job fair

American  

[jahb fair] / ˈdʒɑb ˌfɛər /

noun

job fairs plural

1. an event at which one or more employers give information about their companies and the job opportunities available and accept applications from people looking for work.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• job-fair
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• job fairs
  plural

Example Sentences

At an October 2025 job fair hosted by the NAACP, Bross said that there were over 4,000 people who registered and 80% of them were Black women.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

Ubaid Khan, a junior computer-science major at Northeastern State University, arrived at a job fair on the Tahlequah campus earlier this month in a blue suit, ready to make a good impression.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

School administrators recruited Ashley — who grew up in the tiny town of Chester, 140 miles southwest — at a job fair at Chico State.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

“They invited me to come to a job fair, so I took all of my diplomas and went,” he said.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2023

Crumbs! but the chaps wot made this bloomin' tube did their job fair, didn't they?

From The Riddle of the Frozen Flame by De Maris, Walter