Job fairs Question
Job fairs Question
Is it normal to go to a job fair and after an interview with a school be sent to the second round which will be some time after via zoom/meets? I thought people came away from job fairs with at least offers in hand or a rejection!!!!
Response
Some people still do, but the more recruiters/leaders have become comfortable with virtual recruiting the more it has proliferated. At one time (not that long ago actually) locking a candidate in was among the top priorities of ISs that were actually recruiting (not just tentative recruiting, first night, meet and greet, unicorn hunting, pool padding, or show and tell). Thats changed relatively recently. Recruiters/leaders arent in as much of a hurry to close their positions at any one fair, like they were in the pass where each later fair resulted in a smaller and lower quality of candidates. The have just improved and increased their applicant pools utilizing digital/virtual tools, such that their applicant pools are considerably larger. Essentially the fair isnt the primary source for recruiting anymore its the consolidated applicant pool including their sizable number of direct applicants.
The trend in recruiting is moving more towards group/team interviews and these are difficult to arrange during a fair. Leaders would prefer getting the input that comes from multiple perspectives that is easy to arrange through virtual conferencing.
While a recruiter/leader can refer you to a later round of interviews post fair, youre under no-obligation to cease your search efforts. You dont have to cancel interviews, or do anything. Absent a contract or a LOI/MOU youre still a free agent.
However, sometimes, and its not uncommon a post fair round of additional interviews can just be a soft rejection. The additional interview never happens or your notified some time later the vacancy has been filled. It decreases the likelihood of confrontation and minimizes frustrations.
Make no mistake though, only offers matter. If you leave the fair without a contract its because no one wanted you. If you interview with 10 ISs and 5 of them never get back to you, 4 of them write you a rejection, 1 recommends you to a second round of interviews, and 1 says "they are waiting on another candidate they will let you know", you have nothing.
To that end many recruiters/leaders dont even bother with rejections, you just never hear from them again.
The trend in recruiting is moving more towards group/team interviews and these are difficult to arrange during a fair. Leaders would prefer getting the input that comes from multiple perspectives that is easy to arrange through virtual conferencing.
While a recruiter/leader can refer you to a later round of interviews post fair, youre under no-obligation to cease your search efforts. You dont have to cancel interviews, or do anything. Absent a contract or a LOI/MOU youre still a free agent.
However, sometimes, and its not uncommon a post fair round of additional interviews can just be a soft rejection. The additional interview never happens or your notified some time later the vacancy has been filled. It decreases the likelihood of confrontation and minimizes frustrations.
Make no mistake though, only offers matter. If you leave the fair without a contract its because no one wanted you. If you interview with 10 ISs and 5 of them never get back to you, 4 of them write you a rejection, 1 recommends you to a second round of interviews, and 1 says "they are waiting on another candidate they will let you know", you have nothing.
To that end many recruiters/leaders dont even bother with rejections, you just never hear from them again.