Advance registration is available via your personal account in The Wright Search.

How to Register

1. Log in to The Wright Search using your UID and campus PIN or create your account for the first time - it's free, fast, and easy!
2. Select the Career Event tab
3. Leaving all fields blank, select Search to see all the career events for the upcoming quarter
4. Select the career event that you would like to attend to register and review event information

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Benefits of Registration

• Faster check-in process on the day of the event
• Pre-submitted digital résumé for employers to view
• Career Services advisers can review your résumé in advance
• Get updates e-mailed to you about which employers are attending
• Get company information and room map e-mailed to you in advance

To get information that helps you plan for the events, take advantage of advance registration.

For others, registration will be available on the day of the event

Employers at any event may be recruiting for your major or skill set.

Review the lists of participating employers for all events - employers at any of the three events may have opportunities for your major.

Lists of participating employers are available in The Wright Search.

Not enrolled in The Wright Search? Eligible students and alumni can create their accounts by logging in with their UID and campus PIN. Register for the event in The Wright Search and view who is attending.

How to Find Who’s Coming

1. Log into The Wright Search using your UID and PIN or the Guest Login button (separate window)
2. Select the ‘Career Event’ tab
3. Leaving all fields blank, select ‘Search’ to see all the career events for the upcoming quarter
4. Select the career event that you would like to attend to review event information and Register.

Career Services has developed the following tips from candidate questions, employer feedback, and our own observation during our busy, annual event schedule.

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Ahead of Time

• Register in advance using The Wright Search to post your résumé for employers to view, to receive updates, and get an event room map emailed to you in advance.
• Plan to dress professionally. Assemble your Recruiting Day suit now, before the day of the event. Make sure you have all the necessary elements to make a good impression.
  Review recommendations for professional dress in our Job Search section [internal link]
• Review the list of participating organizations available to guest users, enrolled students and alumni in The Wright Search.
  Log in to The Wright Search [link to The Wright Search for candidates]
• Research the organizations that interest you. Do this research prior to the event. Develop clear ideas of how you might be a good fit for this organization. If you have questions about the organizaiton that are not answered by your research, make a list.
• In preparing for any interview, identify your accomplishments. This will help you respond to questions by giving examples of your skills and abilities.
• You are in charge of the information that you share in the interview. What you share is your decision.

Participate in a Mock Interview at Career Services to polish your interview presentation and to learn how to avoid negative images when responding to questions.

• There are some common questions you can expect to be asked by representatives at recruiting events.
  Review a list of common questions (PDF)
• In addition, you may be asked general questions designed to reveal your past behavioral patterns. This is called behavioral interviewing.
  Learn more about behavioral interviewing (PDF)
• You can effectively answer behavioral interviewing questions by following a model referred to as the PAR (Problem Action Result) Model

In the PAR Model

• first describe the Problem or situation;
• then relate the Action you took;
• and, finally, the Results.

Specific examples with salient details are best.
Learn more about the P - A - R model (PDF)

• Be aware of your non-verbal communication as well as your verbal communication. Observe yourself in a mirror or ask others for feedback. Pay attention to your posture, your dress, your eye contact, the expression on your face, your handshake. The majority of communication is non-verbal. Be sure that your non-verbal communication makes a good impression.
• Each employer you speak to will want a copy of your résumé. Prepare copies of polished, professional résumés to distribute to every representative with whom you speak, plus one for admission to the event, and a few extras.
• Gather your résumés and a notepad in a professional portfolio. Include a pen to take notes. Plan to secure briefcases, backpacks, overcoats, or other cumbersome, personal items elsewhere.
• If friends or parents ask to accompany you, advise them it would be inappropriate. They can help you by assisting with pre-fair research, proofreading your résumé, and practicing your interview skills.
• Prepare a 20 second summary to use when introducing yourself to organization representatives.
• Schedule your other afternoon obligations to allow full participation.
• Allow adequate time to participate in the event. Lines may form at booths and can require you to wait for an opportunity to speak with the representative. It will not be possible to "run in and drop off" a résumé.
• If you are seeking information only, first research your particular field of interest, prior to the event, and compose a list of relevant and specific questions. Also research the organizations with whom you plan to speak. Investigating companies and the job market in this way is called informational interviewing. It is essential to convey a professional image and be prepared when you are informational interviewing.

On the Day of the Event

• Make a last minute check in a mirror. Is your hair well groomed and conservatively styled? Have you removed excess jewelry? Are you smiling?
• Pick up handouts at the student registration table.
• Review the updated company information available on the day of the event in the candidate warm-up room. There are sometimes last minute changes (including additional companies) which are only available at the registration table.
• Plan to take 5 minutes after you register on the day of the event, but before you enter the event, to review the room map that you received in advance, by registering for the event in advance (in The Wright Search). Prioritize your booth visits.
• Refine your action plan. Prioritize your interest in the organizations and proceed in that order.
• Before entering the room, set aside casual, personal behavior and mentally prepare yourself for a positive, professional interaction.
• As you visit each booth, your confidence and presentation skills will improve. You may be most polished after one or two encounters with organization representatives.
• If you do not get to all the booths on your list before the fair ends, directly contact your other choices later in the week. Career Services will have contact information beginning the week following the event, in our Resource Center, in 334 Student Union.

In the Screening Interview

• At an on-campus recruiting event, organization representatives are generally screening potential candidates through brief, standup interviews.
• Adopt your professional demeanor and enter the fair with a smile.
• Circulate by yourself, not in groups or with friends.
• Maintain your professionalism while waiting in line. Recruiters note and remember breaches of business decorum.
• When it is your turn, offer a firm handshake, and make direct eye contact. It is important to make a good first impression.
• Introduce yourself and present your résumé. Use your 20 second, prepared introduction to begin the conversation. Articulate your job search objective.
• The organization representative will quickly review your résumé and begin asking you questions about the résumé content or about your specific interests.

You will benefit from having conducted advance research on the company and its products or services, because in the screening interview, you will want to describe how you see yourself fitting in.

• As the organization representative asks you questions, don't be surprised or offended if they break eye contact and begin making notes on the back of your résumé - this is normal!

Maintain your eye contact and focus on the organization representative; do not let your attention wander. Do not try to read what they are writing. Instead, continue to respond enthusiastically to the questions you are asked. The notes are generated by your responses, and help identify you from among the other candidates.

• Ask the representative their intended timeline for follow up with candidates. If there is a decision being made - for example, if you will be contacted to set up an interview - ask when you can expect that step and subsequent steps to occur.
• It is unlikely there will be time for you to ask many or any questions. However, if you have questions based on your advanced research of the company and an opportunity presents itself, do ask. You may also ask questions in response to new information you learned in the screening interview. It is not appropriate to ask questions to which you should have already found out the answer, such as: "Tell me about your organization."

Be considerate of others if there is a long line behind you and avoid monopolizing the representative's time. A recruiting fair is not an appropriate venue for asking detailed questions about job duties, salary, benefits, or other items to be negotiated after a job offer.

• When the organization representative wants to talk to the next person, they will give you a verbal or non-verbal cue. They may make a closing statement: for example, "Thank you for talking with me today," "I will contact you at a later date," or "I will pass your résumé on to the Human Resources department and someone will get in touch with you." Non-verbal cues may include interacting with the next person in line by turning toward them, smiling directly at them, or nodding in their direction.
• Ask for a business card - you will need the correct spelling of the name, the title, company address, for your formal thank you letter. It is helpful to have a phone number for your reference

If you speak to more than one organization representative, get a business card from each one. If someone does not have a business card, ask for their name and the correct spelling, and phone number, and write the information down.

• Thank the organization representative and shake hands upon goodbye.
• Follow up with each representative to whom you speak. Within 48 hours, send a thank you letter.
  Get advice for writing a thank you letter (PDF)

Career Services has obtained the following feedback directly from employers who have attended past Recruiting Days:

Dress professionally.

Do research on companies ahead of time, know what their organization is about, and what opportunities they have available.

Display good communication skills by being able to articulate your goals and sell yourself to employers.

Come with questions for the employers.

Traits Desired By Employers:

• Leadership
• Confident and Comfortable
• Friendly and Approachable
• Sincerity
• Professionalism
• Education and experience

Registration deadline for these events is Friday, March 1, before 5 p.m.

Register through your account in The Wright Search.

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1. Log in to The Wright Search
2. Select Career Events tab
3. Select the Search button (leave all fields blank)
4. Select the event you wish to attend
5. Select the Register button

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