Virtual Graduate Fairs

1. Work the Fair
From Anywhere
Virtual Events Solution
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Using the Virtual Grad Fair
to Reach Students

2. “I can’t tell you, how much
being able to talk to HR program
representatives has helped me
with my future plans!”
“I was thinking that I might
want to do HR, but I wasn’t
totally sure until this fair.”
“I wouldn’t have considered
most of the schools you had
available, and everyone
provided me with detailed
information about their
different programs.”

3. Statewide
Event
Multiple
Concentrations

4. Special
Interest
Fair

5. Regional &
Special
Interest
Event

6. School
Specific
Fair

7. Online
Only
Programs

8. HARD-TO-REACH
PROSPECTS &
BRAND BUILDING

9. HARD-TO-REACH
PROSPECTS &
BRAND BUILDING

10. View of
Registered
Schools

11. Customizable
Multi-media
School Profile

12. Differentiation
& Diversity

13. Differentiate
Your School’s
Profile

14. Organizations:
• Choose the chat hours
that are convenient for
your organization
• Multiple school
representatives may
participate in the event
• Your team may attend
the fair from anywhere

15. Sort &
Export
Data

16. Invite
Candidates
to
Engage

17. – HTML e-mails / event calendars (Career Services contacts/ Advisors)
– paid search lists
– LinkedIn Groups, professional associations, specialty sites,
student groups
– paid banner ads (i.e. Facebook, Twitter)
– Give-away/raffle
– promotions through host schools (similar to your Texas swing event)
General Event Marketing

20. Facebook
Post

21. Video
Promos for
Events

22. Invitation
Sent from
CRM

23. View
Candidate
Profile
 Customized Room Greeting
 Stored Answers to Common Questions
 Add Documents for Easy Download
 Add photo or change User Name

24.  Group Chat – Highly Efficient
 Private Chat – Highly Personal

25. Video
Interviewing
No special
equipment
required
Multiple
Private
Chats

26. Video Broadcast to the room to
answer candidate questions
This is a great way to add value
and leverage multi-media tools
On Camera
Options

28. Candidate
Spreadsheet Chat
Transcripts
Chat
Session
Attendee
Report

29. Best Practice Ideas
Staffing
Your
Sessions
Customizing
Responses
Preparing
Your
Team
Follow-up

30. Follow-up

32. Faculty Perspective: “I’ve been involved since the inception
of these fairs and have found them to be the most
productive recruiting activity I do. (Representing
Organization) has largely had regional attraction for
applicants, and the virtual fairs really extend our reach.
…Matriculations every year, including minority students.”

33. School Perspective: “From an administrative sense, the
ability to reach potential applicants in a very cost effective
way is one of the most appealing aspects. It’s possible to
spend hundreds to thousands of dollars to send someone
to a fair/conference that yields no applicant interest. This is
a nice low risk/high reward alternative.”

34. School Perspective: “From an administrative sense, the
ability to reach potential applicants in a very cost effective
way is one of the most appealing aspects. This is a nice low
risk/high reward alternative.”School Perspective: “We really enjoy the way in which we
are able to reach out to various students in many different
locations. The virtual fairs allow us to get in touch with
prospective students that we otherwise wouldn’t be able
to communicate with.”
School Feedback

35. Student Perspective: “I am able to quickly communicate
with several colleges at once. I can also look up
information on the fly much easier than during a phone
conversation. The additional information that I can derive
from links and websites facilitates a deeper conversation.”

36. Student Perspective: “I like the accessibility. It’s very easy
to talk to officials from the University without having to
leave my home. It’s also nice to see other people’s
questions and the answers they get because sometimes
they are questions that I hadn’t even thought to ask but I
learn valuable information.”

37. Student Feedback
Student Perspective: “This was a great idea! For someone
with a busy schedule, this works well. I was able to chat
with three or four programs without having to spend time
on the phone, leave my office and incur expenses. This is
an excellent way to compare and learn about the various
programs. I need a hybrid program or 100% online. Before
today, I had no idea one school had an accelerated EDD.
This is what I’m looking for. Thanks for offering the fair in
this format.”

38. “I like the opportunity to
speak to admission staff and
teaching faculty from the
schools I am interested in, it
has been a great help in
deciding which schools will
be at the top of my list.”
School Rep
Student FeedbackStudent Feedback
Student Perspective: “It has been excellent. I am so glad I
am participating in this fair. It was just the jump start I
needed. The largest benefit to me, personally, was that I
did not know what my next steps needed to be in order to
gain admission into the program I was interested in. I had
completed the research I could find but there were so
many gray areas that I needed information on in order to
navigate toward my goal. I was able to get all of that
information today.”

39. Faculty Perspective: “This is
a lot easier on my schedule
than a whole day of face to
face interviews.”
School/Program
School Feedback

40. Student talks about her experience attending the fair.

42. Work the Fair
From Anywhere
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