Virtual career fair platforms help businesses and other organizations host live online events that connect job seekers with employers. These platforms manage the entire lifecycle of virtual hiring events, from registering job seekers to delivering post-event analytics reports. By hosting virtual career fairs, also known as virtual job fairs, recruiters can efficiently attract and screen larger numbers of candidates, helping save time compared to other methods of in-person recruiting. Individual companies can host their own virtual career fairs, but these platforms are also used for virtual job fairs put on by trade associations, colleges and universities, workforce development agencies, and other organizations.
Virtual career fair software has many of the same features found in virtual event platforms. However, the latter products tend to be designed to host virtual conferences, networking events, trade shows, and company meetings, rather than recruiting events. Virtual career fair products also sometimes integrate with recruiting software, such as applicant tracking systems (ATS), which is a feature that virtual event platforms typically lack. Some products can host both virtual events and virtual career fairs.
To qualify for inclusion in the Virtual Career Fair Platforms category, a product must:
Help create and host virtual hiring events
Automate the process of registering attendees and collecting candidate information, including resume data
Track interactions between candidates and employers
Allow job seekers to schedule and participate in one-on-one conversations with employers via live video or text chat
Facilitate custom employer branding on event pages or virtual spaces
Generate analytics reports or dashboards on attendee activities
