{"574201":{"#nid":"574201","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Avoid Common Career Fair Mistakes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s peak recruiting season. With the Georgia Tech Career Fair coming up Sept. 12\u201313, there are many opportunities to land a job or internship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHow can students stand out and impress the recruiters? Career Development Advisor Dennis Lindsay offers some tips to avoid the most common career fair mistakes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EResearch companies.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u201cWhen you show knowledge of the company and express interest, the recruiter is assured that your interest is genuine,\u201d said Lindsay. \u201cIf you get to the Career Fair and see a company that you\u2019re interested in but you didn\u2019t research beforehand, step aside and use your smartphone to quickly research the basics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBe professional.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E Although this may seem obvious enough, professionalism is more than just attire. \u201cRecruiters need to see students as young professionals, not as college students,\u201d said Lindsay. Avoid clumping in groups with your friends, and resist the urge to grab all of the free items. \u201cStudents are attracted to the freebies, but it is not professional to trudge through with a bag full of stuff.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2016\/09\/01\/how-avoid-most-common-career-fair-mistakes?utm_source=dailydigest\u0026amp;utm_medium=sep8\u0026amp;utm_campaign=cfmistakes\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EREAD MORE\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"With the Career Fair coming up, C2D2 advisor Dennis Lindsay offers tips on how to be successful."}],"uid":"27332","created_gmt":"2016-09-08 10:35:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:33","author":"Amy D\u0027Unger","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-09-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-09-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"574141":{"id":"574141","type":"image","title":"Career Fair","body":null,"created":"1473342765","gmt_created":"2016-09-08 13:52:45","changed":"1475895383","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:23","alt":"Career Fair","file":{"fid":"207163","name":"400xx_scale.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/400xx_scale.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/400xx_scale.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":9366,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/400xx_scale.jpg?itok=qvItb-J9"}}},"media_ids":["574141"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"8563","name":"careers"},{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"},{"id":"166958","name":"speakers and events"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}