Career Fair

Tuesdays are usually lighter days compared to the days of the week, today held something different. It was also the first career fair in the session. I had never attended one before today!..so you should understand my curiosity plus light apprehension.
I went through the motions at the various stands of different following the script initially - brief introduction, my background and program and interests, while asking what they also do. It was a good learning experience as I gradually moved from my 'stammerings' at my first stop to flowing as I got to the 3rd and subsequent ones.

Lessons learnt
I guess my experience today was made nicer by my earlier appointment with the career services who provided useful tips to 'pimp' my resume and also 'debug' it. I came back with plenty work to do...emails to send, websites to visits and more contacts to follow-up....networking they call it!

1. Don't make your first stop at the company you really love. Try out the other ones first to warm up and practise your script. Then proceed to your company of choice. I spoke to someone who also went straight to the company he really likes and at the end, wished he had made it his 3rd or 4th stop.

2. Prepare well ahead. Research the company , find out what they do and where you may fit in.
3. Get your resume ready and your business card - have enough copies to pass around.
4. Get there on time before they become too weary of talking.

Those are the tips that come to mind. Sure I will have more in the future. Check back for more.