Career Fair Career Fair PREPPREP

Career Fair VideoCareer Fair Video

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• Review your Career Cluster Survey Results, recorded in your booklet.

Cluster Color: Cluster Color: OrangeOrangeReview your career cluster group color

Gallery WalkGallery Walk• Go to the Cluster Color Group you are most

interest in learning more about (based on CIC activity)

• Identify 2 businesses you would like to interview at the Career Fair and write them on the poster.

• Walk around the room to get an idea of the different careers within other color groups (2 min)

• Identify at least 1 businesses you would like to interview within a different color group and write it on the poster.

Dress for a Job Dress for a Job InterviewInterview

BoysBoysWhat to wear What NOT to wear

• Clean shirt and pants, ideally a collared shirt and dress pants

• Dress shoes or clean sneakers

• Jeans, hats, shorts, jewelry, baggy or low-riding clothing, t-shirts with design on them

GirlsGirlsWhat to wear What NOT to wear

• Loose-fitting blouses/shirt

• Knee-length or longer skirts or pants

• Flat or low heel dress shoes

• Low cut, see through, or tight shirts, tank tops, shorts, high heels, hats, distracting jewelry, bright colors, low-riding pants

Schedule for the DaySchedule for the Day• _______ Dismissed from class • _______ Begin loading buses

• _______ Bus departs from school• ________ Career Fair START TIME

When you When you Arrive…Arrive…

• A Career Fair volunteer will greet you on the bus.• Take everything with you off the bus (you will

take a different bus to go back to your school)

4 Parts to the Career 4 Parts to the Career FairFair

1. Entrance Waiting Area2. Career Expo Area

3. Education Expo Area4. Departure Gate Area

4 Parts to the Career 4 Parts to the Career FairFair

Entrance AreaEntrance AreaPART 1

Entrance AreaEntrance Area

• Pick-up a Career Fair Backpack

• Get out your pen and clipboard

• Attach your booklet to the clipboard so you can begin taking notes.

• Wait patiently until your official Career Fair START TIME!

Career Fair Start Time: ________

Entrance Area Entrance Area Awards & RecognitionAwards & RecognitionGroup Recognition•Volunteers will award points to schools based on the following criteria:

1. Appropriate Dress (no heels, tight clothes, etc.)

2. Preparation (know your Cluster, Color, Gate #)3. Behavior (wait patiently, follow directions)

Career ExpoCareer ExpoPART 2

Business, Marketing,

Public Administration

Agriculture, Natural

Resources, Energy STEM, Arts,

Design & Information Technology

Hospitality, Human

Services, Education Health

Science, Criminal Justice,

Public Safety

Skilled Trades,

Technical Sciences

  

Career Cluster Title

Look for balloons and signs with your Career Cluster color

Career Expo MapCareer Expo Map

30 minutes

Career ExpoCareer Expo• Within each color group there are 2-4

different Career Clusters.

• Interview career representatives from at least 2 different Career Clusters in your color group. Search for signs like these.

• Next, feel free to search around to find a business representative to interview from a different color group.

Career ExpoCareer ExpoYou have 30 min to visit

3 career tables that interest you!

Career ExpoCareer Expoo Introduce yourselfo Shake handso Speak clearlyo Make eye contacto Ask questions

listed in your career fair booklet (page 3-5)

o Listen and take notes using the space provided

o Say “Thank You”

Career Expo Career Expo Awards & Recognition Awards & Recognition Individual Recognition•Teachers and business representatives may reward you with raffle tickets for the following behavior:

1) Interacting with business representatives2) Completing your Career Fair booklet

Write your Name and Student ID on the back of your ticket.Turn in all raffle tickets earned to the teacher on your bus.

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Career Expo Career Expo Display ScreenDisplay Screen

SchoolCurrent

TimeCareer Exit Time Gate

Bruce Randolph 9:45 10:00 1, 2, 3, 4

Lake International 9:45 10:00 5, 6, 7

DC-21 9:45 10:00 8

(Example)

Career Expo Exit Time: ________

Career Expo ExitCareer Expo Exit• When you hear music, stop what you

are doing and head immediately to the very back of the Career Fair.

• EXIT through the back doors.• All students in the Career Fair area

will exit at the same time into the Education Fair so don’t worry about finding your group.

Education Education ExpoExpoPART 3

Education ExpoEducation ExpoYou have 20 min to visit at least

1 college & 1 HS table

Education ExpoEducation ExpoFind a college that will help prepare you for your career goals. Arapahoe Community College

College In ColoradoColorado School of MinesColorado State University

Colorado State University-PuebloCommunity College of AuroraCommunity College of Denver

Denver Scholarship FoundationDeVry University

Emily Griffith Technical CollegeFront Range Community College

Johnson & Wales UniversityMetropolitan State University of

DenverRed Rocks Community College

Regis UniversityRocky Mountain College of Art and

DesignUniversity of Colorado BoulderUniversity of Colorado Denver

University of DenverUniversity of Northern Colorado

Education ExpoEducation ExpoFind a HS that will help prepare you for your college/career goals.

Abraham Lincoln

Bruce Randolph

Contemporary Learning Academy

Collegiate Prep Academy

Denver Center for 21st Century Learning

Denver Center for International Studies

Denver School of the Arts

East High School

George Washington

John F. Kennedy

Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy

Manual High School

North High School

PREP Academy

South High School

Summit Academy

Venture Prep Academy

Vista Academy

Education Expo Education Expo Awards & RecognitionAwards & Recognition

Individual Recognition•Teachers, colleges, and high school representatives may reward you with raffles for the following behavior:

1) Interacting with college and high school reps2) Completing your Career Fair booklet

Write your Name and Student ID on the back of your ticket.Turn in all raffle tickets earned to the teacher on your bus.

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Education ExpoEducation ExpoDisplay ScreenDisplay Screen

SchoolCurrent

TimeEducation Exit Time Gate

Missing Students

Lake International

10:15 10:20 5, 6, 7

(Example)

Education Exit Time: ________

Departure Departure Gate AreaGate Area

PART 4

Departure Departure Gate AreaGate Area

• Teacher/Section A• Teacher/Section B• Teacher/Section C

Find your teacher and pre-assigned Departure Gate #

Departure GateDeparture GateExit SurveysExit Surveys

• Take a seat on the carpet in your Departure Gate

• Sit quietly and complete your student exit survey

• Turn in completed survey to your Departure Gate volunteer.

• Wait quietly until your bus group is ready to go.

Departure Gate Departure Gate Awards & RecognitionAwards & RecognitionGroup Recognition:•Volunteers will award points to schools based on the following:

1. Departure Gate behavior (getting to Gate quickly, sitting and waiting quietly, listening to directions)

2. Survey Completion3. Bus Loading

Schedule for the DaySchedule for the Day• Arrival back at school _______

Interview Role PlaysInterview Role Plays• Take turns practicing the interview

questions from the Career Fair Booklet with a partner

• Tips to remember:Introduce yourself

Shake handsMake eye contact

Speak clearlyTake your timeSay thank you

The endThe endPlease hand in your Career Fair booklets!