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Walking Into The Career Fair Essay

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Walking into the Career Fair, I had no clue what to expect. This is my junior year, so I decided that I should go and get a feel of what the job market looks like. I have already had an internship this past summer, so I planned on going to the spring Career Fair. I decided to go to the fall one so I can better prepare myself for spring. I treated the Career Fair the same as I would treat a job interview. The main activity I do to prepare is research, something I really excel at. I first went through all the companies that were participating and selected the companies that were interested in Human Resource positions. From there I narrowed down the companies to approximately twenty companies by interest. I ended with about nine companies. When I pick a company based on interest, I first look at their website. I go to their “About Us” page and learn about their company: present, past and future. This gives me a lot of conversation starters and topics. I also like to read about their values. I like to adjust my skills on my resume according to the company values. I do this to better prepare myself for any questions I might encounter when I am talking to an employer. It also stands out to the employer when they view my resume. When I first walked into The McKimmon Center I was soaked from the downpour outside and suddenly extremely nervous. I walked immediately to the bathroom and made myself presentable. After signing in, I then took 20 minutes to walk around the Career Fair

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