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Salon lon d’exploration d’emplois bilingue ngues

Goal of the Bilingual Career Exploration Day:

An opportunity to promote work, volunteer and educational programs to high school

• students. A chance to inspire soon-to-be

graduates and share personal experiences enhanced by bilingualism.

• Event started in 2006.
• CPF Nova Scotia has seen over 5,000

students participate.

• Dartmouth, Halifax, Sydney,

Antigonish and the Annapolis Valley.

• Ten career days to date.

 Free to students and schools  Exhibitors pay a fee to cover the cost

• f facilities rental, program and

promotional items

 Prize draw items donated by

exhibitors.

Originally for students from grade 7-12 Feedback from teachers:

“Great event to expose students in grade 7-9 as they need an introduction to possible career paths.” “Great event to expose students in grade 10-12 as they change their minds frequently about their career paths.”

Bilingual Career Exploration Day Passport

• Great tool to encourage students to interact

with exhibitors.

• Teachers request the passport in advance to

use in conjunction with the curriculum.

• Teachers assign students an exhibitor to

research or use as the basis for a career research project.

Educational Resources/Hands On Area

• Students used resume templates to write up their

resume and post it.

• Students filled out questionnaires to discover what

colour they were and how it related to career paths.

• Students completed puzzles on career paths.
• Students did a mock interview with a volunteer.

Evolut lution ion of Bilingua ngual Career eer Explo lora ration ion Day

Feedback from exhibitors:

• Large crowds of students were noisy and inhibited meaningful

communication with exhibitors.

• Students too focused on filling out the passports
• Exhibitors wanted to talk with grades 10-12 where they felt that

they would make the most impact.

Speed ed Dating ing Format

• Small groups of students sit at exhibitor’s table.
• Exhibitors have 5 minutes approximately to make a pitch to

the students.

• Bell rings and students move to next exhibitor.
• Students usually given the choice to meet with any exhibitor

for the last 10 minutes of the hour.

• Bilingual Career Exploration Day focused on grades 10-12.

Code e of Conduct duct

To ensure that the Biling ingual l Career Exploratio

• ration Day (BCED)

) runs smoothly, all visitors are required to comply with the following Code of Conduct ct.

• All participating schools must arrive close to the start time of their session.
• Each exhibit will have a bilingual adult in attendance for the duration of each

session and students are encouraged to communicate in French.

• Transportation to and from the BCED is the responsibility of the school.
• Any damages to the tables, table dressings or location caused by a student

will be the responsibility of the student’s school.

• Teachers are responsible for the safety of their students.
• CPF Nova Scotia will not be responsible for any lost, stolen or damaged

items.

• CPF Nova Scotia reserves the right to ask a student to leave the BCED if that

student’s behavior is deemed inappropriate, aggressive or illegal.

Typical schedule:

• 8:30am-9:00am

Set-up

• 9:00am-9:05am

Welcome/Bienvenue

• 9:00am-9:55am

Discussion with 1st group of students

• 9:00am-9:55am

Workshop with 2nd group of students

• 9:55am- 10:05am

Break

• 10:05am-11:00am

Discussion with 2nd group of students

• 10:05am-11:00am

Workshop with 1st group of students

• 11:00am-11:30am

Exhibitor break- Refreshments

• 11:30am-12:25pm

Discussion with 3rd group of students

• 11:30am-12:25pm

Workshop with 4th group of students

• 12:25pm- 12:35pm

Break



12:35pm- 1:30pm Discussion with 4th group of students



12:35pm- 1:30pm Workshop with 3rd group of students



1:30pm-2:00pm Pack-up

Workshop presentations:

• What are you passionate about and could this be

your career?

• How to write a resume.
• What is your personality type?
• How to start your own summer business.
• Student entrepreneurs.

How to recruit exhibitors:

• Local Francophone community
• Universities and colleges
• Businesses that advertise in French

newspapers

• Federal government departments
• Official language champions
• Employment agencies
• Local community contacts

CPF Career Fair Events across Canada

CPF Ontario rio: : Conférenc érence e sur les chemin mins s de la réussite site bilingu ingue e / Pathways ays to Bilingu gual Succes ess Conferenc erence

For Core Frenc nch h and Immersion rsion stude dent nts.

https://on.cpf.ca/resources/for-educators/pathways-to-bilingual- success-chemins-de-la-reussite-bilingue/

CPF Manito toba: a: An Oppor

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tunit ity y of a L Lifeti etime me

Event nt was for Core French ench and Immersion ersion student dents. s.

https://mb.cpf.ca/resources/for-parents/an-opportunity-

• f-a-lifetime/

• Next Career Day will be held

February 22, 2019 at Saint Mary’s University.

• Students in French Immersion,

French First Language and IB program in grades 10-12.

Bilingual Career Exploration Day 2.0

In 2018:

• Students had the opportunity to take Language Tasters, 30 minute

introductions to other languages.

• Workshop that focused on language and technology.
• Students had two workshop sessions and more choices of

workshops. In 2019:

• Ask exhibitors to submit their own resumes, so that students could

use them as resource tools.

Key Points for your Career Fair Event:

Set out the goal of your event. Decide on the age group that you want to target. Create a format for the event, but retool it every couple of years. Choose a school bus friendly location. Begin planning your event approx. 6 months in advance.

Key points for Recruiting Exhibitors:

• Send out invites to event early with plenty of

information for exhibitors.

• Contact people to see if they have bilingual person
• n staff to represent an organization.
• Keep knocking on doors and calling people!
• Every bilingual person is a potential presenter ☺
• Always carry a business card and chat up your

event.

• Collect business cards during the year to create a

bank of potential exhibitors.

Thank you/Merci!

Rebecca Lancaster Executive Director, CPF Nova Scotia cpfexec@ns.cpf.ca QUESTIONS?