Job Seeker Information and Registration Process

Registration

When you register, you are automatically able to sign-up for any of our fairs in the Pacific Northwest. You can also sign-up for more than one fair, if we've scheduled them. (Usually we have the date for an upcoming fair pinned down and available for you to sign-up roughly six weeks prior to that fair.) You can visit the site any time that you like to update your profile and skill information and sign-up for future fairs.

Note: Registering does not automatically sign you up for our career fairs; although, you must register before you can sign-up for a career fair.

  NameBlock^TM
If you are currently employed and looking "quietly" for something better, then you want NameBlock^TM This new capability keeps your name, e-mail address, and resume(s) private, while still allowing interested employers and recruiters to use the PacificNWTech Job Seeker Search Tool and contact you by e-mail if there is a match. If you have chosen NameBlock, they will only see an ID number and our PacificNWTech Server will confidentially auto-generate e-mail to you, complete with job description and the employer's contact information. So you know who they are, but they don't know you unless you choose to pursue the opportunity. (Note: If you choose NameBlock, Career Fair badges will have a unique ID code printed on them, instead of your name, that our registration staff can confidentially match to you when you arrive.)

Job Types

Employers and recruiters at our career fairs hire for full-time, intern, and contract positions.

Registration is Required

All Job Seekers must register prior to attending the PacificNWTech Career Fair.  Due to huge demand and a strict "fire marshall" imposed limit, this career fair is strictly registration only on a first come - first served basis.

Registration Limited to Educated and Experienced Professionals

Job Seekers that wish to attend this event must either be either a current college or university student or have a combination of an advanced degree (Bachelors or higher) and extensive skills and experience in at least one of the targeted job categories.

Career Fair Registration

To register for the career fair, you will be required to provide the following:

• Name
• E-mail address
• Resume(s) in Microsoft Word format.  You can submit up to four different resumes, targeted at your primary job categories.
• Take a self assesment skill survey

After you submit your registration and self assessment, you will be given the option of having the system send you a confirmation e-mail on Step 6.

Once you have completed the registration process, you will be able to go to the Job Seeker Home page, that only becomes visible after you've registered. At the bottom of this page, you'll see a listing of the career fairs for which you are registered and the associated time slots that you've chosen. You can visit the Job Seeker Home Page at any time to change your profile, skill assessment answers, as well as sign-up for future career fairs.

We will release your resume and survey results only if you specifically indicate that you agree to release them, in which case they will only be released to the attending companies and recruiters upon their specific request. Otherwise, we will keep your survey results strictly confidential.

Time Slot Assignments:  Time slots are necessary because the rooms have strict fire marshall imposed limit on the number of people that can be there at any one time.  You will be able to select a preferred time slot.  If this time slot is full, you will be assigned the next available time slot.  You are expected to leave the job fair after your time slot hour has elapsed, unless you are listening to one of the speakers that typically are assigned to nearby rooms.

Name Badges:  When you arrive, there will be a name badge with your name on a table near the door of the room.  The name badge will list one to four skill categories and a percentage score next to each, with all scores summing to 100%.

Skill Assessment Survey Computations: The survey results are computed based on a relaxed formula that is designed specifically to ensure that you will qualify for at least one of the skill categories.  Results are biased so that you will not qualify for more than four categories.  Your years of experience count much more heavily than your expertise with a single skill.  You will notice that some skill questions are listed in more than one category.  You can take two different approaches to answering these questions. 
  
     (1) Answer the self assessment survey completely.  Use this approach if you want to apply to a wide range of jobs that may fall into more than one category or if you are unsure of what job categories you are qualified for.  I was initially surprised to find that I had many of the required skills for SalesB2B, because I have spent much of my career in Software Development Management and Product Marketing.

     (2) Answer just the job categories that you would like to work in.  Use this approach if you are targetting your job search and you are certain that you only want to apply for jobs in particular job categories.  By answering just the skill questions in your targetted job categories, you ensure that the results of the self assessment survey will list your favored job categories.