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Match & Career Events FAQ

Finding answers to your questions

Can I get a refund?

No. Once you register and pay for your participation in the event we will not give you a refund. If we cancel the event, we will give you the option to choose another event in the future.

How many participants attended a pepelwerk hosted event?

Every event is different, and each event has a capacity limit. You will know how many participants to expect on the events page. After you register for an event, you will receive updates on participation as we get closer to the event date.

How much does it cost to attend a pepelwerk career event?

The cost to attend or participate in any event hosted by pepelwerk is different for each attendee. If you are customers with annual memberships or services plans some events are no cost to you or at a discounted rate. Please visit the registration page for each event to get more details.

What is the benefit?

  • The goal for our attendees is to help them make informed decisions about what jobs are in-demand and get all of the resources to get the goal job.
  • The goal of these events is for our sponsors to increase awareness of the in-demand jobs and what their companies have to offer the people that choose to work for them.

What to expect during the event?

These are virtual events and each event last 3 hours. Attendees come and go based their personalized agendas.

The event experiences are highly customized for every attendee. These events have a combination of open sessions, small group sessions and one-on-one conversations.

People attending will get info sessions about in-demand careers and industries they are interested in.

You will have the opportunity to meet Educators that are teaching the skills for the job and learn about their teaching style.

You will get the opportunity to get career coaching, hear from specialist in the industry and get valuable information about how to achieve earning, learning, connecting and working (aka) career goals.

The events are sponsored by different companies every week and vendors and attendees are chosen based on the area of interest.

What’s the difference between a career fair and a pepelwerk match event?

A career fair, also known as a job fair, is a gathering of buyers and sellers at a particular place and time for companies that want to offer work to meet people looking for a job that has a specific duty, role, or function.  

Webster Job Fair  

A job fair, also commonly referred to as a job expo or career fair or career expo, is an event in which employers, recruiters, and schools give information to potential employees. Job seekers attend job fairs to speak face-to-face with potential employers, fill out résumés, and ask questions about the various positions available. In addition to in-person events, online job fairs give job seekers a virtual way to get in contact with possible employers. 

Job fair – Wikipedia 

Job fairs and career fairs are best used for awareness, marketing and introductions. They are not the best if your goal is to get or gain employment. There are not statistics available related to how many people actually get jobs from job fairs or career fairs because the outcome is rarely measured. If they are measure the statistics of the event or more aligned with a marketing event. The measure of good job fair for most organizations is how many people attended.  

A pepelwerk match event happens on specific dates and are a series of pre-arranged interviews. The goal of our events is to get people jobs. We measure our events by how effective and efficient the experience was.  

A pepelwerk match event can be hosted by an organization, or an organization can participate in a pepelwerk hosted event.  

We organize both in-person and virtual events.  

People looking for their goal job must complete a profile in the app in order to get invited to match event.  

To learn more about pepelwerk events go here.  

What’s the difference between a career fair and a pepelwerk match event?

A career fair, also known as a job fair, is a gathering of buyers and sellers at a particular place and time for companies that want to offer work to meet people looking for a job that has a specific duty, role, or function.  

Webster Job Fair  

A  job fair , also commonly referred to as a  job expo  or  career fair  or  career expo , is an event in which employers, recruiters, and schools give information to potential employees. Job seekers attend job fairs to speak face-to-face with potential employers, fill out  resumes , and ask questions about the various positions available. In addition to in-person events,  online job fairs  give job seekers a virtual way to get in contact with possible employers. 

Job fair – Wikipedia 

Job fairs and career fairs are best used for awareness, marketing and introductions. They are not the best if your goal is to get or gain employment. There are not statistics available related to how many people actually get jobs from job fairs or career fairs because the outcome is rarely measured. If they are measure the statistics of the event or more aligned with a marketing event. The measure of good job fair for most organizations is how many people attended.  

A pepelwerk match event happens on specific dates and are a series of pre-arranged interviews. The goal of our events is to get people jobs. We measure our events by how effective and efficient the experience was.  

A pepelwerk match event can be hosted by an organization, or an organization can participate in a pepelwerk hosted event.  

We organize both in-person and virtual events.  

People looking for their goal job must complete a profile in the app in order to get invited to match event.  

To learn more about pepelwerk events go here.  

When and where?

We have multiple events scheduled throughout the year. The majority of our events are virtual.

Who attends a pepelwerk career event?
Who should attend?

People attend this event to explore careers, match with learn-on-the job paid and unpaid work opportunities and prepare for their future. We have events for people who are 15-18 years of age and 18-26.

Why should you attend?

To explore in-demand jobs so you can make a plan to reach your work-life goals. You can register to attend any event to explore and participate in any activity. However, if you are member of our Talent community, we will pre-plan your job matches, networking connections, learning opportunities to close skills gap and prepare you for landing that goal job with advice from career coaches and mentors.

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