Expand Your Hiring Pool at GFF24 – Seattle

This fall, students from 30+ MCAA student chapters who are interested in a career in mechanical contracting will be looking for the perfect employment match for their summer 2025 plans. Be sure to be in the room for the most untraditional job fair around and meet students who are interested in getting out of their own backyard and exploring new parts of the country for an internship or their first position post-graduation.

We’ve done away with stationery and stiff booths and instead offer a relaxed and casual breakfast that puts the focus on making impactful connections.  Identifiers will be distributed to signify if you’re offering an internship (yellow beads), full-time job (green beads), or if you’re just there for the bacon breakfast (purple beads).  Employers are encouraged to wear a company shirt and likewise students will all be wearing matching gray GFF shirts to easily stand out.

GFF Job Fair 101 for Employers
Example: Looking to Hire an Intern

1. Wear a company shirt to signify you’re an employer.
2. Attend the Job Fair Prep for Employers Session (15 minutes of best practices).
3. Check in at the Employer Desk to add your company to the Digital Employer Board.
4. Grab YELLOW beads.
5. Mingle around the room and look for someone in a matching gray shirt wearing yellow beads…. Congrats – you’ve found a potential employee!
6. Say hello, use the tips from the Prep Session, and start your conversation.
7. Trade information via provided digital business card to continue your conversation the week following GFF24.
   Optional: Head over to the Interview Breakout Room for a quiet place for a quick on-site interview.
8. Enjoy the bacon themed breakfast and meet additional students. 

New for 2024: Pop-up corners will be utilized during designated windows of time to call out specific items of interest such as geographic location or specialized career paths. 

Please do not bring trinkets, handouts, or backdrops. Everyone will be moving around the room throughout the event.

GreatFutures Forum Registration – Closes August 30^th!
September 26 – 28, 2024 | The Westin Seattle

Registration is complimentary for MCAA contractor members for the duration of this three-day conference, including the job fair, meals and all offsite activities. 

GFF24 Program Highlights

Thursday, September 26^th

• GFF Alumni Breakfast
• Welcome from MCAA President, Rick Gopffarth
• Moving the Needle Panel
• Mastering the Swing of Social Etiquette
• Topgolf and Dinner

Friday, September 27^th

• Job Fair Prep for Employers
• Job Fair Breakfast
• Innovation – An Intertwined Future Keynote with Tanmay Bakshi
• MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions Tour
• Dinner at the Seattle Aquarium

Saturday, September 28^th

• The Mechanical Puzzle
• Building Your Chapter Roundtables
• Trivia Answers & Prizes