Virtual Job Fair for Asian Americans & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Students & Recent Graduates - April 7 and April 8, 2021

About this Event

The first-ever AAPI Virtual Job Fair is now open for registration. This job fair is designed to provide Asian American Pacific Islander job seekers meaningful opportunities to explore potential employment with employers friendly to the community.

The target participants in our pilot program on April 7 and April 8, 2021 (9am-5pm - central time) is FREE for job seekers and employers for basic access including assume to all resumes, job posting, and scheduling of one-on-one interviews on Day 2. Sponsorship opportunities also available for additional interaction with job seekers on Day 1.

Day 1 - Education webinars for job seekers with interactive session with sponsors and special guests.

Day 2 - Interactive pre-scheduled or day of sign-up for online & one-on-one interview and discussion between job seekers and employers

Targeted Job Seekers (all majors):

1. Students with AAPI heritage who are current enrolled in an American University.

2. International Students from Asia and Pacific Islands who are currently enrolled or recently graduated from an American University.

3. Recent AAPI Graduates – from a college or university in America.

Targeted Employers (all sectors)

1. Employers with internship for students & part-time or full-time positions.

2. Employers interested in engaging AAPI students and recent graduates

3. AAPI Small Business are welcome.

4. Global companies with job opportunities in US and Asia.

The Asian American Executive Network (AAEN) is an informal Network group started in the Chicagoland in 2010 and now expanded to include members in other cities in the United States and globally. The goal of AAEN is to provide a forum for Asian American Executives and Advocates to support each other and the Asian American & Pacific Islander community.

AAEN is partnering with "InternX" (https://www.theinternx.com/) who will be providing the software platform and managing the logistics of the two day Virtual Job Fair. AAEN is seeking additional collaborators and volunteers in the followoing area:

1. Career Services Department of Universities with large AAPI Student population:

(Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Eastern Oregon University...so far)

2. Companies and government agencies with the need for talents and interested in recruiting in the AAPI communities

3. AAPI organizations that can assist in outreaching to the AAPI Students and Recent Graduates

4. Organizations and individuals that can provide support for AAPI students and recent graduate the finer points of job seeking and career start up.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN:

1. Interested Employers - simple submit your egistration

https://13pattersonb.typeform.com/to/ZdnWKjXL

Our job fair provider InternX will contact you with additional instructions.

You can also register on this event using the " Interested Employer" ticket. We will forward this to the InternX team who will provide additional instructions.

2. Interested Job Seekers: See the InternX Job Seeker registration websites:

https://www.theinternx.com/post/asian-american-student-virtual-fair

https://app.theinternx.com/sign-up/new/welcome

Here are a few instruction videos for your reference.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpbVIBTccYYgzm2hgmogk1INotUI90mTT

You can also register on this event using the "Interested Job Seeker" ticket. We will forward this to the InternX team who will provide additional instructions.

3. Interested Volunteers - Register using the "Interested Volunteer" ticket - AAEN connect with volunteer opportunities... we engage all to help us broadcast this Job fair widely in the mean-time.

4. Interested Sponsors - Register using the "Interested Sponsor" ticket - the AAEN "Sponsorship" team will contact you to provide additional information.

Meet the current core members of the Virtual Job Fair Planning Team:

- Don Hyun Kiolbassa - Managing Partner - The Law Offices of Kiolbassa, Holmes, & Ansong

- George Chunkau Mui - Founder & Moderator of Asian American Executive Network

- Thy Nguyen - Associate Vice Provost, Illinois Institute of Technology

- Jean Riordan - Executive Director Career Services - University of Illinois in Chicago

- Justin Chin - Director of Career Services - Eastern Oregon Univerity

- and many more...

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