Shaker Produces DiverseJobs.net & CCJobsNow.com Virtual Career Fair & Networking Event

Aug. 13, 2010 - PRLog -- The DiverseJobs and CCJobsNow virtual career fair and networking event is a one-day, live event that takes place online, replacing the traditional brick-and-mortar career fair.

Recruiters and job seekers will be closer than ever in this easily navigable, realistic 3-D virtual environment. Booths will be staffed with representatives from hiring colleges and universities who will chat live with job seekers both publicly and privately about higher education opportunities available at their institution.

Institution representatives will have the opportunity to engage in live interaction with qualified talent, collect CVs, position their college or university as an innovative employer of choice, and most importantly, attend a career fair without the costs associated with travel, food or lodging. They can customize their booth to match their institution’s brand, and they will receive in-depth, post-event reporting complete with chat transcripts.

Candidates will be able to visit each college’s or university’s booth and view their employment information. They can initiate chats with representatives, submit their CV for available opportunities, attend informational presentations in the auditorium, and connect with other job seekers and recruiters in the virtual networking lounge. Even more attractive, it’s free to register and attend - all candidates need is a computer connected to the internet.

In June 2008, Shaker began providing companies with a complete virtual career fair package - from development, training and support, to guidance, event marketing and post-event reporting - to attract talent by hosting their own virtual career fairs. “We are seeing rapid growth in the virtual career fair sector and anticipate that this trend will continue,” says Mike Vogel, Event Manager at Shaker. “DiverseJobs.net and CCJobsNow.com are creating a unique opportunity for world-class educational institutions and first-rate candidates to meet in an innovative, convenient, cost-effect and environment-friendly virtual space.”

“Virtual career fairs are the next step in our plan to provide comprehensive recruitment solutions for higher education. We feel that by being one of the first to provide this new cutting-edge technology and exciting recruiting tool, we can enhance the value and experience for not only our job seekers, but our valued clients as well. These live and fully interactive virtual career fairs are real networking events where job seekers and employers can meet and talk with each other in real time,” says Ralph Newell, Vice President for Business Development at Diverse.

To register for the virtual career fair & networking event as either an exhibitor or candidate, visit http://www.higheredvirtualcareerfair.com.


About Shaker
Shaker Recruitment Advertising & Communications helps organizations realize their business objectives by connecting them with top talent through employer branding, employee and candidate communications, interactive media, campaign development, collateral and metrics. Shaker strategizes and manages recruitment and retention communications—from research and planning, to design and development, through placement and measurement—to foster employee engagement. Shaker is headquartered outside of Chicago. Visit http://www.shaker.com to learn more.

About DiverseJobs.net and CCJobsNow.com
Diversejobs.net is the online diversity recruitment solution from Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. http://www.Diversejobs.net has the most diverse talent pool of candidates of any higher education job board.  Community College Jobs Now (http://ccjobsnow.com/) is an online-only recruitment search engine focused solely on the unique recruitment and hiring needs of the community college sector.

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Shaker helps organizations realize their objectives by connecting them with top talent through employer branding, employee communications, interactive media, campaign development, collateral and metrics.