Online Career Events
On-Campus Informational Sessions Brought Online
With CareerCam’s Online Career Events, employers are able to conduct online information sessions with a small group of students on up to thousands of students without leaving the comfort of the office. Tap into CareerCam’s growing network of the nation’s top colleges and universities. Invite students from one school or hundreds of schools to attend!
CareerCam takes the on-campus information session and moves it online!
What is an Online Career Event?
An online career event allows employers to meet online with students. During the event, you can:
- Present to students with a PowerPoint presentation
- Have recruiters, executives and other representatives from your company take turns presenting – they don’t event have to be in the same physical location!
- Show career videos to students in real-time
- Answer questions through the phone or through integrated instant messaging
Did You Know?
CareerCam surveyed students after a recent online career event. 71% of students surveyed said that they would rather attend an online career event than an on-campus info session. Take a look at the full survey.
How Do Online Career Events Work?
- Invite Colleges and Universities.
- Through your CareerCam account, you invite colleges and universities to attend. As a CareerCam member, you have access to our already established and growing collegiate network of over 90 schools. Additionally, you can invite colleges and universities that are not yet in CareerCam’s network. CareerCam will automatically send the invitation to the appropriate career services staff member. The staff member will then forward the invitation to student listservs, professors and other individuals within the school.
- Students Register for the Event.
- You can limit registration numbers and include a registration form to ensure students meet your criteria and you earn a good ROI. For instance, if you are looking for mechanical engineers with high GPAs that are interested in an internship, your registration form will ask each student to provide their major, GPA and whether they are looking for an internship or job. All this information is stored in a database. You can download it or generate reports with your CareerCam account.
- Students Login to the Event.
- Students are able to participate in your Online Career Event from their dorm rooms are apartments. In some cases, schools will have students come into their office to attend.
- Conduct the Online Career Event.
- After the students have logged in, the show is yours. You will likely introduce yourself and the other representatives from the company. After introductions, you may go through your presentation, show career videos in real-time and conduct Q&A sessions through audio and integrated instant messaging.
- Direct Students to Apply.
- At the end of the event, you can provide students with a “call-to-action”, such as applying for the internship or job on your career website or through career services. At Network Schools, you can work through career services and schedule a live video interview with students that participated in the Online Career Event.
How Can You Use CareerCam Online Career Events?
- Target Specific Talent.
- Interested in hiring computer engineers? With CareerCam, you can invite students majoring in specific majors from any school across the country to attend your Online Career Event. Imagine presenting to and answering the questions of computer engineers from 20 schools at one time – all from your office!
- Before On-Campus Career Fairs.
- Does your company attend multiple on-campus career fairs? Prior to visiting campus in-person, conduct an Online Career Event and make an impression on the talent you’re most interested in before other employers reach them! Students will then know that your company is coming to campus and will be sure to visit your career fair booth.
- At Non-Tier One/Target Schools.
- Don’t have the time or resources to visit more campuses? No problem. With CareerCam’s Online Career Events, you can conduct online information sessions and reach multiple campuses through one easy-to-manage online career event. At colleges and universities already using CareerCam to facilitate video interviews, you can schedule follow-up video interviews with students that you meet through your Online Career Events. Cost-effectively expand the talent pool you can recruit from!