IME, yes. Career fairs are reflective of general job market. As long as companies do see career fairs as a viable recruitment path they do participate, even if

IME, yes. Career fairs are reflective of general job market. As long as companies do see career fairs as a viable recruitment path they do participate, even if for the sole reason of poaching "the best". Companies do not really care (at least as first-order effect. Of course there are second-order considerations) whether the grey mass is sub-par or completely unemployable. On the other hand, as long as an institution is not notorious for producing unemployable graduates they also do not really care (again, as first order effect) whether the lowest rated classmates are merely slightly below average or "complete morons".