The document proposes a solution called KPass to reduce waiting times at career fairs. KPass would create a short priority line for students who have earned a "pass" by learning about companies in advance through an existing career services platform. This would allow students to spend less time waiting and more time speaking with recruiters. The proposal outlines implementing KPass initially at Purdue's SMEF career fairs then expanding it to other fairs, with the goal of creating engagement between students and recruiters before and after the events.

1. No Longer Waiting
in
Career Fairs
Introducing KPass to reduce waiting time
Ao Peng
Deepti Bahel
Emily(Yue) Zhang
Matt Bobrowski

2. Students spend 3-4 hours at the fair and usually talk
to 4-6 companies.
Time spend in career fair Number of companies spoken to

3. Students spend more than 10 minutes in line and
want to wait less than 5 minutes in line

4. Students want to spend less time waiting and more
time talking to recruiters.
Actual time spend Time students want to spend

5. Why students don’t like waiting in line?
Waste of time
Lose patience
Less able to portray their interest to recruiter
End up missing classes
Less return of investment
Purdue Round Table 2016

6. What if we do this...
The best candidate is guaranteed less waiting
time
Coordinate with other job-seekers to minimize
wait time
More time is spent before the fair to get to know
the companies

7. How to implement our solution
Target: All Krannert Students going to SMEF
Leverage existing platforms (CCO & CMA) to enable KPass implementation
KPass: a short line with less waiting time for popular companies who sponsor
international students.
The pass can be earned by a limited number of students, reducing waiting time
for students who have earned a pass.

9. Implementation for new system
Regular Line
Shortlist Line
Company
Booth
Alternate
between lines
K-Pass

10. Visual Representation of K-Pass Platform
K-Pass CCO/CMA
Platform
JobSeekers
Recruiters
Certainty Status
CertaintyCross-sided effects of K-Pass

11. Advantages
Both students and recruiters involved in this
cycle of engagement
Students: less waiting time; efficient
communication with recruiters; Better
chances of getting on-campus interview;
Students can showcase preparedness
Recruiters: candidates who already did
homeworks about company
Better ROI

12. Creating Cycles of Engagement
CCO/CMA K-Pass
Platform
Job Seekers /
Users
Status, Certainty
Increased CCO/CMA
usage, increased
student effort, event
engagement

13. Next Steps
Implement first on SMEF Career Fairs then see customization on undergraduate
career fair
Implement an application with
Schedule time
Check-in
Games when waiting in line. Eg: company quiz

15. Q&A

16. Thank you!

17. Appendix: What Ifs
Get all information on job openings in company
Schedule time with company as per your convenience