# How to win at career fairs

DevFeed: [How to win at career fairs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-win-at-career-fairs-15683.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/how-to-win-at-career-fairs>)

Author: Square Engineering

Published: 2013-10-07T16:04:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Query (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/query.md>), [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>)

Tags: [advice](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/advice.md>), [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [interview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interview.md>), [job](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/job.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [recruiting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recruiting.md>)

## AI overview

A recruiter shares practical advice for programming students attending career fairs, including building and releasing projects, maintaining a substantive GitHub profile, keeping résumés concise, and speaking clearly during brief conversations.

## Source excerpt

The themes that stand out after meeting and reviewing résumés from hundreds of students.