Picture this. You're a candidate on the hunt for your first job or some seasonal work to pay the bills.
You discover a job fair advertising thousands roles: You sign up, clear your schedule, perfect your resume, print out a few copies, and practice your interview questions.
On the day of the event, one of two things happens:
1. You show up early and start a line until you finally make it into the fair, where you wait in even more lines to talk to hiring companies.
or
2. You show up "on time" wait in a massive line until you're told that all the roles had been filled—before before the event is even over!
Not an ideal situation and that's exactly what happened at the Canadian National Exhibition job fair.
It's hard to blame them. They hosted a ticketed fair where they had over 37K candidates apply, more than double the number from last year. This shows how difficult the job market really is. But this experience isn't okay for candidates and can't be fun for hiring managers either.
It doesn't have to be this way. Instead of long hours in lines and conference centres, career fairs can be a good, seamless experience for everyone involved.
Using Withe, Candidates can see roles and requirements in advance, and schedule time-slots so they know exactly when to arrive. Plus, check-in is fast and simple with QR codes — goodbye to long lines that go round the block. There’s no manual entry of paper resumes and scribbled down notes for hiring managers. Everything gets uploaded to your ATS automatically.
Want to be a part of the solution? If you're hosting or participating in a career fair, hit me up. Let's break the cycle by hosting efficient and effective career fairs and hiring events using Withe.