7 Things You Can do to Prep For the UK Virtual Career Fairs
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 8, 2021) — Next week, the University of Kentucky Stuckert Career Center, in collaboration with Engineering Career Development and the Graham Career Management Office in the Gatton College of Business and Economics, will host the spring virtual career fairs. A wonderful opportunity for students to connect with more than 150 employers, the Career Center encourages all students, no matter where they are in their college career, to participate in the fairs.
During a time of high national and state unemployment, when many companies have cut back on hiring for interns and new graduates, the career center urges students to go through a checklist of tasks to ensure time spent with employers during the virtual fair is best utilized.
Here are seven things you can do to help you prepare for the fair:
1. Update and upload resume to your Handshake account.
2. Make your Handshake account profile public.
3. Attend a virtual career fair prep workshop.
5. Schedule virtual career fair sessions with employers.
6. Connect with recruiters on LinkedIn.
7. Develop/Practice your "elevator pitch."
More information on the virtual fairs is available at: https://www.uky.edu/careercenter/hireblue-virtual-career-fairs. To learn more about the Stuckert Career Center and their resources, click here.
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