Free Guide
Career fairs that make an impact
A practical guide for organizers, funders, and workforce partners. Most career fairs end with a headcount and a hope. This guide is for organizers who need more than that. Drawn from hundreds of career fairs run by chambers, employment centres, and workforce agencies across North America.
What's Inside
A complete playbook for running a fair that produces real outcomes
Phase 1
Before the fair
Set the right goals. Recruit employers who show up prepared. Promote to candidates on time. Everything to set you up before the doors open.
Phase 2
Day of the fair
Manage the opening rush. Capture every connection. Keep the room running smoothly. How to run the day so the report writes itself.
Phase 3
After the fair
Report what funders want to see. Follow up before candidates and employers move on. How to turn one fair into an ongoing program.
Bonus Content
Career Fair Checklist Pack
Three printable checklists covering before, day of, and after. The whole guide, distilled into the things you actually have to do.
“Career fairs are one of the few spaces left where a conversation can open a door that an online application never would.”
— From the guide
Who This Is For
Built for the people who plan, fund, and deliver career fairs
Chamber Directors & Events Managers
You're running fairs and the board wants to know the program is working. The guide gives you the data and the language to prove it.
Employment Centre Program Managers
You're proving outcomes to the funders who make your program possible. This guide is built around the metrics that hold up under it.
Workforce Development Directors
You're funding fairs across multiple sites and need consistent delivery and outcomes. The guide is the playbook that gets you there.
Economic Development
Officers
Job fairs are part of how you sell your region to talent and employers. This guide helps you prove the events are working.
“When there are a lot of employers, it's hard for job seekers to connect with everyone. If they can see job descriptions in advance, they can come prepared and target the two or three employers they really want to talk to. That's much better than spending three hours trying to meet everyone.”
Pablo Franco
Manager, Career & Employment Services, Centre for Newcomers
Ready to prove what your career fairs deliver?
Download the guide and the checklist pack. Everything you need to run a fair, capture the data, and report what it produced.