the following video shows two examples of a student speaking with a recruiter at a career fair the first example shows what not to do with commentary about what the recruiter and student were thinking during the interaction followed by the second example which shows a good interaction between the student and with heard oh no what did I get myself into so many people in here I don't even know where to start hey this room is so loud how can I have like conversation with recruiters when it's really hard to hear them no one's going to want
to hire me this was a mistake oh man this line is so long I'm tired already and I've only been here for a few minutes when is my colleague going to come and help me manage this line what is this person talking about blah blah blah you're not gonna say anything name full just stop talking so I can get on to the next person hi I'm Cisco Midori I'm a first year some BLS student and I I have a previous experience with Acme plastic as a operation of facility assistant currently looking for a summer internship
uh do you have any spot available and you sponsor internationalist today we'll consider sponsoring the right candidate and we do have summer internships in logistics currently those positions are posted on our website have you gotten a chance to look at those positions already oh no ok essentially what we're trying to do is improve the amount of time from when an order is placed to when it's delivered we're global company so we're focusing primarily on international shipments can you tell me a little bit why you're even interested in logistics oh well I'm uh I'm a really
detail-oriented person and also really good with numbers can I leave my resume with you you know I actually can't take your resume today but what you can do is you can go on to our website and you can submit it online for a position that you're interested in oh ok huh Thanks you know I really wanted to get to know this student but it seemed like all she was interested in was running through a resume in that elevator speech you're super super rushed not only was a super rush but it was obviously over rehearsed I
just wanted to have a conversation with her but I couldn't the whole interaction was just so awkward she didn't want to tell me anything about her or any of her skills that she could bring to my company she obviously didn't do any sort of research she knew nothing about my company she hadn't even been to the website and looked at the positions yet the bottom line is she wouldn't look at me in the eye she spoke super super soft she just wasn't a very good fit I didn't fail I can sum up kind of the
entire interaction and one word she was just really forgettable come on my got money I didn't have anything to say to him so da I didn't ask him anything I felt really rush because everyone in line was waiting for me and I kind of feel he's rushing to like true his explanation about the company and the position like how am I supposed to know about that I I actually saw other students talking to the recruiters and laughing just anyone else how know how to do this naturally except for me he even looked at me funny
was my English really that bad hmm everyone in line was my friend so I kind of hate competing with him for the job there got to be some way better to do this the student made several mistakes in her interaction with the recruiter she made a bad first impression because she lacked confidence and excitement in her voice she slouched instead of standing straight and tall it was also difficult to hear her and she didn't look the recruiter in the eye the whole time she wasn't prepared for the conversation either she didn't research the company and
the positions ahead of time she also recited all of her experience at once in a monologue instead of having a two-way conversation with the recruiter she mentioned a few general skills she had instead of being specific and she didn't give examples of how her past experiences connected with the position the student also asked poor questions during the conversation she asked closed-ended questions that could only be answered with yes or no instead of asking open-ended questions to keep the conversation going the student brought up the subject of sponsorship instead of waiting for the recruiter to ask
about this at the end of the conversation she left quickly without finding out how to follow up with the recruiter hi hi hi I'm Cisco Dori nice to meet you today how are you great thank you for asking it's been a great day there's a lot of students here who ya seem to be interested in our open positions yeah well I really appreciate your time and really excited to see you today I'm a first year MBA student and I had a previous experience in logistics it was for acne plastic I was a operation facility assistant
and I actually pursued logistics because I do enjoy analyzing processes and developing way to get a more efficient way around those process I'm currently looking for an internship for this summer so I did dig a little about your company and the position for that supply chain process improvement but I do have a several question to ask sure what questions do you have oh well I got a little sense of what kind of skill I would def lob but could you explain more about what kind of projects I'll be involved in yeah absolutely particularly this summer
what we're focusing on is we're trying to shorten the amount of time from when an order is placed 22 delivered we're global companies so our primary focus is going to actually be on the international shipments oh yeah that sounds interesting well in my previous experience I do have a little bit of that like I did determine the root cause of inefficiencies but I haven't had any chance to actually put that into plan or implementing that plan so is there any additional training for internship like you know to gentl that skill yeah one of the great
things about being an intern is you actually get to participate in our professional workshops Oh typically our workshops are focused on things like professional communication leadership development you even get an opportunity to work with the new software that we're actually implementing at the company wow that's a really interesting experience for me as any interns well can I leave my resume with you today you know I actually can't take your resume today but what you can do is you can just go onto our website you can submit it to one of the positions that you're interested
in applying for oh wow yes that's that sounds really good that sounds perfect can I have your business card in case I have further question to ask yeah of course please contact me yeah man cool thank you thank you so much again for your time I will definitely follow up with you well have a great rest of the day thank you bye Thanks the student made several changes that made her interaction more effective with the recruiter she made a good first impression by confidently standing tall greeting the recruiter looking him in the eye shaking his
hand smiling and speaking loudly and clearly the student was much more prepared for the conversation because she researched the company and knew about the open positions she talked about specific skills she had instead of general skills and she explained how her skills and past experiences connected to the position she also kept the conversation going instead of reciting all of her experience at once like a pre-recorded script the student asked good questions - she asked open-ended questions and she didn't ask a closed-end a question about whether the company provides sponsorship or not when speaking with a
recruiter don't assume that he or she knows everything about sponsorship wait to see if the opportunity to discuss the topic naturally presents itself and be prepared to discuss the specifics of your personal work authorization and what sponsorship entails for both students and companies finally the student asked for a business card and determined how to follow up with any future questions thank you for watching this video about speaking with recruiters at a career fair please contact the Office of career management with any additional questions
