How to Use job fair in a Sentence

job fair

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  • Job seekers speaking with a recruiter at a job fair in Beijing in June.
    — Larissa Gao, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • During a job fair there this summer, dozens of young residents greeted her with a kiss on the cheek.
    — Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • He got involved with the school in the summer of 2018 after attending a job fair with his sister.
    — Kalyn Dunkins | [email protected], al, 15 June 2023
  • The club declined to say how its staffing needs compared to prior years other than to say that this job fair was tied to staffing up for the postseason push and the playoffs.
    — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2023
  • University students at a job fair in Wuhan, China, in March.
    — Larissa Gao, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The Final Four is a de facto coaching job fair, but Scholl resisted the temptation to hand out resumes.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2023
  • The second day of the event was centered on the passing out of gifts for the kids in the community as well as providing resources , including a job fair and free haircuts.
    — Jason Armond, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • School administrators recruited Ashley — who grew up in the tiny town of Chester, 140 miles southwest — at a job fair at Chico State.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The job fair will take place Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the rocket center’s Education Programs building.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The group will also offer free food, live music, a job fair hosted by Workforce Dallas and a kids’ zone with bounce houses, water slides and face painting.
    — Silvana Pagliuca, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
  • The event will also include what’s billed as a felon-friendly job fair, along with record expungement applications.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
  • While many Americans see migration as an invasion, many migrants see it as a job fair.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The school district is planning a job fair in the next few days to hire staff for the two sites, including a chief financial officer, and four to five specialists and teachers, Thompson said.
    — Hannah Denham | [email protected], al, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Off the field, the Big 12 Pro Day will offer a job fair and non-football career networking opportunities for the student-athletes.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Michael Ramsey, another job fair attendee, graduated from high school last year and took a job at a local movie theater.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • Female Santa Ana officers at the job fair and training class discussed careers one-on-one with potential recruits.
    — Cathi Douglas, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2023
  • At a job fair at the University of Guyana, excitement and curiosity were in the air as students met with oil companies, support and services firms, and agricultural groups.
    — Dánica Coto, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 May 2023
  • The event is a moneymaking machine for the league, another interview/audition for players and a job fair for unemployed coaches.
    — Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2023
  • University graduates at a job fair in Yibin, China, on Wednesday.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 17 June 2023
  • One major difference between this professional basketball job fair and an equivalent event for lawyers is that normal people don’t give a damn about David Boies’s children.
    — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Preakness organizers will hold a job fair Thursday at Pimlico Race Course to fill positions for the event as well as for longer-term employment opportunities.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The job fair was started in 2019 by Carr’s office, and has happened seven times with help from local nonprofit organizations, businesses and other government entities.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw | [email protected], al, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The public workforce organization in Chicago recently hosted its sixth annual Hospitality Hires Chicago job fair, where dozens of the 300-plus attendees were offered jobs on the spot.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 5 May 2023
  • Organizers currently hold a job fair, clothing drives, charitable giveaways, park cleanups and book drives targeting the Lawndale and Little Village neighborhoods.
    — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Though it’s not required, candidates are encouraged to arrive at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort job fair after completing applications, according to the release.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 2 July 2024

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