"Set Up Instructions"

 Here are a few “housekeeping” details for our January 4^th event:

ü       SET-UP—Hy-Vee Hall at the Iowa Events Center (730 3^rd Street) will be open for setup at

8:30 a.m.  The Career Expo starts at 10:00 a.m. and continues until 3:00 p.m.  For unloading purposes, please go to the loading docks located on the west side of Hy-Vee Hall off of Center Street.  Volunteers will be available to assist you.  After unloading, we ask that you move your vehicle promptly to one of the parking areas, as other employers will all be trying to unload and set up at the same time.  Volunteers will also be available to assist in your booth set-up, if necessary. 

ü       PARKING— FREE parking is available for employers in the parking lots located north of Vets, off of Crocker St. One lot is located on the south side of Crocker and a larger lot is on the north side. 

ü       BOOTH LOCATION—The Career Expo will be in Hy-Vee Hall at the Iowa Events Center.  Booths will be ten feet by ten feet, with an eight foot skirted table.  Your booth will show your company/firm name on a 7 x 44-inch hanging sign.  Please check in at the Employer Registration desk before going to your booth.

ü       REFRESHMENTS/LUNCH—Light refreshments will be available for participating employers in an area on the west side of the exhibition hall.  Your booth rental also includes two box lunches.  Your Employer Registration Packet will include two tickets for your lunches; we will also provide any additional lunch tickets ordered with your initial registration. 

ü       INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES-Employers offering internship opportunities will be designated by a balloon attached to their booth.

ü       INTERVIEW AREA-There will be an interview area for your use in the northeast corner of the exhibit hall.

ü       TEAR DOWN—Volunteers will also be available to assist you in tearing down your booths and loading your vehicles.   If you need assistance, please come to the registration area.  PLEASE DO NOT TEAR DOWN BEFORE 3:00 P.M. 

ü       EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY—More than 40 Human Resource professionals from the Central Iowa Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) will be on hand during the Expo to provide “Personalized Resume Critiquing” to attendees wanting this service.

ü       PRE-CAREER EXPO PUBLICITY—We hope that you have heard/seen some of the pre-Expo publicity.  Job seekers have been advised of the Expo through multi-media publicity.  We have invited students from all of Iowa’s private colleges, area community colleges and the Regents Universities.  The Des Moines Register, as a significant contributor to the Expo, has publicized the event in CareerBuilder during November and December and has publicity planned for the week prior to the event.

ü       EMPLOYER EVALUATIONS—We want to know what you think of the Career Expo and encourage you to complete an evaluation at the end of the day.  A drawing will be held using all completed employer evaluations.  The lucky winner will receive a FREE BOOTH at next year’s Expo, most likely to be held the first week in January, 2009.

Thanks for your participation.  We look forward to seeing you Friday, January 4, 2008--and hope you have numerous recruiting successes!