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: 6th Annual PICS Mega Job Fair July 8th, 2010

Gh0stRider
06-22-2010, 11:15 PM
July 8th, 2010

10am - 5pm

North Surrey Recreation Centre
10275 - 135 st (near surrey central skytrain)





http://www.pics.bc.ca/media/documents/pdf/poster_mjf_2010.pdf
TekDragon
06-23-2010, 05:51 AM
Here's hoping that it won't be a failboat like last years was. Last year gave a good indication of how poor the job market was. Should be interesting to see how well or poorly it looks this time around.
Gh0stRider
06-23-2010, 09:40 AM
what happened last year? Not that many companies there?

didnt have a chance to go last year, hopefully i can go this year.
CorneringArtist
06-23-2010, 10:24 AM
Yeah, there weren't that many employers that showed up. I went last year and didn't really find anything good.

I'll be going this year to see if I can find something of interest.
tacobell
06-23-2010, 10:34 AM
i've never been to a job fair, what's it like?

do they detail the positions they have open? do they tell you the wage?
interviews on the spot? hiring on the spot?

or is this more of an information session, talk to reps, get an idea of the position, etc, etc?
wuuhoo
06-23-2010, 11:08 AM
^its more like hand in your resume, and if they like you, they give you a time/date for an interview


were there any good employers last year?
CorneringArtist
06-23-2010, 11:16 AM
As far as I can remember, NAPA and Kal-Tire showed up, as did BC Ferries. The ones I can't remember were either for schools or employers with weak booths. Had I been a bit older at the time, the booths I don't remember would have been good to visit.
Gh0stRider
06-23-2010, 11:33 AM
were there any city or government jobs?
CorneringArtist
06-23-2010, 01:46 PM
Not that I can recall. But the City of Surrey's been putting up jobs as program instructors for rec centres, and I'll bet that a lot of high school kids and recent grads will be coming out to this in hopes of getting in.
bcrdukes
06-23-2010, 02:58 PM
That would be perfect for Gh0stRider :p
Gh0stRider
06-23-2010, 03:19 PM
high school girls http://image.fpsbanana.com/ico/sprays/pedobear4dzsmalll.jpg
TekDragon
06-23-2010, 04:12 PM
what happened last year? Not that many companies there?

didnt have a chance to go last year, hopefully i can go this year.

To fill space, they had some vendors there. Can't remember what they were selling though. Only a few good employers, Costco and a few others had booths. I recall Costco having no positions open, but making a showing to have a pool going for seasonal work.
Gh0stRider
06-23-2010, 04:24 PM
wow..thats shitty. they advertise 100 employers
sp00n
07-09-2010, 05:17 PM
So did anybody go? What did I miss?
terkan
07-09-2010, 07:40 PM
nothing, it was more of a information session than a job fair.. there was really only 3 places that were accepting resume.. one of them is safeway lol.
sleazyho
07-10-2010, 01:36 AM
^ do you know which safeway is hiring? or is it all safeway hiring
Cillu
07-10-2010, 03:33 AM
^ I'm also interested in this.
Euro7r
07-10-2010, 06:10 PM
Damn totally forgot about this.
Gh0stRider
07-11-2010, 06:05 PM
i didn't go. based on other ppls previous experience, i didn't think it was worth going to.
terkan
07-12-2010, 02:07 AM
well they didn't really specify which safeway is hiring.. there's a form you check off which location you would like to work for.. they basically listed every single one.. pretty sure i'll never go back to this particular job fair again.. it was a waste of time.. there was one really angry lady bitching at one of the volunteer about how she travelled all the way from chilliwack just to find out there's no one here really accepting any resume lol.. the line up was long to get in.. just a waste of time imo