Office hours & closed dates
March 16, 2020: In accordance with the Virginia Tech COVID-19 information for the university community: Effective Tues. March 17, 2020, Career and Professional Development services are by phone, email, Zoom, and our website. Our physical building is not open, but our services are not closed. Our staff continue to work remotely, and you may contact us.
Service open days and hours | closed dates:
- Normal business days and hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
- CPD services are closed when the university is closed.
- Planned university closings are listed below.
- Unplanned university closings are announced on University Status.
- We have occasional additional closings of our office listed below.
Advising hours:
- Drop-in advising hours and details.
- Appointments and how to schedule.
- Practice interview appointments.
- For faculty referring groups of students: please see our faculty resources with details on referring classes or groups to Career and Professional Development.
Planned closings
University and CPD closings: Academic year 2019-2020
Some university closings are noted on Virginia Tech academic calendars.
Also see:
VT holidays & closing schedule on Human Resources website
Virginia Tech guidelines on holidays
- Monday, September 2, 2019: university closed, Labor Day.
- Wednesday, November 27, 2019: university closes at noon, Thanksgiving.
- Thursday and Friday, November 28-29, 2019: university closed, Thanksgiving.
- Friday, December 13, 2019: CPD office closed noon-2:00 pm.
- Tuesday, December 24, 2019, through Wednesday, January 1, 2020: university winter closing.
- Monday, January 17, 2020: university closed, Martin Luther King holiday.
- Tuesday, March 17, 2020: office services are open by phone, email, and Zoom; physical building is closed in accordance with Virginia Tech COVID-19 information for the university community.
- Monday, May 25, 2020: university closed, Memorial Day.
- Friday, June 19, 2020: university closed in observance of Juneteenth.
- Friday, July 3, 2020: university closed, observance of July 4, Independence Day.
- Additional university and CPD closings TBA.
University closings are announced on the university home page and campus news.
If the university closes for all or any portion of a day [for weather or any other reason], Career and Professional Development must also close at the same times. Any events and services sponsored by our office that were scheduled to occur when the university closes are also cancelled.
If university is closed: While our staff would very much like to accommodate On-Campus Interviewing employers who have already traveled to Blacksburg prior to an emergency or weather-related closing, for safety reasons for students, for our staff, and for our guests, we are not able to be open during any type of university closing.
If university has late opening: On-Campus Interviewing will open when the university opens.
Employers or students with scheduled interviews: contact employer relations staff in advance if you have questions or anticipate travel problems due to weather.
Any announcements related to the career fairs that are sponsored by Career and Professional Development will be noted on the page for that fair. Please see Career and Professional Development fairs.
Many fairs held at Virginia Tech are not sponsored by Career and Professional Development, and we have no control over those fairs. For possible cancellations or rescheduling, consult the event website, the sponsoring organization, and the contact person for the specific event. The career fairs list has links to each event website where the sponsor should provide contact information.