I attended my first virtual job fair. Even after keeping my expectations low, I needed to go much, much lower. I tailored my resume, created a bio and added a photo, logged in 30 minutes early. Dressed up. Stopped in at one booth with a possible position. Sent a chat message and waited for 15 minutes. Then got a reply, if interested, to apply at company website. End of chat. No live interview. Resigned, prepared cover letter, went to website, entered resume info 2x. Worst experience ever.

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You just stopped in 1 booth and sent 1 message? Is live interviewing expected?

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With live job fairs, these are low risk opportunities to learn about a company and open positions, and talk to the recruiter about your background. At a booth, there are links to company information and an interview scheduler. You can initiate a chat with a live recruiter which I did. This company was not offering live interviews(?!) and the only exchange was a 2-message chat. I had to register and submit a resume, photo and a bio to get this far. It was a job application with extra steps.

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Please tell me more about these virtual job fairs, I never thought about this type before

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