Students check out vendors at a previous year\u2019s Trades and Technology Career Fair (photo by Camosun College A\/V Services).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nIn addition to career-path clarity, the fair offers the chance to start down these paths, thanks to networking and interview opportunities with potential employers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMany people get permanent careers out of these career fairs,\u201d says Coates, \u201cand also many people arrange co-ops.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Coates can\u2019t say for certain how many students typically get hired as a result of the job fairs, she says it is an expectation that students can get hired or come away with a network of connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSome people get employed right there on the spot, but also sometimes people get hired when they go into interviews maybe a month later, maybe even six months later,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coates is expecting approximately 30 vendors at the fair; she says about a third are Camosun alumni, and almost half of the employers have asked for the option to interview students on the spot for positions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI would suggest doing some research on the employers,\u201d says Coates, who will post a list of employers attending on the Trades and Technology Career Fair website. \u201cI would think of some good questions to ask employers so [students] stand out, because when they send in their application and resume, if they\u2019re not getting interviewed that day, they want the HR professionals who will be there at the career fair to remember them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coates recommends students dress business casual for the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf course,\u201d Coates says, \u201cif they\u2019re a trades student, business casual for a trades student is a trades outfit, so it\u2019s not like they have to become a different person. They need to look hireable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to the opportunity to network, Coates says the fair will have information booths, as well as presentations by different employers\u2014where they will be handing out free pizza to students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo students don\u2019t have to miss eating to get a career,\u201d jokes Coates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She encourages students to really listen to the presentations and use the opportunity to introduce themselves and ask intelligent questions to stand out to potential employers. She also stresses that the event is open to everyone, not just students in trades or technology programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEvery company or organization is a business,\u201d she says. \u201cSo, although we\u2019re not targeting business, I know that many of them are actually looking for business students. Many of them have health components, and it\u2019s really quite amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trades and Technology Career Fair
11 am Thursday, January 24
Centre for Trades Education and Innovation atrium, Interurban campus
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