The RB Graduate Program was mentioned twice last week on this blog – Eva talked about her international secondment and Verity revealed how British comedian Eddie Izzard would be a perfect RB graduate.
So I want to talk about one of the “entrance doors” into it: career fairs.
Almost all big companies looking for new and young talent have stands on university career fairs, so hurry up! Opportunities are there and if you really want to take one, you’ll need to work on it.
It’s not enough to just turn up and leave your CV with someone. If you want to stand out from the crowd you need to be proactive.
Making yourself visible amongst others is not an easy task in a career fair, but there are things you can do to ensure you are properly prepared.
Have a look at this video about career fairs:
Do your research: Know exactly what the companies do and the roles they offer (for example, Reckitt Benckiser’s jobs website).
Talk: Spend time talking to company representatives instead of just leaving your CV (they might just remember you!). You have nothing to lose and it can really make the difference.
In the video you can also see some things you shouldn’t do, like worrying too much about companies’ free gifts, which from my personal experience of career fairs, can be a bit annoying.
If you want to investigate further, read this short piece focusing on “5 job fair mistakes recent graduates make” – which offers some really interesting tips.
And if you think you are ready for the challenge of a careers fair, you can find out which fairs RB will be attending all over the world on the graduate events page of our jobs website.
As you may have seen, RB Spain will be at ESADE Business School career fair on February 10th with the objective of finding candidates for the Graduate program assessments.
See you there!
Tags: careers fair, graduate assessment centre, RB grad scheme
