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Inaugural Virtual Career Fair Season: Lessons Learned from the Employer & College Perspective

• Career Level: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level career services, university relations and recruiting, and business affiliate professionals
• Competency: Organizing information, logistics, people, and processes toward desired outcomes
• Fee: FREE (member); FREE (nonmember)

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• Summary

  Thank you to our sponsor, Premier Virtual! This event registration is free to all attendees.

  The 2020 virtual career fair season is coming to a close. What has worked? What doesn’t work? While discussing the challenges of virtual career fairs with a college administrator at a recent event, the presenters were inspired to share some of the recent lessons learned, in hopes that by offering both employer and college administrator perspectives, future virtual recruiting seasons might go a little bit smoother for all. This session will provide an opportunity to reflect on lessons learned when it comes to recruiting via virtual platforms for employers, colleges, and students alike.

  Following this program, you will be able to:

  • Participants will understand steps required by and priorities of employer and college stakeholders throughout the full lifecycle of a virtual fair;
  • Participants will weigh the limitations of various virtual platforms against stakeholder priorities; and
  • Participants will apply helpful tips learned by employers and college administrators alike to work around potential shortcomings of a virtual platform.

• Presenters

  

  Elizabeth LaCrosse , Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

  Elizabeth L. LaCrosse is a talent acquisition advisor with Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (WJE), a global firm of engineers, architects, and materials scientists committed to solving problems in the built world. She managed WJE’s inaugural virtual career fair season, including events hosted across multiple virtual platforms. Prior to her role in talent acquisition, she spent more than five years on the operations side of the business as a structural engineering associate at WJE. Her unique “boots-on-the-ground” perspective enhances her ability to identify and evaluate talent for her organization. She has a B.S. in civil engineering from MIT and a M.S. in structural engineering from Lehigh University.

  

  Keely Ashman , Coordinator of Alumni & Corporate Engagement, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Engineering

  Keely Ashman is the coordinator of alumni and corporate relations with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In this role, she works closely with partner companies interested in hiring CEE students, manages the bi-annual career fairs, leads the corporate partner program, and creates all alumni engagement events for the department. Ashman has been with the university for 10 years, having worked for the Office of Corporate Relations and Grainger College’s engineering career services before joining CEE five years ago. She is involved with several campuswide alumni and advancement initiatives and is an active member of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

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