Gear up for success at the upcoming career fair. Explore our comprehensive resources offering valuable tips, resume-building guidance, interview prep, and networking strategies to help you leave a lasting impression on employers, enhance your professional brand, build connections, and find your next opportunity.

 

What do I Wear to Interviews and the Career Fair?

It’s the morning of the career fair. You’ve got your padfolio ready with notes, printed copies of your resume, and your elevator pitch down pat. You feel totally prepared and ready to shine. The only thing you don’t have figured …

By Maria Aguilar Walls
Maria Aguilar Walls Change of Campus Program Coordinator
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How to Stand Out at the Career Fair

Going to a career fair is one of the most intimidating events of a college student’s experience. You dress in a full suit, stand in line to talk to one person, and see all the other students also trying to …

By Christine Kovell
Christine Kovell
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Keeping in Touch with Recruiters After the Career Fair

Whether it is in the Business Building Atrium or in the Bryce Jordan Center, every business student ends up attending at least one career fair at Penn State. More likely than not, students will go to an employer’s table and …

By Brandon Brodsky
Brandon Brodsky Career Guide
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Resources for Preparing for a Career Fair

Networking Resources and Tips

Networking is a mutually beneficial process that involves developing and maintaining professional connections. Networking provides you with an opportunity to …

Researching Companies

Researching information on companies will help you articulate areas of interest at career fairs, cover letters, networking events, etc.

Check …

LinkedIn Resources

LinkedIn is an important tool that helps you build your online brand. Check out the resources below to help you …

Career Fair Prep Tips

Career Fairs are an integral part of the job and internship search process. They are an opportunity to connect with …

Skills Employers Are Looking For (NACE Career Competencies)

For new college graduates, career readiness is key to ensuring successful entrance into the workforce. Career readiness is the foundation …

LinkedIn Learning Courses to Help You Prepare

Nano Tips for Communicating with Confidence with Selena Rezvani

Taught by Selena Rezvani
View Selena’s LinkedIn Newsletter Welcome to our Nano Tips series, where LinkedIn Learning creators deliver impactful lessons in literally seconds.…

Delivering an Authentic Elevator Pitch

Taught by Tatiana Kolovou
View Tatiana’s LinkedIn Newsletter Find out how to craft an authentic personal pitch while projecting competence and warmth—two key factors…

How to Network When You Don’t Like Networking

Taught by Pete Mockaitis | How to Be Awesome at Your Job
Don’t like networking? You’re not alone. In this course, adapted from the podcast How to Be Awesome at Your Job,…

Successful Networking

Taught by Careercake
Networking is a task that many professionals would happily avoid. Making small talk with an introverted client or trying to…

The Ultimate Guide to Professional Networking

Taught by Dana Robinson
The business world is constantly evolving. If you’re following networking advice from the past, then you’re missing huge opportunities for…

Professional Networking for Career Starters

Taught by Jayla Hill
Connect to opportunity. Learn how to build and engage a network when you’re just starting out in your career. Jayla…

Finding a Job at Companies That Embrace Diversity and Inclusion

Taught by Chris Taylor
Whenever you look for a job, you probably have a list of “wants” for your new position. In addition to…

How to Crush Self-Doubt and Build Self-Confidence

Taught by Pete Mockaitis | How to Be Awesome at Your Job
There is no magic pill that builds confidence overnight. Instead, confidence comes from repeating something until you’re familiar with it.…

Learning LinkedIn for Students (2022)

Taught by Garrick Chow
Learn how to tap into the power of LinkedIn to find internships, jobs, and valuable connections. In this course, Garrick…

Pitching Yourself for Opportunity

Taught by Jodi Glickman
Every conversation presents an opportunity to make a great impression. In this course, Jodi Glickman, CEO and Founder of GreatOnTheJob.com,…