Are career expos a waste of time?

Are career expos valuable resources in decision-making for your future study and job prospects or are they just promotional tools for universities and a growing number of private businesses making money from your dreams?
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With the advent of the digital age, any information that can be handed out in a pamphlet at a career expo is accessible – and probably easier to navigate – online. But exhibition halls still draw long lines of school leavers and a hefty number of graduate students and mature age seekers hoping to find career guidance from marketing professionals whose brief is to get more people through the door of their institution.

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Richard Ferguson
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Richard Ferguson is a Melbourne based writer, passionate about the written word, film and music.