This video is from the good people at the Career Center of University of California, Irvine about job fairs (in case you missed my last life-changing post, check it out for more career fair tips). They interviewed recruiters to see what they would tell students approaching their tables.There's common-sense advice in here if you have a career fair in your future.

I thought today would be a good time to get back to our roots at the ThinkTalk Career Blog, which means a lot of good, old-fashioned career advice. Read and learn, my friends.

The Good Old Fashioned Links:

Allison's Job Searching Blog Warns You Should Know Where Your Interview Pants Are: You have the perfect resume, the perfect answer to the dreaded Strengths and Weaknesses Question, and the perfect interview handshake. But if you can't find your suit, you could be out of luck. "Don't wait to be sure that all your interview attire is in order. The college student who (good thinking) decided to get his clothes ready for a career fair at the end of the week got an unpleasant surprise yesterday. He couldn't find his one and only good suit. It wasn't in his dorm. It wasn't at home. It wasn't anywhere." No fun- plan ahead.

BullsEyeResumes Says to Read Beyond the Job Titles: Think there aren't any jobs out there for you? You may not be reading the job descriptions closely enough. "Many people get attached to their job titles and their current job descriptions, they may actually be overlooking the actual day-to-day assignments involved in a particular job... Online job boards today, do a pretty incredible job of making it easy for people to find job opportunities just by using keywords. However, job seekers should keep in mind though that although keywords can help us really narrow the scope quickly, reading the job descriptions carefully is still a good idea. As we read the job description, think about the skills, behaviors and experiences that are transferable from one industry to the next and one job to the next."

Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters Interviews Job Search Strategist: Laura Labovich's job is to find other people jobs. She did a Q&A session to share some of her "secrets" for making resumes that HR professionals will notice. She says one characteristic of an attention-grabbing resume is "relevant keywords found by analyzing a job posting and sprinkling them throughout the resume (I distinctly remember a hiring manager counting the number of times an applicant listed java and c++ in his resume)."

Lindsey Pollak Helps You Inventory All Your Professional Experience: When writing your resume, cover letter or even LinkedIn profile, it's important that you take inventory of all your relevant experiences to showcase for employers. Lindsey says you probably have more than you think you do- jobs and internships aren't the only things you can put on your resume. In this first post of a series, she breaks down your education to point out all the relevant skills you could use. "How far back should you go in your analysis? As a general rule, resume-relevant experience goes back four years for students and recent grads."