I went to several job fairs over the course of two years. The last job fair I attended resulted in two interview invites within a couple weeks. I'd had particularly good conversations with the recruiters from both companies at the job fair. That experience made it pretty clear to me that job fair attendance could make a difference, but it really depends. I had internal recommendations for both and it is possible the invites were coming anyway.

I will say that I felt like each job fair was good preparation for my eventual interviews. Suiting up and selling myself was something I needed to practice, and I was much more comfortable with it by my interviews than I was before my first job fair. I also tended to run into old friends at the events, which was a nice bonus. Overall I consider it time and money well spent. YMMV.

So they're asking your bra size and waiving all the hours requirements on the applications now?

Don't get your hopes up, man boobs don't qualify. ;-)

AirlineApps interfaces and cross-references databases with Victoria's Secret as well as Bass Pro Shops.

Pretty clever, actually.

Well, the guys shop at Victoria's Sectet for their wives/girlfriends, so that method might not work so well.

Wonder if Roger Ailes might find a niche here, coordinating this.

Depends. You want to get hired at Spirit or Frontier? You'd be best off going to a job fair. Some carriers use job fairs as the first step in the interview process while others don't pull from them as much (i.e. American). That being said, it never hurts to network. The $500 you might spend on attending Women in Aviation might hurt your wallet though.

"Some carriers use job fairs as the first step in the interview process while others don't pull from them as much (i.e. American)."

My responses were from AA, UA, and DL newhires. The percentage of new hires that had gone to job fairs seemed similar regardless of the airline.