By attending the roadshow, they may well dig your file out, but if you don't meet the requirements they ask for, they will put it straight back. And it's no secret that they have a lot of files and no way of knowing who is available etc., and they need people to point to individuals who are - or a roadshow. I suspect this is somewhat compounded be the inability of anyone to get hold of recruitement staff by any means.
What I don't understand is for a company so mindfull of costs, for what it costs to run a roadshow, why don't they employ someone with the know how to go through their database and:
1. Filter out duplicates and those now employed @ EJ
2. Send an Email to those meeting the requirements
I bet they would get enough of a response to save on the roadshows for a while!
Just my 2d's worth.
Splat