What is an Online Orientation?

Definition An Online Orientation is a type of virtual orientation where students go through a set of online slides and quizzes to learn more about campus. These slides/quizzes are often called modules. Online orientations can be used to cover a variety of topics from intro to campus, alcohol education, racial sensitivity expectations, and more. Examples… Continue reading What is an Online Orientation?

How to Promote your Virtual Career Fair Event: Job Fair Directories

Promoting your virtual job fair is critical to the event’s success. It goes without saying that if nobody shows up to your fair, your event will be a flop. In this article, we’ll focus on how to promote your event. Specifically, we’ll cover a few online event directories where you can submit your virtual fair.… Continue reading How to Promote your Virtual Career Fair Event: Job Fair Directories

Five Ideas for your Next New Student Orientation

Orientations are some of the most difficult events to plan for. Because every university is different, orientations don’t really have a completely standard format. As an event planner, you really have to come up with activities that fit particularly for your students and university environment. To that end, we’ve prepared 10 ideas for you to… Continue reading Five Ideas for your Next New Student Orientation

Online Career Fair Platform Benefits

Introduction Online career fair platforms offer an alternative means for recruiters and students to connect. Although the experience may be different from an in-person fair, online career fair platforms provide several benefits beyond what a traditional in-person fair offers.  If you are new to online career fairs, you can learn more about them in our… Continue reading Online Career Fair Platform Benefits

Email Templates For Following Up With Candidates After A Virtual Job Fair

Whether you’re hosting a physical career fair or a virtual career fair, reaching out to potential candidates after a career fair is crucial in making your candidates feel valued and respected. Before we dive into templates that you can use for these emails, here are a few pointers to remember when communicating with candidates after… Continue reading Email Templates For Following Up With Candidates After A Virtual Job Fair

Virtual New Student Orientation Strategies

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of virtual engagement strategies and forced orientation coordinators to explore new means of hosting their programs and activities.    Today, most new student orientations now have virtual components that allow students to engage with programming digitally and build new connections amongst peers.  The following are strategies that you can… Continue reading Virtual New Student Orientation Strategies