Online job fairs use custom software to connect potential employers and employees in a virtual space, allowing real-time interaction across multiple locations. This format saves time and money, and allows job seekers to access a wider pool of employers.
An online job fair is a meeting of potential employers and employees in a virtual space. It uses Internet connectivity to drive real-time interaction between parties across multiple geographic locations. Companies that support this type of virtual event use custom software that has Internet streaming, video conferencing, live chat, and file sharing components.
The traditional job fair is organized in the same way as a typical trade conference. Companies set up tables and booths in a common area. Candidates move around the room, gather marketing materials, ask questions of company representatives, leave resumes and participate in interviews. Scheduled events take place throughout the day, including educational workshops, motivational seminars and company-run information sessions. Informal meet, greet, and networking opportunities are often organized around meal times or session breaks.
The expenses for running a typical job fair can be high. The format also presents significant scheduling difficulties to coordinate the participation of multiple companies from around the world. Unless the job fair sponsor is well established, it can be quite challenging to involve companies beyond a local area. The advent of the widespread use of the Internet has made the online job fair a viable format that builds on the traditional job fair to increase engagement opportunities.
An online job fair coordinates many of the same activities as a traditional job fair, but the event takes place in a virtual space that replaces Internet connection with physical proximity. Internet usage has progressed to the point where people can see and hear what is happening at the other end of the connection. People from great distances can interact in real time by voice or text at modest cost. This technological advance in social interactivity has allowed companies to moderate virtual interactions that have the same effect as a physical meeting.
Candidates at an online job fair can move through company information spaces in the same way they would move from desk to desk in a traditional format. They can participate in a chat room discussion with company representatives, stream resumes over the Internet, or attend live streaming workshops. Interview appointments can be made in advance and carried out through a video conference connection. Freeform networking can be conducted virtually through the use of chat rooms and other types of interactive sessions.
Online job fairs save time and money. The format also allows job seekers to access a wider pool of employers with less effort. Indeed, the pool of employers for an online job fair is limited only by the organizer’s ability to engage companies. The real benefit of using technology in this case is breaking down the economic barriers to successful engagement.
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