Want to be a student volunteer? Besides helping insure that the Job Fair is a success, volunteers will have the opportunity to meet and network with employers, while demonstrating their initiative, capabilities, and employability in practical and useful ways!

Volunteers - What is your role?

Volunteers assist organization representatives feel welcome and comfortable at the Job Fair. Specifically, volunteers should be ready to respond to almost any need an employer/representative might have (i.e., unloading vehicles, carrying displays, helping to organize materials for displays, answering questions, getting water, coffee, etc.). Volunteers will have the opportunity to leave lasting, favourable impressions with the employer reps.

Volunteers may also assist students and alumni attending the fair by answering a variety of questions about the event.

Shift descriptions

8:00am – 10:00am
Help the coordinators with any last minute details; distribute employer packages, signs, nametags, and bottled water; help with set-up of the registration table; and assist employers as they begin to arrive.

Greet employers at the unloading area and at the parking lot; assist them with unloading their vehicles; escort employers to their booth in the gymnasium and help with the set-up of displays. Point out the employer information package and nametag at their table and show them where the restrooms and the refreshment areas are located. Work at the registration table and assist students and alumni as they begin to arrive.

10:00am – 12:00pm; 12:00 - 2:00pm
Work at the information/check-in table assisting students and alumni as they arrive; answer questions; monitor refreshment area; periodically walk through the Job Fair and ask employers if they need anything; serve as employer back-up at their tables if they need to leave briefly to take a break or during lunch. As an employer back-up, you'll be keeping an eye on the materials at their table, collecting resumes, and letting students and alumni know when the employer will return.

2:00pm – 3:00pm
Help employers dismantle their displays; assist employers with taking their materials back to their vehicles; assist Job Fair organizers with cleaning up and transporting materials. Some employers may need assistance with shipping their materials. Student volunteers should make sure the employer has the proper forms to fill out and direct them to staff if they do not.

How to become a volunteer

If you are interested in volunteering at the Job Fair, please contact us and indicate which shifts you are available. We will get back to you to confirm your times and volunteer assignments.

Volunteers will receive a formal letter of thanks from the Job Fair organizers.