Diverse Careers

Diverse Careers is happy to announce that we will be returning to the Doubletree Hotel Santa Ana/Orange County Airport on August 25th for our next career fair!

This event is free to job seekers and no preregistration is required. Come dressed professionally and bring several copies of your resume.

Employers wishing to exhibit can contact info@diversecareers.com for more information.

Already registered exhibitors include:
• Aflac
• American Career College
• Auto Club of Southern CA
• AXA Advisors
• Cambridge College
• Children's Bureau
• Devcon Security Services
• Everest College
• Farmers Insurance
• Forest Lawn Memorial Parks & Mortuaries
• Guardian/Park Avenue Securities
• Kaiser Permanente
• Lloyd Pest Control
• MediaTech Institute
• Modern Technology School
• National University
• New York Life Insurance Company
• San Diego County Sheriff's Dept.
• The Art Institutes
• The Wellness Company
• Verizon Wireless
• Wells Fargo
• Westminster Memorial Park

Please note this list is subject to change.

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Join us for a second event this June! Diverse Careers is coming to the Inland Empire on June 29th.

We will be at the Hilton Ontario Airport from 10 am until 2 pm. Join us to meet with recruiters and network with professionals.

This event is free to job seekers and pre-registration is not required. Come with copies of your resume and dressed professionally!

Employers interested in exhibiting can contact info@diversecareers.com for more information.

Exhibitors already registered for the event include

• Aflac
• AM 1510 KSPA
• Bay Alarm
• Cambridge College
• Devcon Security Services
• Farmers Insurance
• Forest Lawn Memorial Parks
• Independent Capital Management
• Kaiser Permanente
• Loma Linda University Medical Center
• New York Life Insurance Company
• NTMA Training Centers
• Prudential Financial
• San Diego County Sheriff's Department
• San Joaquin Valley College
• Southern California Edison
• Verizon Wireless

(This list is subject to change)

• Aflac
• American National Insurance
• Bay Alarm
• Farmers Insurance Platinum Elite
• Independent Capital Management
• New York Life
• San Diego County Sheriff's Department
• UC San Diego
• Verizon Wireless
• and many more!
  

The list of scheduled exhibitors for our next career fair, April 21st in Orange County, has been published!

Here's a look at who will be attending the event:
•Aflac
•American Career College
•Auto Club of Southern California
•AXA Advisors
•Barbeques Galore
•Cox Communications
•Devcon Security Services
•Farmers Insurance
•FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
•Forest Lawn Memorial Parks
•Kaiser Permanente
•Loma Linda University Medical Center
•New York Life Insurance Company
•Red Wave Inc.
•Southern California Edison
•The Art Institutes
•The Trump Network
•United States Army
•Wells Fargo

The list is subject to change, but we will post updates as they are available.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Diverse Careers would like to invite you to our upcoming event, the San Diego Career Fair, on February 24th, 2011. The event will take place at the Doubletree Hotel San Diego/Mission Valley, beginning at 10 am and ending at 2 pm.

The address for the Doubletree is as follows:
7450 Hazard Center Drive
San Diego, CA 92108

This event is free to job seekers and pre-registration is not required. Please come dressed professionally and bring copies of your resume!

Here's a look at some of the employers who will be exhibiting at this event:

• 220 Marketing Group
• Aflac
• American General Life & Accident Insurance
• Barbecues Galore
• Employment Development Department - State of California
• Farmers Insurance Platinum Elite
• General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
• Independent Capital Management
• Kaiser Permanente
• Loews Coronado Bay Resort
• New York Life Insurance Company
• Primerica
• Prudential Financial
• San Diego County Sheriff's Department
• Sea World San Diego
• The Pollakov Financial Group/Mass Mutual
• United States Army
• Verizon Wireless

Employers interested in exhibiting can contact us at info@diversecareers.com for more information.

See you in San Diego!

Diverse Careers, Inc. is pleased to announce it's first event of 2011!

The Los Angeles Career Fair will kick off at 10 am, January 20th at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport, and will go until 2pm. The address for the Hilton is as follows:

5711 West Century Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90045

This event is free to job seekers- no preregistration required! Please dress professionally and bring several copies of your resume.

Registered employers include (list is subject to change):

• Aflac
• Altria Sales & Distribution
• American Career College
• Auto Club of Southern California
• Bay Alarm
• InterCoast Colleges
• Kaiser Permanente
• Loyola Marymount University
• Los Angeles Police Department
• New York Life Insurance Co.
• Pacific Tank Lines
• Prudential Financial
• Pure Green Corp.
• Wells Fargo

Employers interested in exhibiting at the event please email info@diversecareers.com for more information.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The Inland Empire Career fair is rapidly approaching- it's November 17th at the Hilton Ontario Airport. The event will open at 10 am and will go until 2 pm. The career fair is free to job seekers- so come dressed professionally and bring copies of your resume.

Here's a look at the employers who will be exhibiting at the fair:

• Aflac
• AM 1510 KSPA Ontario
• American Career College
• Auto Club of Southern California
• Employment Development Department
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car
• ESRI
• Farmers Insurance
• Kaiser Permanente
• Los Angeles Police Department
• New York Life Insurance Company
• NTMA Training Centers
• Prudential Financial
• The Art Institutes
• Trilogy Financial Services, Inc.
• University of Phoenix
• Vantani, Inc.
• West Coast Ultrasound Institute
• World Financial Group
  

Past events at the Hilton were a hit with both employers and job seekers- view some of the comments here:





If you have any questions or comments about the event, please contact info@diversecareers.com

We look forward to seeing you at the event!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010
10:00am to 2:00pm
Hilton Ontario Airport
700 N. Haven Ave.
Ontario, CA 91764

Career Fairs can be tricky to navigate, for both job seekers and employers. You need to meet with a lot of people, give a great impression, and find out what you need to know from a recruiter or a job seeker in a very short amount of time. On the spot interviews require a great deal of finesse on the part of the recruiter. Here's a few tips to make that on the spot interview great, picked up from some online experts.

DO Have a goal for the meeting: According to this article by Jobing, you'll want to have a pretty solid idea of what you are looking for in a candidate before you even meet them. This goes especially for on the spot interviews- soft skills, personality, and a short amount of background will all need to be garnered in a 5-10 minute meeting, and it will all go smoother if you know what to look for, and thus, what questions to ask.

DON'T Come unprepared. Even if you are only recruiting for a few positions within your company, it's a good idea to have a general idea about other potentially open positions, company policies (such as benefits, hiring processes, and human resources procedures), and job descriptions, according to this article by recruiter Kirk Baumann. Many job seekers might be attending a fair looking for an entry level position in your company, even if you are only recruiting for upper level management. You don't want to turn down a good potential candidate because you don't know what your company is offering. At the very least, according to the article, know where to send the job seeker for more information, such as the company's website.

DO Ask about experience, but be sure to ask for specifics. This article by HR Manger lists some very common interview questions that employers ask. While it's not bad to ask these questions, the questions can lead to generic answers from job seekers who have heard that question before. Ask more directed, specific questions about the job seeker's experience, that way they won't give you a rehearsed answer and you'll get a better idea of the candidate's character.

DON'T Ask about personal life. While it may seem benign, asking about age, race, disability, and religion in an interview is illegal- something you definitely want to avoid in an on the spot interview, according to this article by Yahoo Finance. In order to protect employees' rights against discrimination, laws have been put in place at the federal, state, and local level to ensure employers don't ask questions that could disqualify an employee based on discriminatory information. You want to hire an employee based on his or her experience and qualifications anyway, so keep the conversation away from topics that could be construed as discrimination.

Some further tips:
DO Ask the person what they are looking for career-wise. It's a good idea to find out right off the bat what the candidate is looking for, that way, you can establish early on if your company is offering what he or she is aspiring for.

DO Follow up. Candidates that you spoke with will be looking forward to your call. It's a great courtesy to follow up soon with someone you interviewed with, even if it's to tell them that they weren't right for the position. Being polite, respectful, and courteous can soften bad news. And remember, potential candidates can also be potential customers or clients for a company, so it's a good idea to make positive connections with anyone you come across in a career fair.

DO Maintain a positive outlook. Interviews can be nerve-wracking for both recruiters and job seekers- who hasn't been nervous for an interview? Just be sure to smile and keep a positive attitude- your positivity will come out in the way you talk and put the candidate at ease, which will be better for both of you.

Positivity seems to be an increasing trend in the economy as of late. News channels seem to be airing fewer stories about the downturn, and the job market seems to be slowly but surely leveling out.

According to a recent Labor Market Outlook study done by SHRM, employers are even becoming more confident about the job market. According to the survey, 56% of participants reported “some level of confidence in the U.S. job market” (LMO Q3 2010, pg 1).

Furthermore, as shown in SHRM’s latest LINE Report (Leading Indicators of National Employment), more employers are looking at taking on more employees and making fewer layoffs. The report also shows new hire compensation in the manufacturing and service industry growing, an indicator that the market is turning around.

With statistics like these, it’s hard not to be positive. Staff levels within companies are, for the majority, staying solid or taking on new people, rather than making layoffs- only 15% were making layoffs in the third quarter, as opposed to 22% this time last year. With any luck, the positive trends will continue to increase and both employers and job seekers can hope for a better job market to search.

**Image source: SHRM Labor Market Outlook Survey, Q3 2010

As the Orange County Career Fair approaches, I'd like to take a moment to point out three great reasons to register for a career fair.

1. It's cost effective. As the host of the career fair, we do the advertising for you, so there's less need to host ads on multiple online outlets. It's our job to get job seekers out to career fairs, and so far, our advertising methods have been successful (our last career fair had over 1,500 attendees).

2. It saves time. At a career fair, you can see a lot of potential candidates at once- and face to face, for that matter, something that's often taken for granted in the digital age we live in. Job seekers will come through the career fair all day, and you'll have an opportunity to shake hands and give them a few minutes of your time, as opposed to a traditional interview, in which you would need to spend around 20-30 minutes with an interviewee after first browsing through resumes to handpick candidates. Furthermore, it's a good opportunity to see soft skills (for example, confidence level and verbal skills) that you can't see on a resume. It's possible for a recruiter to get an idea of a potential employee's personality in a few minutes, rather than sitting through an entire interview with someone who may not be right for the position.

3. It's a good public relations opportunity. A large amount of job seekers come out to career fairs, giving your company an opportunity to get its name out in the community and really shine in a public spectrum. You can meet potential employees while promoting your company as you relay information on what your company does to anyone who's interested. Plus, it puts a good face on your company, and allows potential employees to meet people who already work for the company and see the type of people they might be working with.

Overall, career fairs are great for both job seekers and employers. It's cost effective for all involved, it's a great opportunity to meet people face to face, and both parties can put their best face forward and get their name out there.