recruitment and employer branding need of companies, with respect to its most
dynamic segment, that of the young professionals. The Palace Hall, 26-27
October 2005” (Source: http://www.hotnews.ro/articol_34703, http://www.careerexperts.ro,
http://www.iqads.ro/stire_1325.html).Method evaluation
Educational fairs are an essential means of guidance and counselling because they offer
“a real opportunity of making a step forward for one’s educational and professional
future by access to credible, up to date information, on the educational and labour
market and on the opportunities they offer.” (www.ecareer.ro).
Advantages:
- educational event, given the nature of the presentations;
- dynamic and adapted to the clients’ needs in order to highlight the education
and training offers; - product quality (“resource space”) is stressed, as well as the services offered;
- stimulates the development of professional identity and preparing pupils for
career; - addressed to a large audience, not only to young people enrolled in education;
- immediate and up-to-date information on education, training, and career
development opportunities as a basis for decision-making; - participants are engaged in observation, discussions, consulting the materials
exhibited, exploration and organization of information; - strong links with the job fairs, an important step in career choice (education
fairs also include workshops, conferences, festivals, interview simulations,
meetings with employers, presentations of companies, career workshops); - facilitates the direct contact with key people in the field of education.
Disadvantages:
- amount of information, on occasion insufficiently systematized, offered
simultaneously to participants who are unable to evaluate and make
decisions;