair: commission-based sales jobs with high turnover.

[annerk]

Originally Posted by TVandSportsGuy

I think most people are so focused on the interview that they are not even thinking about food. The plan is always to eat after the interview. Especially if the interview is before 12pm. Now if it''s at 2pm then I would say you would have to eat something.

Anyone that doesn't eat before an interview is foolish at best.

[313Weather]

Originally Posted by annerk

Anyone that doesn't eat before an interview is foolish at best.

That's a mighty huge board brush.

Some people can perform just fine without eating breakfast.

Everyone's different. That doesn't make them "foolish." But that makes the people who stereotype them foolish of course.

[FBJ]

Originally Posted by annerk

Anyone that doesn't eat before an interview is foolish at best.

Some people maybe nervous and not thinking about eating