Job fairMarkham · July 2022
EGI Summer Job Fair — Doors at noon.
See you tomorrow.
00The project
- Organiser
- EGI
- Dates
- 9–10 July 2022
- Venue
- Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites
In the summer of 2022 EGI held a two-day job fair in Markham for students and new graduates: employers at tables, interviews on the spot, a mystery guest each afternoon. We made what brought people in and walked them through the day — a poster and a long WeChat image, a programme for each day, and a card of practical notes.
- Event poster
- WeChat long image
- Two-day programme
- Notes for attendees
01The poster
Legible
from across the hall.
The 2022 poster carried everything — dates, venue, roles, sponsors, two QR codes, a row of stock figures — at nearly one size. Re-set, it says three things in order: this is a job fair; these two days, these hours; here, and for these roles. The ground is the orange-to-yellow of EGI’s own mark.
Kept
- Dates and hours: 9–10 July, 12:00–16:00
- Venue: Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites
- Roles: data, IT, design, marketing, e-commerce, admin, accounting, manufacturing, sales
- The organiser’s logo and the design credit
Left out
- Nearly twenty sponsor logos
- Sign-up and enquiry QR codes
- A stock illustration of job-seekers
- Headcount and vacancy figures
02The day
Six slots,
one afternoon.
Both days ran the same, but for the mystery guest. The best writing sat in the original’s brackets — “your best chance to meet an employer halfway” — so not a word of it changed. The times line up in one column, so anyone can find where they should be now.
12:00— 12:30
Doors open
Ready, set: no unemployment after graduation, starting now!
12:30— 12:45
Host’s welcome
Who’s here and what they’re hiring for. Don’t miss it.
12:45— 14:00
Open interviews
Your best chance to meet an employer halfway.
14:00— 14:20
Mystery guest
Day one: a senior HR person from a bank? Day two: a criminal lawyer?
14:20— 15:50
Interviews 2.0 · advice
ARE YOU READY!!!!
15:50— 16:00
Close
Arrive now and you’ve missed it.
03Before you come
Bring a résumé.
Dress for the heat.
The notes card turns dark to stand apart: first how to prepare, then how to arrive — who meets you at the door, where to park. On WeChat the poster, both programmes and this card run together as one long image, read in a single scroll.
15:50
Arrive now and you’ve missed it.
See you tomorrow.
— the last line of the 9 July programme