Oven Fresh Jobs Live Job Fair Recap

Oven Fresh Jobs Live Job Fair Recap: November 2025

Event Summary:  

On Wednesday, November 5, 2025, over 250 people attended the Oven Fresh Jobs Live Job Fair held by Cayuga Media Group. The one day (4 hour) hiring event was held at The Shops at Ithaca Mall from 9am to 1pm. 16 local companies participated in this excellent one-day event. These companies came from a variety of industries representing many job opportunities. These included medical, governmental, manufacturing, engineering, sales, teaching, and more.  

 

Components:  

  • Company participants received tables, chairs, tablecloths, electricity, trash bins, and name tags.  
  • All employers were included in the brochure, which was distributed to all attendees.  
  • The listing of every business participant was listed on OvenFreshJobs.com, as well as all 10 of Cayuga Media Group’s station websites.  
  • Over 1600 promotional ads on the 10 Cayuga Media Group radio stations promoting the event and attending employers.  
  • Event listed on the events page of 607NewsNow.com. 
  • Weekly ads in the Ithaca Times advertising the event. 
  • Social media posts on all 10 of Cayuga Media Group’s radio station Facebook pages.  
  • Covered in news broadcasts.  
  • Lawn signs and arrows around the desired parking lot for the event.  
  • The NY Department of Labor distributed the event information.  
  • Many prizes were awarded to attendees and employers.  

 

Candidate and Employer Feedback:  

  • “I was impressed with the turn out, and the level of the applicant’s credentials. One job seeker came to me with a psych background, which was a good fit for a current opening we had.”  – Employer 
  • “I am very pleased with the professionalism of the candidates today.” – Employer 
  • “I was driving my car and heard the ad. I literally stopped and turned around to be here.  My son is moving back to the area, and some of the companies here are exactly what he does now.” – Attendee 
  • “This job fair was perfect we already hired someone and there is over an hour left to meet more people!” – Cortland Crown Park  
  • “Thank you so much for doing this, this is really great.”  – Attendee 

 

Important:  

Don’t wait until our next live job fair to get fully staffed! You can get an effective radio and digital recruitment program implemented that will get your openings filled!  Call your CMG Account Executive today!  (607-257-6400) 

 

Next Job Fair:  

  • TBD in February of 2026 
  • Please see your CMG Account Executive to sign up. 
  • First rights to renewal to previous clients. 
  • Also- keep in mind our local RADIO is the preferred driver for “already employed” candidates that can be persuaded to switch jobs. 
  • We continue to offer the lowest CPH (Cost per Hire) in all forms of outreach. 
  • Use radio NOW to image your company and get new hires!