HireLive Events

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA –  July 11, 2011 – With summer in full swing, thousands of new college graduates now face the task of starting their career hunt and landing a job. To help kick start the interview process HireLive is coming back to the Northern California area to help job seekers in need of landing their next career.

HireLive is a Southern California based sales, retail and management recruitment firm that is focused on bringing candidates and companies together. On July 26^th, 27^th and 28^th HireLive will be in Sacramento, Walnut Creek and San Jose helping active job seekers find their next opportunity with industry leading employers in each market.

HireLive focuses on helping those who are looking for a job in sales, retail or upper management. Companies attending are looking for professional entry level to senior level job seekers who are serious about taking their career to the next level. In June 2011 over 1,200 job seekers attended the Northern California HireLive Career Fairs to meet and interview with over 60 industry leading companies who were hiring. These companies included: Rite Aid, Staples, Hershey Food’s, Verizon Wireless, Nike, LTC Financial, Enterprise Rent A Car, Helzberg Diamonds and many more.

HireLive prides itself on the unique experience they offer job seekers. Attending a HireLive Career Fair is a different experience than most associate with an old fashion “job fair”. These Career Fairs are primarily held at Embassy Suites Hotels where each company gets their own suite to conduct sit down first meetings and initial interviews. This allows candidates personal time with the hiring managers in a comfortable and non-distracting environment.  All of the attending companies are actively hiring for sales, retail and management openings they are trying to fill. “It feels good knowing I am helping job seekers who are truly working hard to land an interview and not just waiting for a company to call them” Stephanie Ross, Marketing Coordinator at HireLive, “This experience let’s candidates do what their resume and cover letters can’t always do, set themselves apart from the stack of resumes hiring managers have.” Candidates not only get to meet the companies they are interested in, but interview with hiring managers on the spot. Job seekers often leave with second interviews already scheduled and on some occasions even a job offer.

HireLive’s Career Fairs are complete free for all job seekers to attend and the events take place from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm. HireLive is expecting 60 companies to participate between these 3 events and should have over  1,000 candidates attending. Professional dress and multiple resumes are the only requirements when attending.

Sacramento – Tuesday, July 26th 2011
Embassy Suites (Riverfront Promenade) – 100 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA. 95814

Walnut Creek – Wednesday, July 27^th 2011
Embassy Suites – 1345 Treat Boulevard, Walnut Creek, CA. 94597

San Jose – Thursday July 28^th 2011
Embassy Suites Milpitas (Silicon Valley) – 901 East Calaveras Boulevard, Milpitas, CA. 95035

With over 20 years of experience in connecting job seekers with potential employers, HireLive’s objective is to provide the highest quality recruiting events and job openings for the top sales, retail and management candidates across the country. For more information Visit www.HireLive.com or call HireLive at 949-599-1870.

Contact:
Christine Lombard, Director, Marketing and Event Operations
HireLive
clombard@hirelive.com
949-599-1869
www.HireLive.com

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Recently I worked the registration desk at HireLive’s Orange County sales, retail and management career fair. I was passed resume after resume as each candidate came through and while walking around the career fair I got to watch the candidates, some nervously, sit down and interview with the awesome companies we had attending. I knew that some of the thoughts running through these job seekers heads had to be…does my resume look okay? Am I saying all the right things in the time I have during the interview? So I decided to sit down with one of HireLive’s very experienced recruiters and ask her some simple questions that most job seekers are dying to know. Here are the questions I asked her pertaining to resumes and interviews.

1. What keywords do you look for in a resume?

-This changes for each job I am searching for, but if it pertains to sales I look for achievements.  Things like sales rankings, percentage of sales quotas, president’s club, and any other awards and achievements.

2.   What characteristics do you look for in a candidate during an interview?

-Personality is huge.  Are they easy to talk to?  Are they able to build rapport?  I look for energy and enthusiasm.

3.   What are a few things that would make you skip over a certain candidates resume?

-Lack of stability or big gaps in their resume. It is good if they explain these on the resume.

4.   What are a few common mistakes candidates make in an interview?

-Candidates get nervous and talk too much.  It is also very important to give specific answers to the questions asked.  One huge mistake I have  seen over many years of recruiting that candidates don’t do is aggressively close an interview, especially in sales.  They must ask for the job or ask to schedule another interview.

5.   If you had to give one piece of advice pertaining to resumes and interviews for job seekers what would it be?

-Resumes – highlight your accomplishments.  Do not make your resume too wordy.  Remember that the average company only looks at your resume for less than a minute when deciding to call you.

-Interviews -Be prepared.  Have a plan.  Research the company, dress professionally, take resumes and any documentation you have about your successes.  NEVER BE LATE!!!  Show some personality.  These are all things that you can control.

Hopefully these couple of questions can help you out next time your rewriting your resume or preparing for an interview, they are simple enough to remember, and can really make you stand out above the rest!