[Job-Discussions] Registration for 2021 NFB Career Fair

[Richard Davis]

Please see attached and below to register for the event, which will be held
from 1:00 - 4:00 PM on Tuesday, July 6, with an orientation that same day
from 10:00 AM to Noon.
Best wishes,
Dick Davis, Chair
NFB Employment Committee

Dear Job Seekers,



For the second year in a row, we are conducting the National Federation of
the Blind National Convention virtually. Our 2021 Career Fair will also be
held as a virtual event on the Zoom platform on Tuesday, July 6 from 1:00
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).



You are now able to register for the career fair at
https://nfb.org/form/career-fair-jobseeker-registration. Registration will
close at 5 p.m. ET Saturday, June 26. Nobody will be able to register after
that date.



Cutting off registrations a week before the career fair will enable us to
send employers your resumes and send you their contact information, so you
can touch base with them and perhaps set up a  time for them to talk to you
at the career fair.



When you register, make sure that you attach your resume, as you will not
be able to attach one later. You can find a useful resume format in an
article I wrote for the May 2021 *Braille Monitor*:
https://nfb.org//images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2105/bm210516.htm
<https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2105/bm210516.htm>. It
is extremely important that you check your resume and registration
carefully to make sure that both accurately show your qualifications and
the type(s) of employment you are seeking.



Two complaints we have received from career fair employers are that some
job seekers did not have resumes and did not know what they wanted to do.
Our employers are looking for people to hire; they are not career
counselors. Please register only if you are looking for a job, whether
full-time, part-time, summer, or internship.



I’m happy to say that after a year of Zoom meetings, we know a lot more
about how to run a career fair, so I hope the problems some of you had last
year will be a thing of the past. If you attended our career fair last
year, you know that some employers choose to expand their space to have a
waiting area and interview breakout rooms, while others may greet and
interview people in the same room.



Last year, we had a Zoom room for the Employment Committee, in which we
were able to provide help to job seekers. That service will be expanded
this year. In addition, we plan to hold an online meeting in June to
provide more information to job seekers about the career fair.

We will let you know when it happens. On Tuesday, July 6, from 10:00 a.m.
to 12:00 p.m., there will be an orientation to the career fair. You will be
able to meet the employers and learn what they offer, as well as get any
last-minute questions answered.



Following the career fair, we will hold our annual Job Seeker Seminar from
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. On Wednesday, July 7, our Upward Mobility Seminar
will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and on Thursday, July 8, our
Employment Committee Meeting will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. See
the convention agenda for more details.



Questions? Please contact John Dubay at jdubay at strategiccontactsolutions.com
or Dick Davis at ddavis at blindinc.org.



Best wishes,



Dick Davis, Chair

NFB Employment Committee

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