In my quest for a new job I've been pursuing every possible opportunity including the job fair I attended today at the Community Center in the town I grew up in which is a near suburb of Chicago.
In case you haven't been to one before, job fairs can be a great place to people watch. It's amazing the variety of people who come out to these events and I really wonder sometimes if some of these people have any idea of the first impression they're making both on others of us there as well as on those companies there to possibly hire attendees.
Today's job fair was a bit frustrating though. As a college graduate with 13+ years of professional experience who was dressed in a suit so as to make a good impression on those companies hiring, I was a bit dismayed at the impression that those companies were making on me. Many companies decided to not even show up which left for almost a third of the tables in the job fair empty. In addition, many of those who were there simply referred people back to their websites to apply online.
Grant it, I understand the importance of applying online, on the other hand, I didn't come out dressed in a suit and high heel shoes just to be told to do what I could have done at home on my couch in comfy clothes!
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