[NFBNJ] Employers and Job Seekers Terrific Opportunity

[joe ruffalo]

Greetings to all!
A terrific opportunity for employers and job seekers.
Please share with others.
Joe

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Dear all,


Dick Davis has asked me to post to this list. I have already sent this to 
our Illinois employers. It might be a good chance to engage employers who 
cannot make it to a national convention which is in person. This could be a 
good way to reach out to supporters in our states. Of course, we should all 
share this with job seekers as well. Hope you find it helpful.



Plan for the 2020 NFB National Career Fair
    Tuesday, July 14 | 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. EDT


Dear Employers and Jobseekers:



Thank you for your interest in the 2020 NFB National Career Fair. Our plan 
this year is to have the Career Fair on Tuesday, July 14 from 1:00 to 4:00 
p.m. Eastern Time. That means it will start at noon Central, 11 a.m. 
Mountain, 10 a.m. Pacific, 8 a.m. Alaskan, and 7 a.m. Hawaiian-Aleutian. 
Here’s how it will work.



Registration:
In order to participate in the Career Fair, employers and jobseekers will be 
required to register ahead of time. Registration will end at 10 p.m. EDT on 
Sunday, July 5, 2020. Registrations will not occur after then. There will be 
no walk-ins or last-minute registrations this year for technical reasons.



Employer registration: nfb.org/form/career-fair-employer-registration



Jobseeker registration: nfb.org/form/career-fair-jobseeker-registration



Employer Information:
This year’s Career Fair will be on Zoom. Our plan is to give each employer a 
Zoom room. At every hour and half-hour, employers will be expected to 
provide an overview of their organization and employment opportunities, 
leaving time for questions from jobseekers before the next overview begins.



In addition to having at least one recruiter to provide the overview and 
talk to jobseekers, it will be necessary for each employer to provide an 
individual to manage the Zoom room, mute participants, and allow individuals 
to ask questions. Jobseekers who have attended one half-hour session should 
be asked to leave the Zoom room to allow space for new people.



Jobseekers who want to have more in-depth discussions or interviews with 
employers should schedule them outside the Career Fair by calling or 
emailing employers using the contact information provided a week before the 
Career Fair.



Employer and Jobseeker Information:
We will have a Zoom room for the Employment Committee in case employers or 
jobseekers have questions at the time. More information on that will be 
provided to all employer and jobseeker registrants.



On Monday, July 6, we will send each jobseeker contact information for the 
employers registered for the Career Fair so they can send resumes and cover 
letters to employers who interest them. We will also send each employer the 
resumes of all registered jobseekers. In that way, both parties will be able 
to contact each other and arrange to meet before, during, or after the 
Career Fair.



Each registered employer and jobseeker will receive technical information on 
how to use our Zoom system. Everyone who wants to participate will need to 
download free Zoom software onto their computer or phone in order to access 
the system we are using for the Career Fair and the Convention.



Questions?
This is the most accurate information that we have on the NFB 2020 Career 
Fair plan to date. If there are any changes, you will be notified. If you 
have questions, please email Dick Davis at ddavis at blindinc.org or John Dubay 
at jdubay at strategiccontactsolutions.com.



If you are in doubt about what to do, please register, as that will get you 
on our mailing list. You can withdraw before the Career Fair if you decide 
not to participate. There is no charge for employers or jobseekers to 
attend.  Note: registering for the Convention or the Exhibit Area does not 
register you for the Career Fair; you must register using one of the above 
links.



We would have liked to give you this information earlier, but as is the case 
with many organizations facing COVID-19, we have had to put our plans for 
the 2020 NFB National Convention together piece by piece, learning as we 
went.



Since this is the first time we have taken on such an immense task, we 
cannot guarantee that things will run perfectly or that we won’t have to 
make some changes. But I can promise you we will do our best to make this 
Career Fair a success for everyone.



Best wishes,

Dick Davis, Chair

NFB Employment Committee



Updated June 16, 2020







Patti Chang Esq.

Director of Outreach

200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

(410) 659-9314, extension 2422 | pchang at nfb.org

Cell: 773-307-6440













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