1. Career Fair PREP
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2. Event Sponsors
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3. Career Fair Video
Show this video first (walks students through the fair process):
Show this video if you have time (career fair through the eyes of a student):
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4. Naviance Review your Career Cluster Results, recorded in your booklet.
If you want, you can also post career examples by cluster around the room for students to search and find their cluster and color. For already created documents and signs, visit:
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5. Cluster Color: Orange Review your career cluster group color
Please list your Career Cluster group color
_Orange___
(example only)
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6. Dress for a Job Interview
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7. Boys What to wear What NOT to wear
Clean shirt and pants, ideally a collared shirt and dress pants
Dress shoes or clean sneakers
Jeans, hats, shorts, jewelry, baggy or low-riding clothing, t-shirts with design on them
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8. Girls What to wear What NOT to wear Loose-fitting blouses/shirt
Knee-length or longer skirts or pants
Flat or low heel dress shoes
Low cut, see through, or tight shirts, tank tops, shorts, high heels, hats, distracting jewelry, bright colors, low-riding pants
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9. Schedule for the Day _______ Dismissed from class
_______ Begin loading buses
_______ Bus departs from school
________ Career Fair START TIME
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10. When you Arrive… A Career Fair volunteer will greet you on the bus.
Take everything with you off the bus (you will take a different bus to go back to your school)
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11. 4 Parts to the Career Fair
Entrance Waiting Area
Career Expo Area
Education Expo Area
Departure Gate Area
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12. 4 Parts to the Career Fair3 2 4 1

13. Entrance Area
PART 1
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14. Career Fair Start Time: ________
Entrance Area
Pick-up a Career Fair Backpack
Get out your pen and clipboard
Attach your booklet to the clipboard so you can begin taking notes.
Wait patiently until your official Career Fair START TIME!
Career Fair Start Time: ________
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15. Entrance Area Awards & Recognition
Group Recognition
Volunteers are looking at exemplary schools based on the following criteria:
Appropriate Dress (no heels, tight clothes, etc.)
Preparation (know your Cluster, Color)
Behavior (wait patiently, follow directions)
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16. Career Expo
PART 2
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17. Agriculture, Natural Resources, Energy
Business, Marketing, Public Administration
STEM, Arts, Design & Information Technology
Career Cluster Title
Look for balloons and signs with your Career Cluster color
Hospitality, Human Services, Education
Skilled Trades, Technical Sciences
Health Science, Criminal Justice, Public Safety
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18. Career Expo Map
30 minutes

19. Career Expo
Within each color group there are 2-4 different Career Clusters.
Interview career representatives from at least 2 different Career Clusters in your color group. Search for signs like these.
Next, feel free to search around to find a business representative to interview from a different color group.
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20. You have 30 min to visit 3 career tables that interest you!
Career Expo
You have 30 min to visit 3 career tables that interest you!
Post-secondary school or institution must align with the education recommended by the career person they interviewed. 1 2 3
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21. Career Expo Introduce yourself Shake hands Speak clearly
Make eye contact
Pick 5 questions from the Box of Questions listed in your career fair booklet (page 3-5) and write down
Listen and take notes using the space provided
Say “Thank You”
Post-secondary school or institution must align with the education recommended by the career person they interviewed.
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22. Career Expo Awards & Recognition
Individual Recognition
Teachers and business representatives may reward you with raffle tickets for the following behavior:
Interacting with business representatives
Completing your Career Fair booklet
Write your Name, Student ID and School on the back of your ticket.
Turn in all raffle tickets earned to the teacher on your bus.
Bob Dillon
78601
Morey
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23. Career Expo Display Screen

24. Career Expo Exit
When you hear music, stop what you are doing and head immediately to the very back of the Career Fair.
EXIT through the back doors.
All students in the Career Fair area will exit at the same time into the Education Fair so don’t worry about finding your group.
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25. Education Expo
PART 3
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26. You have 20 min to visit at least 1 college & 1 HS table
Education Expo
You have 20 min to visit at least 1 college & 1 HS table
Post-secondary school or institution must align with the education recommended by the career person they interviewed. 1 2
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27. Education Expo
Find a college that will help prepare you for your career goals.
Adams State University
Arapahoe Community College
ASCENT
College In Colorado
Colorado State University
College in Colorado
Community College of Aurora
Community College of Denver
Concurrent Enrollment
Denver Scholarship Foundation
Emily Griffith Technical College
Front Range Community College
Colorado School of Mines
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Red Rocks Community College
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Denver
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28. Education Expo
Find a HS that will help prepare you for your college/career goals.
Academy of Urban Learning
Abraham Lincoln
Bruce Randolph
CEC Middle College of Denver
Contemporary Learning Academy
Collegiate Prep Academy
Denver Center for 21st Century Learning
Denver Center for International Studies
Denver Online High School
Denver School of the Arts
DSISD
Denver School of Science and Technology
East High School
George Washington
High Tech Early College
John F. Kennedy
Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy
Manual High School
Martin Luther King, Jr. Early College
North High School
Northfield High School
PREP Academy
South High School
Southwest Early College
STRIVE Prep
Summit Academy
Thomas Jefferson
Venture Prep Academy
Vista Academy
West Generation
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29. Education Expo Awards & Recognition
Individual Recognition
Teachers, colleges, and high school representatives may reward you with raffles for the following behavior:
Interacting with college and high school reps
Completing your Career Fair booklet
Write your Name, Student ID and School on the back of your ticket.
Turn in all raffle tickets earned to the teacher on your bus.
Bob Dillon
78601
Morey
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30. Education Expo Display Screen

31. Departure Gate Area
PART 4
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32. Departure Gate Area 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Lake MS
Find your teacher and Departure Gate assignment - See volunteer for departure, gates will be assigned as you exit the expo.
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33. Departure Gate Exit Surveys
Take a seat on the carpet in your Departure Gate
Sit quietly and complete your student exit survey
Turn in completed survey to your Departure Gate volunteer.
Wait quietly until your bus group is ready to go.
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34. Departure Gate Awards & Recognition
Group Recognition:
Volunteers are looking at exemplary schools based on the following:
Departure Gate behavior (getting to Gate quickly, sitting and waiting quietly, listening to directions)
Survey Completion
Bus Loading
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35. Arrival back at school _______
Schedule for the Day
Arrival back at school _______
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36. Interview Role Plays
Take turns practicing the interview questions from the Career Fair Booklet with a partner
Tips to remember:
Introduce yourself
Shake hands
Make eye contact
Speak clearly
Take your time
Say thank you
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37. Please hand in your Career Fair booklets!
The end
Please hand in your Career Fair booklets!
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