hirewesternu Career Fair
Meet with employers, design your life.
Meet employers who have full-time, part-time, and work integrated learning opportunities.
Open to ALL programs, academic levels, and alumni.
Mustang Lounge, UCC &
Grand Hall, Schmeichel Building
The hirewesternu Career Fair is proudly sponsored by:
Attending Employers
Subject to change.
October 21
- Alco Energy Canada+
- Alexandra Hospital, Ingersoll and Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital
- Bluevale Capital Group+
- Boston Beer Company+*
- Canada Border Services Agency
- Canadian Forces
- Capital One+
- Celestica Inc.+
- Cintas Canada Ltd+
- City of London+*
- Closing the Gap Healthcare Group+*
- Collabera+
- Communications Security Establishment Canada+
- Convergix Automation Solutions+
- DeafBlind Ontario Services*
- Dr Samim Paediatric and Adolescent Care+
- DSC International School
- Enterprise Mobility+*
- EORLA
- Equitable+
- Ernst & Young+
- Explore and Odyssey Programs
- ExxonMobil Canada+
- Famme & Co. Professional Corporation+
- FDM Group
- Fisher Professional Corporation+
- Five Counties Children's Centre
- Forward House of London
- General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada+
- Governement of New Brunswick
- Government of Canada+
- HH Angus & Associates Limited+
- Hilti North America+
- Huron Dental Group+
- Huron Health System+
- Hydro One Inc.+
- Independent Electricity Systems Operator (IESO)+*
- Isaac Operations
- Keyence Canada Inc.
- LamSar Inc+
- London Economic Development Corporation+
- London Health Sciences Centre+
- Maple Leaf Foods+
- Mark Anthony Group+
- Ministry of the Solicitor General*
- MultiView+
- Niagara Health System
- Norfolk General Hospital+
- Paterson & Cooke Canada Inc.
- Polytechnique Montréal+
- PowerCo Canada Inc.+
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Royal Canadian Navy
- Sapling Financial Consultants
- Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership+
- Schaeffler Canada Inc.*+
- Scotlynn +
- Seasons Retirement Communities
- Sierra Construction Group+
- Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre*
- Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
- Thomas Elgin General Hospital
- Stantec Consulting Ltd.+
- Starlight Investments+
- Strik Baldinelli Moniz Ltd.+*
- Stubbe's Precast+
- Tata Consultancy Services Canada Inc+*
- TechAlliance+
- Tetra Tech+
- TJX+
- UE Systems Inc.+
- University of Toronto
- University Students' Council of The University of Western Ontario+*
- Vale Base Metals+
- VersaBank
- Waterloo Catholic District School Board
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)+*
- York Region Educational Services+
- York Regional Police+
- ZTR Control Systems Inc.*
October 22
- Amico Affiliates+
- Baffinland Iron Mines Corp
- Bluevale Capital Group+
- Canada Life+*
- Capgemini Canada Inc
- Chatham-Kent Health Alliance*
- Cintas Canada Ltd+
- CIS Ontario+
- City of London+*
- Closing the Gap Healthcare Group+*
- Coca Cola Canada Bottling
- Collabera+
- Davis Martindale+
- DeafBlind Ontario Services*
- Dr Samim Paediatric and Adolescent Care+
- DSC International School
- EMCO Corporation+
- Enterprise Mobility+*
- Fitzrovia+
- Forward House of London
- GEI Consultants+
- General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada+
- Governement of New Brunswick
- Grant Thornton+
- Kayla's Children Centre
- Kelson Mechanical Inc.
- Kinectrics+
- Kognitive Marketing
- LBMX Inc+
- MTE Consultants Inc.+
- MultiView+
- Ontario Power Generation+
- Ottawa Catholic School Board
- Passion Dental Group
- Pathways Employment Help Centre+
- PHSS Medical & Complex Care in Community
- Pliteq Inc.+
- Polytechnique Montréal+
- Recipe Unlimited Corporation+
- Royal Canadian Navy
- Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority
- Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority+
- Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre*
- Thomas Elgin General Hospital
- Strik Baldinelli Moniz Ltd.+*
- TechAlliance+
- Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc.+
- Uber Business Hub+
- UE Systems Inc.+
- University of Toronto
- University Students' Council of The University of Western Ontario+*
- Waterloo Regional Police Service
- Windsor Regional Hospital
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)+*
*hirewesternuAbility Spotlight
+Internships offered
Preparing for the Career Fair
Consider exploring some options to improve your communication with employers at the Fair.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR STRENGTHS
Using a strengths-based approach can help you articulate your natural skills and talents with employers. Explore online resources and visit the Strengths booth at the Fair to discover strategies for articulating your skills with employers.
CAREER WORKSHOPS
Attend a career workshop to learn specific strategies for networking, preparing your resume, and optimizing your LinkedIn profile in advance of the Fair. You can also browse our pre-recorded workshops on OWL Brightspace .
BEFORE THE FAIR
Review the list of participating organizations; 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 Personal Brand Statement .
Review the other ways to prepare .
AT THE FAIR
Greet recruiters with a smile, introduce yourself using your Personal Brand Statement .
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.
Other Ways to Prepare
Have Your Resume Reviewed
Talk to a Career Coach
Considerations for Attire
Careers & Experience values and respects the rich culture and experiences of Western students, and understands that traditional dress codes can limit their ability to express their whole selves. We wish to empower students to embody their professional identity in a way that is true to them, and encourage students to present themselves in a way that is not limiting to their identities.
Please do not feel you need to: change your natural hair texture/colour/style, remove or re-style any religious symbols or headwear (or adapt religious dress), adapt to gender binaries, and/or hide or remove piercings and tattoos.
As a general guideline, your attire should appear workplace appropriate. We recommend wearing business casual attire.
Sample Conversation Starters
We'd recommend researching the attending organizations to learn which you're most interested in learning more about so you can target your networking at the Career Fair. Consider the challenges their organization would be looking to solve and whether you are interested in being involved. The recruiters can help you explore their organizations 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 topic of interest]. 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?
- 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?