Job Fairs

Job Fairs

Jeff Hastings offers up the following suggestion.

Attending job fairs held by various organizations, from Monster.com to community groups, offers an opportunity to get in front of companies and learn about their drug testing policies.

This is an amazingly time-efficient way to:

1) Identify companies that are hiring
2) Qualify in terms of drug testers or not
3) Identify Drug Testing Decision Makers by getting a referral to them

Additionally, you can often gather other pertinent info like, who they use now, what type of testing they do, how much they are paying, etc.

Monster.com has a job fair coming up in November. here is a promo email text on this event:

Hilton Concord Hotel
1970 Diamond Blvd, Concord, CA 94520
Monday, November 3, 2008

Meet face-to-face with hundreds of talented and highly motivated job seekers from the San Francisco, San Jose and Walnut Creek area, all looking to connect with companies like yours.

This promo email was sent to potential exhibits. Check your local area for upcoming events.

When attending these job fairs as a guest vs. an exhibitor you need to be a bit discrete and not obnoxious when approaching decision makers.