EMLT Bulletin 21 (November) - EN

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RE CH T PO AL HE FR R LE “J OM T FA NG OB BR IR E” NO IN

REPORT FROM THE “JOB CHALLENGE” FAIR IN BRNO On 9 November, the annual “Job Challenge” fair was held for the tenth time, one of the biggest job fairs in the Czech Republic, visited each year by thousands of students and dozens of employers. The three largest universities in Brno participated in the organization of the fair – Masaryk University, together with Mendel University and the University of Technology. The aims of the fair were for the students and graduates to find their way in the labor market, establish contacts with their prospective employers and find out about the possibilities of internships and trainee programs. The fair was attended by 94 exhibitors - representatives of various companies who could be directly approached by the visitors of the fair. These were companies operating in the following areas: finance, chemistry, information technology, human resources, marketing and sales, personnel and consulting services, law, construction, engineering, technology, languages, customer service and agriculture. In some companies, it was possible to arrange an internship, many companies also offered jobs for the disabled. The event was also attended by large organizations, such as Czech Insurance Company, Police of the Czech Republic, Czech Television, a major shoe producer Deichmann, Skoda, Amazon, food and beverage producer Nestlé and leading companies in the development (IBM and Honeywell), and many others.

In addition to personal consultations with representatives of companies, visitors could participate

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program including various lectures, seminars and workshops. They could choose one of three focuses of the event – and participate more closely in one of the three panels.

The first panel focused on the development of skills that are useful for the success in the labor market. This panel included self-presentation and communication techniques, as well as various techniques to handle procrastination. The second panel presented new trends in the world of recruitment. Visitors of this panel were given practical tips and tricks on how to succeed in the competition, including for example the dress code for such an interview. Within the third panel, meetings with HR managers and recruiters of various companies were organized who provided the participants with information on how job competitions in their companies are run.

The Job Challenge fair was attended by over 2,000 students, graduates and other visitors from the interested public. Most visitors were from Masaryk University. In the press release evaluating the fair, organizers stated that "students headed to the fair for many different reasons. They were, however, most attracted by the expectation to take view of the labor market (47.3%), the opportunity to find a job (36.2%), and the possibility of personal contact with employers (30%). "

Thanks to detailed website, visitors of the fair could prepare thoroughly beforehand for the event of meeting with representatives of companies. Not only were all the events at the fair for free, but provided the participants managed to register early enough, they could also get various benefits, such as a set of personal tests.

Those interested in the “Job Challenge” fair were recommended by the organizers to record their CV’s in the database of the fair in advance, so that all participating companies could have access to it.

The website of the fair also included a lot of helpful tips and tricks on how to write a resume to make it appealing. On uploading the CV’s on the fair website, the visitors were recommended by the organizers to create different versions of the CV’s adapted to different companies whose representatives they would like to meet. The organizers also recommended to go through the list of exhibitors and rethink about which companies the visitors would be interested in and what questions they wanted to ask each of them.

At the end of the list of tips and tricks on how to prepare for the fair, the visitors could read a few ideas on how to make a good impression on the representatives of companies, because the first 30 seconds decide, and because a meeting at the fair is actually just another form of a job interview for which e.g. appropriate clothing has to be considered.

"I think that the 10th edition of the fair was a success, there was also a birthday cake. Again, it was attended by over 2000 students. There was great interest in consulting the resumes with experts, people had to stand in queues. Some students made use of the new feature of the fair, which was the testing of team roles, professional affiliations and work motivation. It's nice to see that students are not afraid to address the employers, although in real-life situation they would often not dare to do so. This year, new companies appeared in the fair, but next year, there will certainly be even more", said Tereza SichovĂĄ, a consultant of the MU Career Center, involved in the organization of the Fair, for the EMLT bulletin.

Source: http://www.jobch.cz/, Report on the “Job Challenge� Fair Pictures: Archive of the Career Center of the MU

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