Another job fair.
You meekly meander between booths, shaking hands with less-than-enthusiastic strangers. Looking down at your freshly-pressed suit, you realize today’s not the day. Your credentials have been surrendered to piles already 200-resumes high—piles you know will be ruthlessly tossed into the first wastebasket the recruiter stumbles upon.
Another day, another dollar...not being made.
You swear off job fairs, and stick to stalking LinkedIn connections instead. Until you hear about Uncubed: “One part job fair, three parts circus. Serve chilled with music and contests.”
Now we’re talking.
After successful runs in New York, San Francisco and Chicago, the highly praised hiring event is debuting this Friday, September 27, right here in the Hub at Artists for Humanity, all with the help of the Startup Institute, PayPal’s Start Tank and Party Headphones.
Uncubed will be connecting candidates with more than 20 local startups in a way that goes beyond the traditional resume and handshake. Founders, decision-makers and the like will be offering up tips, tricks and insights throughout the day on how to break into a new industry. Skill sessions will also sporadically be held, guised under catchy titles like, “Overcoming Awkward. Improv Comedy + Listening = You Being Awesome.”
If that’s not enough, there will be live music bumping alongside Uncubed’s mysterious, albeit intriguing, “live art spectacle.” Contests will be held, food will be served out and attendees will get the chance to network in a more meaningful way.
Through the Uncubed format, startups can highlight their company culture in a way they can’t at traditional job fairs. All the surrounding fun also leads to more fluent, natural conversations—the kind that help employers decipher whether or not the person handing over his or her resume would be a good fit.
Here's a recruiting event you'll actually want to attend. And you can leave that suit at home.
If you go: Artists for Humanity EpiCenter; Friday, September 27, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.; tickets range from $15-25 and can be purchased here.
