HeyHire Job Fairs
Don't show up hoping
people come.
Show up staffed.
Opening a new location? Need to hire 10–30 people fast? Running a hiring event next month? HeyHire deploys a full community marketing campaign into your neighborhood so 30+ qualified candidates are pre-registered before your doors open.
Walk into your job fair with interviews already lined up.
No flyers · No job boards · Candidates scheduled before you open the doors
Recent HeyHire job fairs
18
Hires in a single day
Austin Sports Club opening
50%+
Pre-registered before the event
across all HeyHire fairs
3×
More show-ups
vs. traditional job fairs
“Walked into our job fair with 40+ pre-registered candidates. We hired 18 staff in a single day. No job boards, no flyers.”
Event Director
Austin Sports Club · Austin, TX
“Half the room had already applied before we opened. Conversations started at a completely different level: they knew us, they wanted to be there.”
Operations Manager
Little Woodrows · Austin, TX
The problem with traditional job fairs
Most job fairs are crowded,
but not with the right people.
You rent the space, print the flyers, staff the booth, and spend the day talking to random walk-ins who don't know your brand, aren't local, and split their attention across every other table in the room. The candidates you actually wanted never came.
- Random walk-ins, no idea who you are
- Attention split across every booth in the room
- Zero pre-screening before they arrive
- Hours spent talking to unqualified candidates
- Best candidates never showed up at all
- No pipeline once the event ends
- Branded page: candidates know exactly who you are
- Pre-applied, pre-screened before day one
- Full community marketing drives your specific event
- SMS reminders mean dramatically higher show-up rates
- Candidates came for you, not to browse booths
- Pipeline stays warm for weeks after the event
The difference: A HeyHire job fair is a structured hiring day with a pre-built list of people who already applied, already know your brand, and are already planning to be there. You're not hoping for foot traffic: you're running interviews.
Why HeyHire applicants are different
They're not just attending a job fair.
They're coming to work for you.
When someone pre-applies through your HeyHire page, they didn't stumble on a flyer. They saw your business, your brand, your open roles, and chose to apply before they ever walked in.
“I saw there was a job fair nearby. Figured I'd check it out.”
- No idea who they're applying to until they arrive
- Splitting time across every table in the room
- No commitment, easy to skip, easy to no-show
“I applied to Little Woodrows specifically. I know the place, I want to work there.”
- Saw your brand and chose you before showing up
- Applied to your specific role and shift requirements
- Committed: pre-applied, SMS-confirmed, ready to interview
Pre-applied = pre-committed.
Someone who applies before the event has done more than fill out a form. They've signaled intent. They know who you are. They're showing up with a reason, not just because they walked past a sign.
Know your business
Saw your brand before they ever applied
Already screened
HeyHire qualifies them before they arrive
Locally motivated
Nearby: they want a neighborhood job
The community marketing engine
We don't wait for applicants.
We go get them.
We don't just build you a page and wish you luck. We deploy a full outreach operation into the neighborhoods your candidates actually live in, before your event even starts.
Geo-fenced SMS blasts
Direct texts to candidates in your zip codes. Not a national blast: your neighborhood, your event, your roles.
Local Facebook & Reddit groups
Real posts in community groups where local job seekers hang out. Organic, neighborhood-level reach, not just paid ads.
HeyHire talent network alert
Instant SMS to every matched candidate already in our network. They hear about your fair before it's even public.
Social-ready share assets
Auto-generated posts for Instagram, Facebook, and X. One click to share, instantly extends your reach.
HeyHire local job map pin
Your event is pinned on HeyHire's interactive map, visible to every job seeker browsing roles in your area.
QR poster + site embed
Print the QR for your windows, receipts, and counters. Drop the widget on your website. Every surface becomes a sign-up.
The result: a full room before you open the doors.
By the time your event day arrives, the work is already done. Your list is built. Your applicants are reminded. Your best candidates pre-applied days ago. You just show up and interview.
How it works
Announcement to hired
in one week or less.
Five steps. HeyHire handles four of them.
Step 1
You tell us the date, roles, and shifts
Tell us when your event is, how many roles you need to fill, and what shifts you're hiring for. That's all we need to get started.
Setup takes under an hour.
Step 2
We build your branded event page
Your logo, your roles, your session times, live on a dedicated HeyHire job fair page with a countdown timer to the next slot.
Step 3
We blast your community
Geo-fenced SMS, local Facebook and Reddit groups, HeyHire talent network alerts, social share assets, all deployed into your neighborhood to drive early sign-ups.
Qualified candidates start pre-applying within hours.
Step 4
Candidates pre-apply and get screened
Job seekers see your event, see your brand, and apply through HeyHire, screened for experience, availability, and proximity. Automated SMS reminders drive show-up rates way up.
They arrive knowing who you are and what they're applying for.
Step 5
You interview. We keep the pipeline warm.
Walk-ins are welcome too. Every applicant, whether they attended or not, stays in your HeyHire pipeline. Most operators keep hiring from the list for weeks after the event.
Your bench keeps building after the doors close.
See a live HeyHire job fair page
Austin Sports Club: branded page, live countdown, multiple session slots, pre-apply flow.
What you actually get
Three questions operators ask.
Three direct answers.
Will I be staffed?
Most HeyHire job fairs fill all open roles on the day of the event. The ones that don't hire everything on the day keep hiring from the pipeline for 1–2 weeks after. You will not leave empty-handed.
Will people actually show up?
Pre-applicants are SMS-confirmed before the event. Show-up rates are 3× higher than traditional job fairs because candidates applied to you specifically: they had a reason to be there, not just a flyer they passed on the street.
Are they qualified?
Every pre-applicant is screened by HeyHire for role fit, availability, and proximity before they arrive. You're not sorting through walk-ins: you're interviewing a curated list.
Real results
What operators say
after their first HeyHire fair.
“18 hires in a single day. Applicants came in knowing our brand, knowing the role. It felt like a hiring day, not a job fair.”
Event Director
Austin Sports Club · Austin, TX
“Half the room had pre-applied before we opened. Conversations started at a completely different level than anything we'd done before.”
Operations Manager
Little Woodrows · Austin, TX
“People who couldn't make it kept applying after. We were still hiring from that list two weeks after the event closed.”
GM
Multi-location restaurant group
Job fairs run across
RestaurantsBars & NightlifeFitness & StudiosHotelsRetailMulti-location groupsOpening a new location?
Job fairs are one tool.
NSO Premium is the full sprint.
If you're launching a brand new location and need a complete FOH and BOH team assembled around a fixed opening date, HeyHire NSO Premium is a fully managed, done-for-you staffing operation: programmatic ads, AI screening, auto-scheduling, guerrilla sourcing, your team ready in 4–6 weeks.
A fully staffed team in 4–6 weeks.
We source, screen, and schedule. Your GM just shows up and interviews. 500+ new openings staffed in 2025.
Done-for-you
We handle everything: you just interview.
Outcome-based
A staffed team. Not just a list of applicants.
8% no-show rate
vs. 40% on traditional job boards.
Ready to run yours?
Show up staffed.
Not scrambling.
HeyHire runs your community marketing, drives pre-applications, and keeps your pipeline warm long after the event ends. Most operators fill every open role on day one.
Live in hours. No dev work required.
No commitment · Book a walkthrough · Candidates scheduled before you open the doors