Upcoming Job Fairs at LTHS:
Starting in the Fall of 2022, local Bee Cave businesses can
participate in a once a month, 4 hour job fair at Lake Travis High
School. Unlike our Lake Travis region job fair in May, where more than
70 area businesses are invited to participate, this ongoing mini job
fair effort will only be open to 5 businesses at a time. The business
will register through our form below and if selected (first come first
serve, and rotating each month so as many businesses as possible get a
chance to participate), they will be responsible for setting up any
equipment and swag they need to have the most impact on their day.
The mini job fair will take place in one of the most trafficked
areas of the school, with more than a thousand students passing through
the hallway during the 4 hour session. We encourage all businesses that
participate to follow best practices to achieve job hiring success:
- Send someone who is energetic, will stand up, will bring
excitement and enthusiasm to potential applicants. Sitting down the
whole time and waiting for students to come to you does not work, as we
witnessed during our end of school year job fair in May of 2022.
- Bring swag! Students will gravitate toward tables with drinks,
food, fun giveaways. It doesn’t have to be expensive, just inviting so
that more visitors will come to your table.
- Be ready to hire on the spot if possible. Send someone who can
make hiring decisions. Bring materials necessary. Have a quick
application on an iPad that they can fill out? A QR code they can scan
to apply on their phone? Make it easy and fun! The best success we have
seen is from businesses that take action immediately. If its not
possible, try to get as much administrative stuff out of the way at the
fair (job application, mini interview), so that the student is invested
already in the position.
- Sell yourself! Remember, we are in a staffing crisis environment
and kids are busy these days! Anything you can do to tell them what the
benefits are for them will be helpful. What kind of culture does your
business have? What kind of skills will they learn that will serve them
long term? Can you provide a great reference for college? Do you have a
super flexible schedule? These are all selling points!
- Be on time. As we are limiting these mini job fairs to five
businesses per month, please be respectful and show up when needed and
be ready to go so you can all find success. Businesses that register,
are chosen and do no show up will not be chosen for another mini fair
but will have to wait until the large annual job fair in May.
The City of Bee Cave and LTHS is taking on this effort to help YOU!
We want our area businesses to have more opportunities to attract
talent and as we know transportation is an issue when coming from far
away, we hope you can fill in some of your positions with local kids who
want to be a part of their community’s success!
Want to participate? Send your information to Dori Kelley, Communications Specialist with the City of Bee Cave.
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