Career Fair PREP

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Career Fair PREP
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Career Fair Video

• https//vimeo.com/108131384

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• Review your Career Cluster Survey Results,
  recorded in your booklet.

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Cluster Color Orange
Review your career cluster group color

• Please list your Career Cluster group color
• _Orange___
• (example only)

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Gallery Walk

• Go to the Cluster Color Group you are most
  interest in learning more about (based on CIC
  activity)
• Identify 2 businesses you would like to interview
  at the Career Fair and write them on the poster.
• Walk around the room to get an idea of the
  different careers within other color groups (2
  min)
• Identify at least 1 businesses you would like to
  interview within a different color group and
  write it on the poster.

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Dress for a Job Interview
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Boys

• What to wear

• What NOT to wear

• Clean shirt and pants, ideally a collared shirt
  and dress pants
• Dress shoes or clean sneakers

• Jeans, hats, shorts, jewelry, baggy or low-riding
  clothing, t-shirts with design on them

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Girls

• What NOT to wear

• What to wear

• Loose-fitting blouses/shirt
• Knee-length or longer skirts or pants
• Flat or low heel dress shoes

• Low cut, see through, or tight shirts, tank tops,
  shorts, high heels, hats, distracting jewelry,
  bright colors, low-riding pants

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Schedule for the Day

• _______ Dismissed from class
• _______ Begin loading buses
• _______ Bus departs from school
• ________ Career Fair START TIME

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When you Arrive

• A Career Fair volunteer will greet you on the
  bus.
• Take everything with you off the bus (you will
  take a different bus to go back to your school)

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4 Parts to the Career Fair

1. Entrance Waiting Area
2. Career Expo Area
3. Education Expo Area
4. Departure Gate Area

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4 Parts to the Career Fair
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Entrance Area

• PART 1

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Entrance Area

• Pick-up a Career Fair Backpack
• Get out your pen and yellow clipboard
• Attach your booklet to the clipboard so you can
  begin taking notes.
• Wait patiently until your official Career Fair
  START TIME!

Career Fair Start Time ________
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Entrance Area Awards Recognition

• Group Recognition
• Volunteers will award points to schools based on
  the following criteria
• Appropriate Dress (no heels, tight clothes, etc.)
• Preparation (know your Cluster, Color, Gate )
• Behavior (wait patiently, follow directions)

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Career Expo

• PART 2

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Agriculture, Natural Resources, Energy
Business, Marketing, Public Administration
STEM, Arts, Design Information Technology
 
Career Cluster Title
Look for balloons and signs with your Career
Cluster color
Hospitality, Human Services, Education
Skilled Trades, Technical Sciences
Health Science, Criminal Justice, Public Safety
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Career Expo Map
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Career Expo

• Within each color group there are 2-4 different
  Career Clusters.
• Interview career representatives from at least 2
  different Career Clusters in your color group.
  Search for signs like these.
• Next, feel free to search around to find a
  business representative to interview from a
  different color group.

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Career Expo

• You have 30 min to visit
• 3 career tables that interest you!

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Career Expo

• Introduce yourself
• Shake hands
• Speak clearly
• Make eye contact
• Ask questions listed in your career fair booklet
  (page 3-5)
• Listen and take notes using the space provided
• Say Thank You

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Career Expo Awards Recognition

• Individual Recognition
• Teachers and business representatives may reward
  you with raffle tickets for the following
  behavior
• Interacting with business representatives
• Completing your Career Fair booklet
• Write your Name and Student ID on the back of
  your ticket.
• Turn in all raffle tickets earned to the teacher
  on your bus.

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Career Expo Display Screen
(Example)
School Current Time Career Exit Time Gate
Bruce Randolph 945 1000 1, 2, 3, 4
Lake International 945 1000 5, 6, 7
DC-21 945 1000 8
Career Expo Exit Time ________
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Career Expo Exit

• When you hear music, stop what you are doing and
  head immediately to the very back of the Career
  Fair.
• EXIT through the back doors.
• All students in the Career Fair area will exit at
  the same time into the Education Fair so dont
  worry about finding your group.

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Education Expo

• PART 3

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Education Expo

• You have 20 min to visit at least
• 1 college 1 HS table

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Education Expo

• Find a college that will help prepare you for
  your career goals.

Arapahoe Community College
College In Colorado
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University
Colorado State University-Pueblo
Community College of Aurora
Community College of Denver
Denver Scholarship Foundation
DeVry University
Emily Griffith Technical College
Front Range Community College
Johnson Wales University
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Red Rocks Community College
Regis University
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Denver
University of Denver
University of Northern Colorado
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Education Expo

• Find a HS that will help prepare you for your
  college/career goals.

Abraham Lincoln
Bruce Randolph
Contemporary Learning Academy
Collegiate Prep Academy
Denver Center for 21st Century Learning
Denver Center for International Studies
Denver School of the Arts
East High School
George Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy
Manual High School
North High School
PREP Academy
South High School
Summit Academy
Venture Prep Academy
Vista Academy
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Education Expo Awards Recognition

• Individual Recognition
• Teachers, colleges, and high school
  representatives may reward you with raffles for
  the following behavior
• Interacting with college and high school reps
• Completing your Career Fair booklet
• Write your Name and Student ID on the back of
  your ticket.
• Turn in all raffle tickets earned to the teacher
  on your bus.

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Education ExpoDisplay Screen
(Example)
School Current Time Education Exit Time Gate Missing Students
Lake International 1015 1020 5, 6, 7
Education Exit Time ________
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Departure Gate Area

• PART 4

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Departure Gate Area
15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

• Teacher/Section A
• Teacher/Section B
• Teacher/Section C

Find your teacher and pre-assigned Departure Gate

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Departure GateExit Surveys

• Take a seat on the carpet in your Departure Gate
• Sit quietly and complete your student exit survey
  
• Turn in completed survey to your Departure Gate
  volunteer.
• Wait quietly until your bus group is ready to go.

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Departure Gate Awards Recognition

• Group Recognition
• Volunteers will award points to schools based on
  the following
• Departure Gate behavior (getting to Gate quickly,
  sitting and waiting quietly, listening to
  directions)
• Survey Completion
• Bus Loading

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Schedule for the Day

• Arrival back at school _______

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Interview Role Plays

• Take turns practicing the interview questions
  from the Career Fair Booklet with a partner
• Tips to remember
• Introduce yourself
• Shake hands
• Make eye contact
• Speak clearly
• Take your time
• Say thank you

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The end

• Please hand in your Career Fair booklets!