September 15, 2008

Just when you thought there was nothing new about career fairs
Posted by Maureen Crawford Hentz at 1:35 PM

Innovation! Fun! Creative idea! When was the last time you though this about a career fair? Not me, and I'm actually a big fan of career fairs. I like chatting with people, finding out about them and talking about my company. In my former life as Director of Career Services at Wentworth, I thought I was innovative with an I Just Got Lucky St. Patrick’s Day Career Fair.

Well, just when I thought I'd see or heard of everything DeVry---yes, DeVry---- shocks me so much I had to immediately blog and let you all know. They are hosting a Sadie Hawkins Day Career Fair! Now for those of you who don't know about Sadie, click here for a refresher.

On October 15, DeVry is having students and alums set up tables and present themselves to recruiters! This is great. Students will have to sell themselves and recruiters will have to go around to all the tables and find talent. I love the idea of sometimes jaded recruiters having to go up to tables and initiate the conversations instead of sitting on little chairs checking their text messages and waiting for students to come to them.

Even though this event is in Philadelphia, I may go just to see and support the first true innovation of career fairs in 200 years!

The fair is by invitation only, but I bet recruiters can call and wheedle an invitation. Info is on the site.

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September 5, 2008

Millennials...Doers (and here comes the proof)
Posted by Maureen Crawford Hentz at 3:00 PM

If you're a reader of this blog, you know that I am fascinated with millennials and here is another great example why: Alex Steed's research project on millennial activism. A self-described Writer, Doer & Collective Action Enthusiast, he is conducting a national tour to meet millennials across the country and report back on activism of all kinds. His purpose is to answer the question why and how do millennials engage.

His website, http://www.alexsteed.com/millennial.html is worth keeping an eye on, as his reports will give live, in the field anecdotes about how millennials are different and why this difference is so valuable.

As recruiters and HR professionals, it's vital that we learn as much about millennials as we can, and I'm confident that reading Alex's blog will provide great insight into all that's happening out there in this age cohort.

His national tour kicks off in Maine in October. Good luck Alex!

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