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Career/Job Fairs are typically one-day events designed to connect a large number of employers with a large number of students/candidates. Employer representatives attend these events to meet/interview individuals for immediate and future hiring needs, collect resumes, and market their company/organization. For students/ candidates, benefits of attending a career/job fair include: the luxury of one-stop shopping (i.e. the opportunity to meet several employer representatives at one time and place), an opportunity to learn about specific companies/ organizations and their respective jobs and internships, the chance to actually talk (in person) to a company representative instead of just submitting a resume or employment application by mail or online, and an excellent way to network and make company contacts, perhaps even asking those in your targeted industry for general feedback about your resume, education or experiences. Students/candidates who are most successful at career/ job fairs are the ones who prepare!