Attend a Diversity Career Fair
Attending diversity career fairs is a great way to showcase your talents and employment potential to potential employers that value diversity, multicultural backgrounds and multilingual skills. Keep a few tips on how to attend a diversity career fair in mind to make it a successful experience.
Steps
- Customize your resume.
- Review your resume prior to attending a diversity career fair and revise it to highlight jobs and life experiences that involve your connection to diversity. Potential employers will want to see information about work you've done that displays your commitment to diversity or your own multicultural background, so create an updated resume that highlights these areas.
- Showcase your talent.
- Potential employers will want to understand your connection to diversity when you go to a diversity career fair, but they will also want to know that you're qualified to work for them. Make your interviews represent the way your multicultural or diverse background enhance your job skills.
- Be yourself.
- Avoid overemphasizing your diversity when you interview at a diversity career fair. It's important to show that you're proud of your diversity, but be yourself when you do it. Potential employers will be able to tell if you're putting on an act, so be natural, confident and proud.
- Prioritize your interviews.
- Research the companies attending the diversity career fair ahead of time and determine which ones have mission statements or philosophies that fit with your diverse background or multicultural experience. Visit these potential employers first to ensure you have time to meet with all of the companies that will most value your diversity.
- Arrive prepared.
- Show up at the diversity career fair prepared and equipped so you won't waste any time getting organized. Bring several copies of your resume so you can leave one with every potential employer you meet, pen and paper for writing down notes and contact information and a bottle of water to stay hydrated after all those interviews.
- Put your best foot forward.
- Look professional and polished at the diversity career fair so you make a great first impression. Dress at least business casual, with no t-shirts, jeans or sneakers. Make sure everything is clean and ironed the night before the fair so you can be well put together and confident.
- Follow up.
- Follow up your diversity career fair visit with a phone call or email to each potential employer you met. Be sure to let them know you appreciate their company's commitment to diversity and them giving you a few minutes of their time. A follow-up contact will keep your resume and interview fresh in the employer's mind.
