Fair Play!

How to get the best out of your Graduate Fairs

27 June 2007

Does your attendance at fairs do your company justice?

Do you want to maximise your presence?

During this half day workshop, we take a look at the key elements of your stand that ultimately project your company image to visitors, potential employees, and your competitors. We de-construct company representation at recruitment fairs to ensure that you don’t waste your space!

This workshop is suitable for both Graduate Recruitment teams and the staff that get chosen to represent your organisation at Recruitment Fairs.

Programme:

13.00-13.15: Registration and Coffee

13.15: Welcome and Introduction

Careers Group, University of London

14.20:Unleashing the power of live events!

Malcolm Briggs is the Director of Mayridge Performance Development and will take a look at the amazing power Live events reminds us exactly why we spend most of the Autumn term at Fairs all over the country!

14.10: Using your space
Laura Moody - the Managing Director of Nomadic Display takes a look at how best to use your stand area to create spaces that suit your company image and help to achieve your recruitment fair goals.

14.40 – Break

15.00 – Fair Behaviour

Trevor Walker - Academic Director, School of Communication, Culture & Creative Arts, St Mary's College.

Trevor explores the effect that positive and negative body language has on your company presence at fairs. He also examines the 'behaviour' and status of your representatives, who ultimately project the first impressions onto your potential future employees.

16.00 – Q&A
The Careers Group have been running Recruitment Fairs for 32 years, and in that time, we have picked up a few do's and don'ts along the way to say the least! Alongside our guest speakers, this session is to answer your questions about your attendance at The London Graduate Recruitment Fair - Summer!

16.20 - Close

This event will be run at Earls Court on 27 June 2007 as part of The Exhibiting Show to coincide with your attendance at The London Graduate Fair - Autumn (22 October) and Graduate Select: Finance, Consultancy and IT (29 October).

Rates: This event is free to attend! Just sign up on the Exhibiting Show site and you'll also get free access to the event! Click here to book! If you have any problems, please go to www.exhibitingshow.com/careers

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London Graduate Fair - Autumn

Who went last time and what did they say?

Comments made by attending delegates about Fair Play:

"Really made me think more enthusiastically about future events"
"Brilliant, very interactive, fun, clever"
"Very useful and thought-provoking"
"Interesting and well run"

Previous Fair Play Seminars:
The following organisations sent one or more delegates to the sessions in 2006/07:

Alpheus Solutions
Carillion Plc
Cerner Corporation
CIMA
Contact Singapore
CQS Management
Credit Suisee
Essex County Council
EXPW Consulting
Goldsmiths College, University of London
Gradplus.com
Hertfordshire County Council
HM Revenue and Customs
Imperial College London
Institution of Engineering and Technology
Kent County Council
Linedata Services
Linklaters
London Borough of Barnet
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Mercer Human Resource Consulting
Norfolk County Council
The Open University
The IDM
Shell
St Mary’s College
Total UK
University of Birmingham
University of London External Programme
University of Warwick
VentureCo Worldwide

You can also take a look at our past events archive to gain an insight into the content of Careers Group Conferences and what past delegates thought of them.

How to apply

If you are interested in attending this event please Click here to book! You can also call Emily on 0207 863 6055 if you have any queries!