Career Fair Employer Selection Criteria

The following is information on the selection criteria of employers for the career fair hosted by the Chabot College Career Center.

A couple months before each career fair, an email announcement of the career fair will be sent to employers registered with our online job board. The announcement will include the Career Fair Interset Form. Completing the form does not guarantee participation in our career fairs.

The Career Center can host up to 10 employers for in-person career fairs. With limited spots, only a certain number of employers who completed the interest form will be selected to participate. After completing the interest form, employers will be reviewed based on the information entered and will be notified of their selection status: Immediately Selected, Tier 1 Waitlist, Tier 2 Waitlist, Not Qualified or Impacted Employers Group. Details on selection statuses are below.

Once the career fair is full, all non-selected employers will be notified.

Other selection criteria factors and exceptions can be included by the Career Center when assessing each employer. For questions, please contact John Salangsang, Career Counselor/Coordinator with the Chabot College Career Center: jsalangsang@chabotcollege.edu.

SELECTION STATUSES

Immediately Selected

Employer met some of the criteria below and will be notified of their selection.

Employer has internship positions; paid internships specifically are highly desired.
Qualifications of employer’s positions reflect the level of experience and skills of our general student population: entry-level, 0-1 years of experience.
Employer’s positions are open to students from various academic majors.
Employer is an established or credible organization/company.
Employer is hiring for positions as soon as possible or within three months.
Employer is hiring for positions that are local or close to the city of Hayward.
Employer is from an industry that is not yet highly represented in our career fairs. Our focus is to have employer representations within each of our learning and career pathways.
Employer is from an industry that is of current interest to specific departments at Chabot College.

Tier 1 Waitlist

Employer has met some of the criteria below and will be further reviewed before being notified if selected or not. Employers in the tier 1 waitlist are given higher consideration than those in tier 2.

Employer is hiring for part-time and/or full-time positions; part-time positions are more desired than full-time.
Qualifications of employer’s positions reflect the level of experience and skills of our general student population; entry-level, 0-1 years of experience.
Employer’s positions are open to students from various academic majors.
Employer is an established or credible organization/company.
Employer is hiring for positions within this year.
Employer is from an industry that is not yet highly represented in our career fairs. Our focus is to have employer representations within each of our learning and career pathways.
Employer is from an industry that is of current interest to specific departments at Chabot College.
Employers with higher number of openings than the other interested employers.

Tier 2 Waitlist

Employer has met some of the criteria below and will be further reviewed before being notified if selected
or not. Employers in the tier 2 waitlist are given less consideration than those in tier 1.

Employer is hiring for part-time and/or full-time positions; part-time positions more desired than
full-time.
Employer’s positions have qualifications that may not reflect the level of experience and skills of the general student population.
Employer has positions that only seeks students from a niche academic program or major (ex. nursing students).

Not Qualified

Employer has met some of the criteria below and will not qualify for selection.

Employer seeks to promote their product (ex. an app) that is a platform for students to find jobs or gig opportunities.
Employer requires a fee to join or payment for training.
Employer is not an established or credible organization/company.
Military branches are not qualified because the career fairs are focused on companies/organizations with a specific job or internship opening that does not have additional commitment levels like that of joining the military.

Impacted Employer Group

The employer is hiring for similar positions as a high number of other employers that have completed the career fair interest form (ex. child development related employers seeking students with ECE units). In this situation, there may only be one or two employers selected from each of these impacted employer groups. Selection will be based on the following criteria:

Employers with paid internship positions are more desired for selection than those without.
Employers with part-time/seasonal job positions are more desired for selection than those with only full-time job positions.
Employers with a higher number of openings are more considered for selection than those with less openings.
Employers that have not attended the recent career fairs hosted by the Career Center will be more considered for selection.
Employers that are not participating in events hosted by other Chabot College departments/programs will be more considered for selection.