PBEO Job Fair

PBEO Job Fair:
The PBEO Job Fair™ will be held at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN, from December 6^th - 9^th, 2009.

It is recommended that your arrangements include arriving on Saturday, December 5^th and staying through the afternoon of Wednesday, December 9^th to be available for interviews.

Job Fair attendees are urged to bring an ample supply of résumés. Play-by-Play applicants should submit a demo tape or CD and résumé in an envelope (8.5" x 5.5"). Business attire is suggested.

Registration:
Online registration is now available. After October 23^rd, all registrations will be taken onsite (cash or credit card only) in Indianapolis.

Advance Registration Rates*:

Current Members: $125
Non-Members: $175

If you are a current member, your subscription must run through December , 9^th 2009 to register at the Current Member rate. If not, you must register at the Non-Member rate.

On-site registration counters will be open starting on Sunday, December 6^th, at 7:30 am at the Job Fair registration counter located near the 500 Ballroom in the Indiana Convention Center. Registration counters will also be open on Monday and Tuesday, December 7^th and 8^th, from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. The PBEO Job Fair office will be located in room 111.

If you register in advance* you will receive your registration package prior to the event and there will be no need for you to go to the registration counter. Your name badge must be worn at all times to gain entrance into the Job Posting Room and Baseball Trade Show™.

* On-site registration will increase $50 for both members, to $200, and non-members, to $250. The first 400 registered attendees will receive a PBEO gift item.

Registration Refund Policy:
A refund of Job Fair registration fees will be made upon written request only if the request is received on or before October 30^th, 2009. No refunds will be issued for registration cancellations after this date. Non-Member registration ($200) includes a one-year membership to PBEO.com, a $50 value. PBEO membership fees are non-refundable. Job Fair registration forms received after October 23^rd, 2009, as well as on-site registration, will be an additional $50 per attendee. The first 400 registered attendees will receive a PBEO gift item.

Job Fair Process:
The process at the Job Fair may seem like a complicated mess, but trust us, it is a simple one to learn once you read through the steps and then go through them onsite.

Getting Started and Finding a Job

Register: Either in advance or onsite in Indianapolis.
Make sure you are wearing your credentials (name badge) at all times.
Make sure to attend the Orientation Session at the Business of Baseball Workshop.
Visit the Job Posting Room. Jobs which are posted in advance will be numbered and posted according to category. Jobs posted after 8:00 am on Monday, December 7th will be posted by day (Ex: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) for easier tracking.
Find jobs that you are interested in and make note of the following:
- Job number
- Job title
- Your telephone number while in town for the event
Use the PBEO Workroom to transfer the above information onto your résumé in the upper right corner of the FRONT of your résumé, using one résumé per position.
When your résumés are prepared, please deposit the them into the appropriate résumé Drop Box (by job number) on the table located outside the PBEO Office.
Your résumés will be placed in the appropriate organization's box in the office as soon as possible for club reps to pick up. Without accurate information noted above, the staff cannot be certain to direct your résumé to the intended destination. Clubs will periodically collect and review the résumés.
Keep checking the Job Posting Room as new jobs will be posted throughout the Job Fair.
Prepare for the interview process.

The Interview Process
Once clubs have made a decision, they will give our staff an Interview Schedule which will be posted according to job number every hour starting at 9:30 am on Monday through 2:00 pm on Wednesday in the Interview Schedule room. If your name is listed on the Interview Schedule form, you will write your name next to the time slot during which you would like to be interviewed. The form will have the table number or location where the interview will be conducted.

Help
Make sure to attend the Orientation Session being held on Sunday, December 6^th, during the Business of Baseball Workshop, where the entire process will be explained in greater detail. The workshop plenty of opportunity for questions and answers so make sure you are there and make the most of it.

There will be plenty of Job Fair staff onsite during the event. Please feel free to ask any of them for assistance.

PBEO Databank Service:
PBEO was created in 1994 to continue Minor League Baseball's efforts of providing a year-round placement service for its members. In 2003, www.PBEO.com was created so teams could search and review profiles of qualified registrants in the PBEO databank 24 hours a day. The team can contact registrants whom they are interested in for an interview. Registered PBEO applicants are placed in the databank according to their areas of interest, geographical preference and date of availability. An annual membership for the PBEO databank is $50. Membership also includes the monthly PBEO eNews with current job openings, as well as information and discounts on upcoming events. For more information, visit: www.pbeo.com.

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