You made all of these great contacts and got all of their business cards last night at the career fair, but what are you supposed to do with them? Today you need to follow-up with all of those recruiters. Remind them of who you are. Remember, they saw at least 50 students last night and may need some help remembering you.
Today you need to send them a thank you. Write a thank you and tell them you are really interested in talking with them further about the opportunities you talked about. If you didn’t fit with the positions they had last night, ask them if they would forward your resume on to someone in their company that would be interested. This thank you should be in business letter format and pasted directly into the email. You can then attach your resume for them to review.
The next thing you should do is connect with them of LinkedIn. Chances are they have a LinkedIn profile and this is a great way to stay connected with them in the future. You never know when you will be able to use a contact in a company.
If a recruiter asked you to complete a profile in the “careers” section of their website, make sure to do this. They do check on this and it is a sign that you are serious about working for their company. If they told you to do it, it is really important.
Doing all of these things can help set you apart from the crowd of people the recruiters saw last night. If you start doing these things, you will probably see yourself in an interview somewhere.
