[Rehab] Important Career Fair Notice. Please read!

[Richard Davis]

NFB Employment Committee

May 10, 2023



Dear Career Fair Jobseekers,



We have seen a lot of job seeker career fair registrations recently in
which job seekers have refused us permission to send their registration
information and/or resume to the  employers. While that is a matter of
personal choice, and some people value their privacy, we wanted to let you
know how the system works so those of you who have not registered yet can
make a more informed decision, and those who have may want to reconsider
the one they made.



Here is some information for you:



1.    If you did not give us permission to send your registration
information or resume to employers, you will have to take responsibility
for doing that yourself. If you do not, the employers in the career fair
will have no idea you exist until they meet you face to face at the fair.
If you want to change your mind, see note 7 for information on how to do
that.



2.    Registration is not something you “just want to get out of the way so
you can go to the career fair;” it is an integral part of the process.
Therefore, do not rush through it! Take all the time you need to do a
thorough job. The employers will use it to evaluate you. Remember that this
is your first chance to make a good impression.



3.    Since there are limits on the number of characters you can enter,
consider using Microsoft Word or a similar program that enables you to
count the number of characters you have written. After you have refined
what you want to say in Word or another text file, you can copy and paste
your responses into the registration slots. This is a skill you will use
many times applying for jobs or in employment.



4.    The registration form is not something you can leave half-filled and
return to later. When you start filling it out, you must complete it. You
can abandon it without submitting it and return later. If you do that, make
sure to copy what you entered and save it in a Word or other text file so
you don’t have to recreate it.



5.    Make sure your resume is complete and fully proofed before you submit
your registration, since you will not be able to attach it later. We won’t
be able to attach it for you, nor will we be able to send it to the
employers for you. You will have to do that yourself when you receive the
employer contact information two weeks before the career fair.



6.    Some people have been getting error messages saying that their
registration did not go through. That is a system glitch. We thought we’d
gotten rid of it, but it came back. The solution is to wait and see if you
get confirmation. Please be patient! If ten or fifteen minutes pass and you
don’t get confirmation, you may have to submit again.



7.    If you refused us permission to send your registration information
and resume to employers, and feel that you did so in error, please send an
email to Jobseeker Liaison Rachel Kuntz at rachelrkuntz at gmail.com
explaining your situation and asking her to submit them for you. She should
be able to correct the problem, but she will not be able to send employers
your resume if you failed to attach it to your registration (see note 4
above).



Approximately two week before the career fair, after registration closes,
you will get a spreadsheet and Word file containing employer contact
information. Feel free to call or email the employers to set up a time to
meet them at the career fair. If they are planning to remain at the
convention, maybe they can interview you there too.



For more information, contact one (not all) of the following:



Rachel Kuntz, Job Seeker Liaison, at rachelrkuntz at gmail.com.

Jennifer Wenzel, Committee Chair, at jenwen319 at gmail.com.

Dick Davis, Committee Member, at dickblind at gmail.com