{"id":8753,"date":"2017-04-20T08:56:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T08:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnews.hult.edu\/?p=8753"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:00:06","slug":"top-5-tips-stand-careers-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/top-5-tips-stand-careers-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 tips to stand out at a careers fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Hult, our on-campus Career Development and Corporate Relations teams arrange weekly events to help students better understand themselves, build their networks, and enhance their skills. Recent campus guests include PwC, Amadeus, and Hubspot in Boston; Cisco, Spotify, and Credit Suisse in London; IBM, Microsoft, and L\u2019Or\u00e9al in Dubai; and LinkedIn, Facebook, and Levi\u2019s in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

\"\"L’Or\u00e9al recruiting panel on Hult’s San Francisco campus<\/em><\/p>\n

In the coming weeks, our global campuses in San Francisco, London, Boston, and Dubai<\/a> will each be hosting their annual Career Connections Forum<\/strong>. Here, students will get to meet with up to 70 actively recruiting companies from sectors ranging from technology, food & beverage, media, and retail, through to consulting, healthcare, banking, and education. Students are excited to be meeting recruiters from major global companies including Bloomberg, Porsche, KPMG, Hilti, Azko Nobel, Nestle, Amazon, and Kompas, as well as local startups, all keen to work with Hult graduates.<\/p>\n

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Help\u00a0from the experts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hult\u2019s Career Development Advisors are committed to ensuring students are primed to make a great first impression, and to maximize their chances of ultimately securing their dream jobs. Therefore, in the months leading up to the fair, students participate in workshops and coaching sessions designed to intensively prep them for the big day. Topics covered include communicating your unique value proposition, mastering the art of networking, as well as optimizing social media profiles, resumes and cover letters and ensuring personal brand consistency.<\/p>\n

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Students get intensive coaching during a Career Bootcamp in San Francisco.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Workshops welcome visiting experts such as J\u00f6rgen Sundberg, Founder of Undercover Recruiter<\/em>, the most widely read recruiting blog in the world, and Simon Bucknall, two-time world championship finalist of public speaking. Another popular event is the interactive \u2018Networking the room like a rockstar\u2019 workshop with Heather White, leading networking and personal brand expert. These events are often followed by networking sessions with corporate guests and\/or Hult alumni, giving students the chance to cement their healthy new habits by putting them straight into practice.<\/p>\n

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Dubai’s career connections forum hosted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We asked our resident career experts for their Top 5 tips to stand out to employers at the Career Connections Forum<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  1. Know yourself:<\/strong> Identify and document the value you have to offer employers. Relevant strengths? Aligned career goals? Track record of relevant accomplishments?<\/li>\n
  2. Know your targets: <\/strong>Know your employment targets with regard to industry, role, and geography. Identify which companies attending the career fair might fall into or influence these target areas.<\/li>\n
  3. Research:<\/strong> Do your homework on these companies, industries, roles, and ideally the company representatives attending.<\/li>\n
  4. Communications:<\/strong>\n