The List: Highly recommended ways to introduce yourself at a career fair
March 2, 2017
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Throw a paper airplane made from your resume across the room.
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Slip a $20 into their hands when you shake hands.
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Break into a four verse song explaining why you want to work there.
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Somersault up to the desired booth.
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Speak only in Pig Latin.
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Ask the company representative where they summer.
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Offer up a plate of cookies.
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Offer up your first born child.
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Tell them that you’re qualified to work there because your parents work there.
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Start crying in an attempt to look sympathetic–wind up just looking pathetic.
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Ask them how their Aunt June is.
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Offer to be their coffee person if they just give you a job.
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Play odds 1-5 that they give you a job.
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Tell them that you will give them $15,000 for a job (for a $20,000/year position).
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Just smile and wave.