The Gwinnett Business Expo and Job Fair

Thursday, August 18th, 2011
The Gwinnett Civic and Cultural Center

The Business in Gwinnett Expo and Job Fair, sponsored by the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, is slated for Thursday, August 18th. The day-long event includes a trade show featuring local businesses, a job fair, with over 100 companies actively recruiting for positions, business building seminars, and the Chamber's monthly Business After Hours.

The event runs from Noon until 7:00 PM, and admission is free. Event highlights include:

General Membership Meeting

11:30 AM at Gwinnett Center. This month's speaker is Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens. $45 in advance, or $55 at the door.

Trade Show

Beginning at Noon, local businesses provide product and service demonstrations. The business showcase is divided into sections, including technology, health care, hospitality, general business, and more.

Job Fair

Over 100 local companies will be recruiting and interviewing for all types of positions, from entry level to upper management. To avoid long lines, attendees for the job fair should pre-register.

Seminars

Learn proven business strategies at one of the many seminars scheduled throughout the afternoon.

Seminars include:

Using Questions to Close More Business 
1:15 - 2:10 p.m. Room 4A
People make buying decisions with their emotions and then use logic to justify their decision.  Do you understand the emotional reasons your prospects buy your product or service?  If not, you have failed to differentiate yourself from the competition and you will be continually negotiating on price.  Join Kevin Hanville of The Quadrant Group and learn how to understand the real reasons your prospects buy, learn how to close more deals, negotiate less and have happier customers.

Presentation Strategies and Tactics With Tremendous Impact 
2:30 - 3:20 p.m. Room 4B
Join Al Simon of Sandler Training to hear how to be memorable when making presentations to valuable prospects.  Hear how to grab your audience's attention, make an impression that causes people to want to talk to you one-on-one, take the first step toward being recognized as a subject-matter expert, build yourself into "Trusted Advisor" status and how to use audio/visual aids effectively.

Finding a Good Job Today!  
2:30 - 3:20 p.m. Room 4A
With so many people in the labor market and employers skeptic about bringing on new employees, competition has never been as high as it is now in competing for good paying jobs.  Attend this session if you want to learn how to get hired quickly!  Larry Jemison of The Jenison Group, LLC will equip attendees with the tools they need to write an award winning resume, turn an interview into a job offer letter, ask direct questions you may have in an interview and best of all...how to get a job fast! 

Business After Hours

At the end of the day, join over 400 Gwinnett area business leaders for Business After Hours, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM.

For information contact Melissa Britt at (678) 957-4958 or Melissa@gwinnettchamber.org.