hirewesternu VIRTUAL Career Fair
Connecting employers with YOU, the Western students they want to meet and hire. Meet employers who are working on the challenges that interest you most!
Open to ALL programs, academic levels, and alumni.
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TAKE THE ASSESSMENT
Identify the challenges that interest you most. Go to SparkPath, click SIGN UP, create a STUDENT account using the code WesternU
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SEARCH EMPLOYERS BY CHALLENGE
Explore below to find employers working on your top challenges and create a target list for the fair.
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REGISTER FOR THE FAIR
Complete the advanced registration for the hirewesternu VIRTUAL Career Fair and begin to prepare.
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ATTEND THE VIRTUAL FAIR
Chat 1:1 with employers to learn about opportunities. Review conversation starters.
Click on the Challenge to See Participating Employers
Or view a full list of employers here.
Redesign the Health Care System
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Promote Healthy Living
Advance Health Informatics
Engineer Better Medicine
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Improve Mental Health
Build the School of the Future
Protect Society from Crime
Help People Reach Their Potential
End Extreme Poverty
Foster Understanding and Respect
Make something that matters
Set things up the right way
Fix broken stuff
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Master this tool
Use special equipment
Work with special materials
Distribute the Wealth
Foster Sustainable Development
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Establish Fair Trade
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Solve New Challenges Through Entrepreneurship
Prepare Future Leaders
Work on homes
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Make buildings work
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Use big machines
Give power
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Control water
Weather the elements
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Communicate Ideas and Emotions
Master Tools and Machines
Inspire Through Art
Make people feel better
Create Meaningful Experiences for Others
Take care of cars
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Build something big
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Build great products
Use computers and technology
Make it beautiful
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Help people who need you
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Prepare great food
Grow the food we need
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Create New Artificial Intelligence
Invent New Biotechnology
Collect and use Big Data
Advance Virtual Reality
Reverse Engineer the Brain
Help others solve problems
Help teams achieve
Run your own business
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Create Sustainable Energy
Protect Biodiversity and Landscape
Design the Future of Transportation
Manage the Planet's Waste
Create New Food and Food Systems
Sample Conversation Starters
You now have a list of employers who are working, in some way, on the challenges that interest you most. The recruiters at the VIRTUAL Career Fair can help you explore these challenges in more detail and help you better understand how to best prepare for work in these fields. Consider asking the following:
- I've read that your company is working on [INSERT CHALLENGE]. Can you tell me more about what this looks like?
- How do the roles you're hiring for contribute to solving the challenges you're working on?
- How have the challenges your company is working on changed over time? Do you think they will continue to evolve in the future?
- What are a few important things you've learned from working in this field/on these challenges?
- What are some skills/important things you wish you'd known when you were starting out?
- What skills, competencies, or experiences are beneficial for a candidate to have?
- What would you recommend I be doing now to prepare for a career in this field/to work on this challenge?
BEFORE THE FAIR
Review the list of participating organizations above; new attendees are added regularly.
Visit the organizations’ websites to gain an understanding of who they are and what they do. Prepare a list of questions to show what you’ve learned about the company and to find out more.
Prioritize a list of organizations to connect with.
Develop and practice your Elevator Pitch.
Review the other ways to prepare.
AT THE FAIR
Greet recruiters with a smile, introduce yourself using your Elevator Pitch.
Listen attentively to the company representatives when they are talking to you.
Ask about the challenges they are working on, trends in their field, advice on how to prepare for roles within their company, and how they stay current in their field.
Ask for the representative's email address so that you may keep in touch. Write a brief note to remind yourself of the conversation.
