How to prepare for the career fair

Take full advantage of the career fair

Learn about the participants before you go to the career fair. — Kristen Mitchell photo

Are you just starting out in your career, or looking for a change? The career fair at College of the Rockies Career on March 12, 2014 is an excellent opportunity to interact with companies.

Taking full advantage of the career fair involves more than just showing up. How can you get the most out of the career fair?

Go prepared

• Analyze your aptitudes, education, experience and what you would like to do.
• Have your resume ready before you go. Make sure it is professional, up-to-date and has no spelling or grammatical errors. Have someone else critique your resume before you go. 
• Do your homework. Research the companies you are interested in working for. Go to their Websites, find out what they do and what they are looking for. Inform yourself.
• Prepare a list of questions to ask the companies you are interested in working for.
• Smile and relax.

Career Fair participants

Axis Family Resources: www.axis.bc.ca
BC Ambulance Service: www.bcas.ca
BC Hydro: www.bchydro.com/
BDO Canada LLP (Cranbrook): www.bdo.ca
Best Western Cranbrook Hotel: www.book.bestwestern.com
British Columbia Aboriginal Mine Training Association: www.bcamta.ca
Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre: www.forces.ca/
Canadian Cancer Society (West Kootenay): www.cancer.ca
Canadian Mental Health Association for the Kootenays: www.kootenays.cmha.bc.ca
Canfor Corporation: www.canfor.com/
Chartered Professional Accountants of BC: bccpa.ca/cpabc
College of the Rockies: www.cotr.bc.ca/
Community Futures East Kootenay: www.cfek.ca
Copper Point Resort: www.copperpointresort.com
Cranbrook Society for Community Living: www.cranbrookscl.ca
EMCO Plumbing & Heating Supplies: www.emcobc.ca/location/cranbrook.htm
Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ltd: www.fairmonthotsprings.com
Fernie Alpine Resort: www.skifernie.com
First Nations Health Authority: www.fnhc.ca
Friends of Fort Steele Society: fortsteele.ca
Health Sciences Association (British Columbia): www.hsabc.org
Investors Group Financial Services (Cranbrook): www.investorsgroup.com
Jim Pattison Broadcasting Group: www.jimpattison.com
K&K Forwarding Ltd.: www.quicktransportsolutions.com
Kal Tire: www.kaltire.com
Kootenay Business Magazine: kootenaybiz.com
Kootenay Park Services: www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks
KRIC (Kootenay Rockies Innovation Council): kric.ca/cpages/home
Lethbridge College: www.lethbridgecollege.ca
Rocky Mountain Pro Drivers Inc: www.rockymtnprodrivers.com
Silvertip Golf Resort: www.silvertipresort.com
Skookumchuck Pulp Inc. a Paper Excellence Company: www.paperexcellence.com
St. Eugene Golf Resort Casino: www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca
Strategic Fire Control Ltd: www.strategicfirecontrol.com
Sunchaser Villas: sunchaservillas.ca
Sun Life Financial: www.sunlife.ca
TECK- Sparwood: www.teck.com
University of Lethbridge: www.uleth.ca
Work BC Employment Services Centre: www.workbc.ca