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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Find Your Dream Career at the Job Fair


By : RO

One of the major access that provides information on employment opportunities at job seekers, both derived from the professional or student or fresh graduate is a job market or job fairs. This is the event that presents a lot of companies are recruiting employees at one place, while the same time.

Today more and more companies are realizing that the job market is a powerful way to recruit more employees within a relatively short time. Generally they take advantage of the job market to recruit employees and conduct preliminary selection for the entry and middle levels. For them, the job market to save time, effort and money to recruit as well as perform initial screening of candidates.

In the event they can even conduct initial interviews. Recruitment process runs quickly and efficiently on the job market for job seekers who come have been filtering in accordance with the type of job market itself. The job market is also often become events to do branding for companies that have a target market based job fair visitors.

In Indonesia, the job market is often held by companies that had deals in the world of work, government institutions, some private universities and the country's leading national and even large companies who run this program for their internal needs.

Job fair is an opportunity which unfortunately missed if you are hunting for work. In addition to getting the job information, you can use this event to expand the network and obtain information about developments in your field. In order for your visit effective and efficient there are some things worth noting.

1. Job fair is not the place for 'window shopping' vacancy. If you only intend for a walk and look around with the thought that everyone knew there was a suitable job, then believe that you only spend time and energy just throw away. Job fair in Indonesia can be sure will always be filled with visitors. Moreover this time when global and national economic conditions are not too profitable, and many companies have to 'laying off' employees. Come to this event with a serious intention and preparation to find work.

2. Know the type of each job fair. Sometimes the event is specifically organized to accommodate the need for manpower in certain areas. Some universities often hold a special job fair for information technology fields, there is also a special job fair for job seekers field of marketing. Not infrequently also a company job fair organized specifically to meet the recruitment needs of their own. That's why knowing the importance of clear information about the type of the job market you will visit to make sure you target the right of the job market.

3. Find the maximum information about the addition of job fairs, place, time, registration fee, you also should know the plan of the job market, where the booth your target companies. Thus you do not need to get around a time when you try to apply at your target company.

4. Update your CV and cover letter make general. Before you visit a job fair, a time to update your resume. Print some of your CV and cover letter on paper and bring your representative with hard plastic folder so as not to 'crumpled'. If the job fair will be visited using a paperless method, then you only need to prepare a soft copy of your CV and cover letter. JobsDB.com is usually held a job fair with this method. Store in a flash disk and make sure the size does not exceed the applicable regulations. Also make sure that your virus-free flash disk because although there is usually a help desk was willing to help clean up your files, but doing so will spend much of your time. Besides can upload a CV on the spot, visitors are also strongly advised to first register and register / upload their CV in the job fair website. This will save much time and you will avoid queuing brittle.

5. Appearance is one thing important in applying for work in the job market. The first impression you give will inevitably be created by your appearance. You do not need to wear a blazer / suit and high boots (if you're a woman). Dress neatly and formally like material pants, shirts and shoes neatly closed. For a while, tanggalkan piercings in her lip, eyebrow, tongue, or places where other unusual.

6. Prepare yourself if you turned out to be directly facing the interview. Do not panic if you are asked to direct the interview, it was shown that firms interested in your qualifications. Create a list of answers to the following questions:

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. What makes you feel fit for this job.
3. What are your strengths and weaknesses.
4. How do you see yourself in five years.
7. Prepare your physical with enough rest and do not forget to eat before you visit the job fair. Low blood sugar will make you lose concentration so it will be difficult for you later when answering questions from the interviewer


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