How to Host a Virtual Career Fair in 6 Easy Steps: Step 4

If you’ve been following along up to this point, then you’ve learned how to plan and budget for a virtual job fair, as well as choose the platform that best suits your needs. This week’s post is all about marketing your virtual career fair! Step 4: Marketing your virtual career fair Marketing your event is […]

How to Host a Virtual Career Fair in 6 Easy Steps: Step 3

Welcome to Week 3 of the Hellohire guide on How to Host a Virtual Career Fair! If you have been following along so far, you should have a solid understanding of what important questions to ask yourself while planning your career fair, and how to allocate a realistic budget to ensure your career fair is […]

How to Host a Virtual Career Fair in 6 Easy Steps: Step 2

Last week we explored the first step in hosting a virtual career fair. This week we will go over the second step to host a virtual career fair. Step 2: Allocate a budget The budget is the dreaded piece in any endeavour, but it may also be the most important piece. Since every upcoming step […]

How to Host a Virtual Career Fair in 6 Easy Steps: Step 1

Welcome to the Hellohire guide on How to Host a Virtual Career Fair! Over the next several weeks, we will be releasing six blogs with detailed steps on how to have a successful virtual career fair. Adjusting to the new online world can be difficult, and like any event, hosting an online career fair involves […]

How to Make a Strong (Virtual) First Impression

As a job seeker, navigating a virtual job fair can be extremely nerve racking. Whether you’re meeting someone face-to-face or through a screen, your first impression matters – a lot. It’s easy to feel like the pressure is off when you’re job hunting from home while sitting in your pyjamas. But it’s important to remember […]

3 Tips to Make Your Virtual Job Fair a Success

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Virtual events are a great way to connect with friends, colleagues and individuals outside of your social network while staying in the comfort of your own home. Almost any event can be turned virtual, but it takes a lot of planning, coordination and creativity. When it comes to virtual Job Fairs, there are many different […]

How to Market Your Virtual Career Fair

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Virtual events are on the rise, but with the current COVID-19 situation, promoting them can be challenging! Done are the days of hanging posters on university and college campuses, having a promotional booth in the library, or handing out brochures at a coffee shop. So, how do you let people know about your event and […]

Why Career Fairs Matter Right Now

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To stop the spread of COVID-19 in Canada, most non-essential workers are operating out of their homes. Although this social distancing is necessary to slow coronavirus cases, the workforce has taken a hit. Thankfully, unemployment rates for most demographics are beginning to decrease, but youth, students and low-wage workers are still struggling to find employment […]

3 Tips for Setting Up Your Virtual Career Fair Booth

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So, you and your colleagues are about to participate in your first virtual career fair, but are not totally sure how to set up the perfect slideshow to accompany your virtual booth. Without a flashy banner, 5 enthusiastic reps around your table, and plenty of swag to give out, how are you supposed to attract […]

5 Benefits of a Virtual Job Fair

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With the rise of COVID-19, event organizers are having to reconsider their regular venues and adapt to a new virtual reality. And job fairs are no exception. There are numerous benefits of hosting a virtual job fair. Although taking your job fair online may sound stressful at first, it doesn’t have to be. Going virtual […]