Warehouse and Operations as a Career is Mobile today visiting a Job Fair, well I guess its more like a Job Expo that Belmar Integrated Logistics is putting on here in the Bishop Arts area in Dallas Texas. I\u2019m Marty and we\u2019re having a great time out here with them! They have some great music going on and I\u2019m sure were picking up some of the tunes as well. Everyone\u2019s having a great time, they have a Water Booth set up, it\u2019s really neat, a young lady is talking to the importance of Hydration in warehousing, she had some really good videos on the subject, oh oh I just noticed she\u2019s got some water balloons over there and it looks like a couple of kids are about to get wet! I may just have to visit the face painting table over there in the corner, OH, there\u2019s a great Safety booth put together, their showing films on Forklift and Electric Rider Pallet Jacks and talking about several other classes they instruct to like Blood borne Pathogens, CPR & AED certifications, Lock out tag out programs & OSHA 10 hour and 30 hour programs. Over on the other side is the Recruiting table with Job Postings and giveaways, and there\u2019s computers set up accepting applications on the spot! Over here by our WAOC table is something pretty unique, I haven\u2019t seen many Job Fairs that include a benefits booth where people can ask about insurance offerings and supplemental insurance programs as well as discount programs for theatres, restaurants, theme parks, hotel\u2019s and it looks like even cell phone discounts and rewards. That\u2019s pretty neat, I\u2019ll have to mosey over that way in a bit and check it out, but you can bet I\u2019m staying away from those water balloons! Eww, I see a popcorn machine over there at the water booth, I\u2019ll be over there in a bit too! The music is a bit load at times so remember we\u2019re not audio experts, just Op\u2019s guys so bear with us today and lets all learn something about applying for a position through a Job Fair!
\nSince we\u2019re attending a Job Fair I\u2019d assume we\u2019re ready to get that Job and start as soon as possible right? First, and as week talked about it in Episode 4 titled \u201cThe Resume\u201d is our resume. We\u2019ll need to bring an up to date work history or resume with us! Building a good detailed and informative resume is preferred but if you just haven\u2019t built one that your happy with be sure to have your work history for the past 5 years with you and list your duties and responsibilities as well as any kind of equipment you\u2019ve worked with. Not just powered equipment either, I had a guy about a year ago that had used banding machines, he was like a pro at using metal bands used for banding pallets of water meters and it was the last thing he mentioned to me, actually I asked if he had ever seen the banding process, I had a friend looking for someone to band nylon strapping. He almost missed an opportunity just because he didn\u2019t bring it up! Anyway, remember we\u2019re going to be selling our talents and experiences to someone that\u2019s really looking for talent in us so let\u2019s share everything we\u2019ve done and can do with them.
\nNext is an interview, and we talked about The Interview in Episode 5, check it out to refresh your thoughts, its important, may very well be the most important part of our day when at a job fair as decisions or the opportunity for quick decisions are being presented to us on the spot, usually when a company is holding a job fair they have positions ready to be filled right now so we\u2019re fixing to get hired on today! It\u2019s our responsibility to let that hiring agent know we\u2019re their perfect hire though!
\nThere\u2019s one of the recruiters, let me see if I can grab him real quick!
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\nI\u2019m still staying away from the water balloons over there but the Water Booth is busy here today, it\u2019s 101 here in Dallas and Ice Cold Water is quite the draw over there. We here at WAOC talk pretty often about staying Hydrated, in our work it\u2019s really important & I\u2019m learning some thi...