Workforce Development Video Series

Highlighting the diverse career opportunities in the exhibitions and events industry — and built for you to use.

If you’re participating in a career fair, speaking to students, or introducing someone to our industry for the first time, these videos are a great way to showcase the wide range of roles, pathways, and possibilities that exist in our world. They’re designed to help you spark interest, start conversations, and make our industry more visible to the next generation.

What is a Trade Show?

Trade shows are where industries come together to do business, launch ideas, and shape the future—and behind every moment is a skilled workforce of builders, designers, technicians, producers, and problem‑solvers who make the show happen before the doors ever open.

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The Impact of Trade Shows

Did you know that behind every industry, there's a trade show for that? New products for your pets? Trade show. Medical research? Trade show. Pizza, coffee, musical instruments? You guessed it, there's a trade show for that. So, what exactly does a job in trade shows look like?

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Venues and Career Opportunities in Trade Shows

Whether you call this the events industry, the trade show industry, or even the exhibition industry, one thing is for certain. It all starts with a venue. Convention centers, arenas, exhibition halls, conference hotels. These aren't just buildings. They're dynamic spaces where connections happen, relationships are built, and business gets done.

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To view career opportunities with EDPA member companies click on the map below.

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2024 Engagements:

February 14th - Harvest Christian Academy, IL (Midwest)
March 14th – Williamson College for the Trades (Northeast)
March 16th – NYC School Counselors Career Fair United Federation of Teachers Manhattan (Northeast)
April 12th – Blue Hills Vocational Technical High School Canton, MA (Northeast)
May 3rd - Gilbreath-Reed Career and Technical Center, Garland, TX (Texas)
May 3rd - Auburn University “Kaleidoscope Design Show” Auburn, AL (Southeast)
May 24th – MacArthur High School Career Fair Irving, TX (Texas)
June 25th – 27th – Skills USA GWCC, Atlanta, GA (Southeast)
July 13th – 16th – ASCA, Kansas City, MO (National)
August 10th – Vet Fest, Fowlerville, MI (Great Lakes)
September 19th – Santa Fe Station Casino Career Fair (Las Vegas)
October 22nd – High Point University Fall Career Fest Highpoint, NC (Southeast)
October 24th –Metropolitan State University of Denver Career Fair (Northwest)
Design Challenge Corinthian College
November 6th – Williamson College of the Trades (Northeast)
November 16th – The Latino Youth Leadership Conference (Southeast)

Our aim is to inspire students, faculty, instructors, and counselors to take a closer look at the largest industry that nobody knows about.

We are seeking high school, trade school and college level partnerships across the country, in hopes to improve awareness about our industry and the amazing variety of career opportunities available. This is an effort that we share with other like-minded associations and organizations within our industry, and we intend to collaborate, when possible, to improve and expand awareness.

The Future Workforce Initiative, driven by our volunteer members, has embraced the challenge to create new connections beyond our close industry circles, and inspire the next generation of talent to pursue their future within the Trade Show and Event industry.

Don’t know where to start – we’ve got you covered!
Download our Future Workforce Playbook

Download Future Workforce Look book

Have an engagement coming up? Let us provide you with the FREE tools you need for success! View our Lookbook to see what’s available, then reach out to Joe Guerro at Joe.Guerrero@4productions.com to reserve items for your upcoming engagements.

Downloadable Resources for FREE:

Salary Guide
Future Workforce Presentation Deck

Job Descriptions:

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