Career Fair

I spent some time this week working our company’s booth at a Career Fair. It was the first time in 4-5 years that I’ve personally gone to such an event. It was shocking to me how many of the kids knew me. Naturally, I didn’t know them. Some were the kids of an associate from the part of ones that I’ve presented to at one point or another. But they sought me out wanted to ask about the opportunities. You’re probably thinking, shouldn’t you have been in the field doing work? Probably, if it wasn’t for the non-stop rain which I assume is caused by me being still woefully behind in my note taking. I plan to remedy the latter situation over the weekend. I’ve been furiously touring corn, probably more than ever before, and haven’t had a chance to get my feet in the other crop. Once those notes are taken then the combine can roll, until then I’m getting an assist from somewhere. But I digress, no one wants to hear about the minutia of how food gets on your plates, right? Anyone? Ok, fine then. So talking to these kids, listening to their earnest interest in the positions I have to offer and then seeing them across the room in five minutes giving the same performance to another company is an interesting thing. It makes me think of speed dating, because they are related. Instead of jobs, other things are on offer. The other interesting piece of my experience at this fair is that I met my first Bayer colleagues. One staffed the booth with us to share what roles were available from that side of the new organization. I grilled her in the morning so I’d know what was on offer too to help recruit for everyone. I was already working with two other groups to make sure their opportunities were known, so I should try and add a third to the balls being juggled. That’s not fair, the ones from our group were so familiar that they didn’t weigh anything at all. I guess, if I’m wrapping up because I’m not doing any justice to any feelings I had being back at University and seeing familiar faces and sites, the event overall was interesting to me. I did enjoy myself much more than I thought. I enjoyed meeting these kids and telling them about what we do and sharing our story and how it affects the outside world. I’m just hoping that they apply for the jobs and come out to interview. I’d like to get another strong team, makes my life more enjoyable. Success, brought it back to me.