Comments on: The Career Fair - How Not to Look like an Idiot in 5 Easy Steps http://www.boston-technical-recruiter.com/2008/04/25/the-career-fair-how-not-to-look-like-an-idiot-in-5-easy-steps/ Boston, Recruiting, Systems, and Business. Perfect. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:09:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: admin http://www.boston-technical-recruiter.com/2008/04/25/the-career-fair-how-not-to-look-like-an-idiot-in-5-easy-steps/#comment-117 admin Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:38:26 +0000 http://www.boston-technical-recruiter.com/2008/04/25/the-career-fair-how-not-to-look-like-an-idiot-in-5-easy-steps/#comment-117 I'll add to this that a recruiter at a career fair comes home tiered, overwhelmed, and with a stack of possibly hundreds of resumes. I went to a career fair and walked away with hundreds of resumes and no idea who was who. While taking a business card is nice, a follow up thank you email is even better. Furthermore, asking a good questions is good, but making the recruiter laugh or standing out in a particular way is even better. If you have a picture you can attach to the resume do it. I’ll add to this that a recruiter at a career fair comes home tiered, overwhelmed, and with a stack of possibly hundreds of resumes. I went to a career fair and walked away with hundreds of resumes and no idea who was who.

While taking a business card is nice, a follow up thank you email is even better. Furthermore, asking a good questions is good, but making the recruiter laugh or standing out in a particular way is even better. If you have a picture you can attach to the resume do it.

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