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Careers Fair

Hazel

Hi all

Happy Friday!

I volunteered some months back to help out at my son's school's Careers Fair.  I must have been having a "feeling confident" day at the time.  They have now sent me confirmation.

I'm tempted to bail out and cancel, but I want to fight against that urge.  Have any of you ever done this?  If so what should I take with me, I can't just have an empty table!  Do you think the CIPD would be able to help??  I'm happy to chat about what I do and how best to get there, but I need some visuals.

I'd be grateful for any tips.

TIA

Hazel 

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  • Hi Hazel, I do these all the time! What year group is the fair aimed at? I'd recommend at the very least having a sign that says who you are and what you do, and I always find that having something to get a conversation started helps. I do them to promote our apprenticeship scheme, and we're a manufacturing company so I take a couple of examples of the things we make, specially made so that you can see inside so I can start the conversation with 'bet you didn't know this is what they look like inside!'
    It can be hard work, but there's quite often at least one or two that you can have a more in depth conversation with and feel like you've helped them, which makes it worth it for me :)
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  • Hi Hazel, I do these all the time! What year group is the fair aimed at? I'd recommend at the very least having a sign that says who you are and what you do, and I always find that having something to get a conversation started helps. I do them to promote our apprenticeship scheme, and we're a manufacturing company so I take a couple of examples of the things we make, specially made so that you can see inside so I can start the conversation with 'bet you didn't know this is what they look like inside!'
    It can be hard work, but there's quite often at least one or two that you can have a more in depth conversation with and feel like you've helped them, which makes it worth it for me :)
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