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The OR Job Hunt: How to Stand Out in a Crowd

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008   

Portland, OR – More folks in Oregon are looking for work now than at any time in the past three years. New state figures show the unemployment rate in August climbed to 6.5 percent, meaning at least 123,000 Oregonians are unemployed.

If you're among them, and a job or career fair is on your list of possibilities to check out for leads, it can be intimidating to see a big crowd, all trying to impress representatives of the same companies. How can you stand out? Twyla Lawson, senior recruitment consultant for the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, suggests doing some homework before you attend these events, to perfect a "one-minute pitch."

"The one-minute pitch should be how you're going to introduce yourself. How will you show them that you've prepared, that you know a little bit about who they are and what they do? That shows a lot: why you're interested in them, and also why they should be interested in you."

She says it's not really necessary to pass out copies of your résumé at a career fair. The event isn't conducive to a job interview, she explains, so think of it instead as a fact-finding mission, and plan to follow up after the event.

"It's really more about the applicants learning about where they might like to work, or what types of jobs are available for them, and getting those questions answered that are really hard to get answered over the Internet. So it's making that connection, more than anything else."

On Saturday, 3,000 people showed up at a State of Oregon career fair in Salem, when Lawson says the state agencies expected to see about a thousand. The Oregon State Employment Department (www.employment.oregon.gov) keeps a running list of job and career fairs on its website. A total of 11 career fairs are scheduled in six cities around the state, coming up between now and mid-October. Click on "Job Fairs & Events" for details.




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