Not all Job Fairs are Created Equal..

On October 22nd, the OWC team headed out to the My Workster Alumni Job Fair held at the UIC pavilion. Boasting an impressive roster of over 80 attending employers, including Goldman Sachs & Research in Motion to name a few, over 1000 alumni from 17 participating universities descended on this event with high hopes of interfacing marquee hiring organizations.

While admittedly we are “Job Fair adverse”, this event only resembled a typical job fair at

30,000 feet. At the ground level we found a well-organized and detail orientated event vastly superior to job fairs we have attended in the past. Having a booth at this event afforded us the opportunity to spread the word about OWC and get a pulse on the the recent-grad job-seeking community. In speaking with event organizer Tarek Pertew we observed a genuine regard for helping others which transcends in to the quality of his event program. In fact, superlatives abound; not only from us, but from attending employers & job-seekers alike:

Accenture: “I wanted to let you know that my colleague and I really enjoyed ourselves at the career fair yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised by how many qualified candidates I met…Next time I definitely need to bring 3 additional recruiters with me.”

Job Seeker: “I would like to say I thought the Chicago Job Fair was great. It was just like you stated, not crowed and over 35 top companies and banks were their. It was very professional and well organized. I would highly recommend this job fair to anyone who is looking for a job or a career change.
Thanks again”

We look forward to MyWorkster’s return which is tentatively slated in the spring of 2010. Until then, check out the MyWorkster website; it is quite impressive.