Visitors

• 95% of visitors rated the quality of what they saw/heard as “Good” to “Excellent”
• 92% of visitors rated the variety of displays as “Good” to “Excellent”
• 92% of visitors rated the value/usefulness in attending as “Good” to “Excellent”
• 80% of visitors indicated that attending Job Fair would “make a difference” for them.

All in all, over 95% of Job Fair 2008 visitors felt that it was time well spent.

Each year the Visitor Evaluations are very positive and give us a good idea of what visitors to Job Fair are looking for. When asked to identify their reasons for attending Job Fair, those mentioned most often by visitors were

• Looking for info on careers, training and jobs
• Looking for a job
• Looking to see what opportunities were out there
• Looking for a better job
• Looking to make new contacts

The benefits in attending mentioned most often were the ability to gather information and the opportunity to make contacts.

Here’s what some of our visitors last year had to say…

• “Job Fair provided me with good information and helpful resources about my community.”
• “After coming to Job Fair I realized how long it would have taken me and how hard it would have been to talk to all these people and apply to all of these jobs if they hadn’t been under one roof.”
• “Job Fair gave me the chance to meet several employers and allowed me to network.”
• “It was interesting to see the variety of opportunities in the area.”
• “It gave me the opportunity to look at places I never would have thought to look at on my own.”
• “It gave the convenience of a lot of different businesses in one location.”
• “It was good to see that there’s a lot out there in the working world.”
• “Even though I wasn’t job hunting, Job Fair simply gave me the opportunity to see what was out there.”
• “Job Fair allowed me to explore new options.”
• “Job Fair allowed me to job hunt, find educational paths and find information on upgrading jobs.”
• “I was able to make contacts with the college and with business associates at Job Fair.”
• “I came to Job Fair just to see some of the jobs that might be available in the future.”
• “I found career options at Job Fair.”
• “I was surprised at the number and types of businesses that were there. It was much bigger than expected.”