Going to a job fair? This is what you should expect to get out of it.

Hire Our Heroes founder Dan Caporale says it’s unrealistic to expect to walk into a job fair, hand out your resume and get a call back with a job offer the next day — or even at all. But so many people do, and then end up crushed when the job search takes more time than they expected.

Caporale recently sat down with Rebootcamp to offer his tips on managing expectations while looking for a job and what you should do the next time you go to a job fair.

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