A virtual career fair is a type of recruitment event that connects employers and job candidates through an online platform. Virtual career fairs have many of the same recruitment advantages as in-person career fairs, such as the ability to host booths for multiple companies or recruiters in one centralized place. Even though virtual career fairs take place in an online environment, that doesn’t mean they need to be impersonal. In fact, one of the most common goals of a virtual career fair is to facilitate one-on-one conversations between recruiters and candidates. 

The key difference between in-person and virtual career fairs is that instead of walking around booths and talking face-to-face, recruiters and candidates in virtual career fairs rely on alternate forms of communication such as text chats, video, or audio calls.