You’re registered for the Virtual STEM Career Fair at OSU, now what?
OSU Career Services will be using the Career Fair Plus platform for all of our fairs this spring. Once registered for the fair, please review our timeline below and follow this step-by-step guide so you can become familiar with the virtual fair process and find success connecting with OSU students and alumni.
If you would like an idea and a thorough overview of what virtual Career Fairs will look and feel like at OSU, we recommend signing up for a Recruiter Webinar provided by Career Fair Plus. Webinars run weekly on Tuesday mornings and Thursday afternoons.
The two main features students and recruiters will utilize during the Virtual STEM Career Fair are group meetings and one-on-one meetings.
Group Meetings: Each company will have ONE group meeting video chat room between 10am - 12pm. This is a great place for students to pop in and introduce themselves, ask basic questions and get to know the company. If you want to get familiar with the group meeting video chat room now, click here. This can be accessed by multiple recruiters and up to fifty students at a time. Please note, at least one recruiter will need to staff your group meeting room from 10:00am-12:00pm.
Please do not edit your Group Meetings. These are for a set length and time as part of the agenda for the career fair and should not be changed or edited.
Meetings: Each company has access to one-on-one meeting schedules from 1:00pm – 5:00pm. These meetings should act as a replacement of the physical handshake and interaction at the in-person event.
Meetings consist of short timeslots where students can visit one-on-one with a recruiter, briefly discuss their resume and the opportunities available within the company.
Students can sign up for meetings before and during the virtual career fairs.
Keep in mind, they should not be managed as an interview, but as informal and casual opportunities to connect with students.
Action Items:
Enter your primary recruiter’s information in your registration or send to your recruiting partner after you are registered.
After February 1st, your primary recruiter will receive an email from support@careerfairplus.com with instructions on how to create meeting schedules and how to invite additional recruiters to your employer account.
The link in the email is valid for 14 days. After 14 days, please reach out to us at careers@okstate.edu to resend your email invitation
Follow the instructions in the email and view the how-to videos below (or follow our step-by-step instructions) to create an account and edit your career fair meetings.
Finalize your one-on-one meetings before February 15th.
On February 15th, students will have access to book meetings. Once a meeting time is booked, you can no longer edit that time slot.
We encourage all of our registered employers to have their meetings finalized before February 15th.
Week Before the Fair
Login to the Career Fair Plus platform and practice using the software. Recruiters must test their video meeting links before the virtual career fair. There are many instances where recruiters are unable to join their meetings due to a network blocking issue. To prevent this, testing is a must!
Join your meeting room to make sure all of the features are working.
Practice on the computer and phone you will be using on the day of the fair.
If you have any questions the morning before the fair, we will have a live Employer Helpdesk (link coming soon!) between 8am – 11am where the Career Services team will be available to answer questions and help with technical difficulties.
To find your Meetings (group and one-on-one) schedule(s):
Click “Request Permissions” for access to your webcam and microphone and select “Allow.”
Click “Join Meeting” to enter the video chat room.
We recommend using the Career Fair Plus app on your phone in conjunction with the desktop platform. The app offers places for notes, student ratings, a timer, and additional features that you won’t find on the desktop version.
After the Fair
Career Fair Plus stores all of your meetings and the associated student profiles. From your meeting schedule, you can export all of this data at the end of the fair or any time thereafter.