Upcoming Job Fairs and Events: the National Edition

Not too long ago, we were living in relative darkness and ignorance out here on the East coast. Where, we wondered, could we possibly get information on all the career fairs going on in the rest of the country to pass on to people? Sure, we could Google until our fingers bled, and painstakingly assemble a network of sites to check on a regular basis. Or we could do one Google search, find a site called nationalcareerfairs.com, and then stop looking. Which is pretty much what we did.*

As far as I can tell, attendance at all nationalcareerfair events is free, and no registration is required with the site to find out about them or attend. For a list of companies attending any of the events listed on the site, you can register here register here, select your events, and they'll send the information right along. Whether or not you want to sign up for partner offers, college information and product updates is, of course, entirely up to you (and how vigilant you are about checking/unchecking boxes).

Anyhow, without further ado, here are the upcoming job fairs from around the country the site has listed for this week:

Monday, July 27, 2009 – Cleveland, OH
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel Cleveland City Centre, 777 St. Claire Avenue NE, Cleveland, OH 44114
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Thursday, July 30, 2009 – Hartford, CT
Location: Hartford Marriott Downtown, 200 Columbus Blvd, Hartford, CT 06103
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

*OK, we haven't really stopped looking. We'll still be combing the web, mining our contacts, and doing all the other things we usually do to bring you the best intel we can on what's out there—not least because the site only covers its own events, and none of the workshops and other career-focused events we usually cover, like the following list of upcoming events in New York City, courtesy of AM New York.

Tuesday, July 28: Starting a Home-Based Business
Location: Camba-Small Business Services, 2nd floor, 884 Flatbush Ave., at the corner of Church Ave.
Time: 3-5 p.m.
To Register: Free, contact 718-282-2500

Wednesday, July 29: Job Seekers Resources: LinkedIn (information session on how to find a job)
Location: Lower Level ETC 3, NY Public Library, 188 Madison Ave., btwn. E 34th and 35th Sts.
Time: 3:15-4:45 p.m.
To Register: Free, contact 212-592-7000

Wednesday, July 29: A Business of Your Own, Is it For You?
Location: YM & YWHA, 54 Nagle Ave., btwn. W. 196th St. and Bogardus Pl.
Time: 6:30-7:30 p.m.
To Register: Free, contact nbush@wibo.org or 212-684-0854

Thursday, July 30: Business Card Exchange-Shareleads Group in Franklin Square
Location: Plattdeutsche Park Restaurant, 1132 Hempstead Turnpike, by Renken Blvd., Long Island
Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
To Register: $10 nonmembers, $25 nomembers, contact Gayle Naftaly at gnaftaly@accessoffice.net or 866-391-2780

--Posted by Phil Stott, Staff writer, Vault.com