More Career Fairs
VT-affiliated fairs
In 2019-2020, over 25 VT-affiliated career fairs, with over 15 unique sponsors. Details, contacts on each fair's website!
Teaching & education fairs
Students seeking teaching and school system jobs should explore teaching and education fairs.
Virtual fairs
Reality: Not all employers can travel to campus! Expand your world with virtual fairs for career fields, populations, locations.
Fall semester fairs list & spring semester fairs list are compiled by Career and Professional Development (CPD) to help students and employers. Note: CPD does NOT sponsor or control most of these fairs! See each event website for details.
Fall semester career fairs
- For questions about a specific fair, see its website and contact the sponsor. Details are under control of sponsor and are subject to change.
- CPD has no control over fairs sponsored by other departments, colleges, or students orgs.
- Employers needing advice on which fairs to attend, please contact CPD Employer Relations Staff.
Welcome Week: Campus Jobs Fair
Sponsor: New Student and Family Programs
Friday, August 23, 2019
REAL Fall Career Fair
Sponsor / contact: Real Estate Program at Virginia Tech
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Business Horizons Fall Career Fair
(link is on the Pamplin College Career Services page).
Sponsor / contact: Pamplin College of Business.
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Engineering Expo
Sponsor is a student organization: Student Engineers Council.
Faculty advisor: Dr. Bev Watford.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, September 10-12, 2019
Careers in Science
Sponsor / contact: Career & Professional Development.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
CareerScope Hospitality & Tourism Mgt Career Fair
Sponsor / contact: Hospitality and Tourism Management Dept.
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Natural Resources & Environment Career Fair
Sponsor / contact: College of Natural Resources & Environment.
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Aerospace, Defense, and Intelligence Career Fair
Sponsors / contact: Aerospace & Ocean Engr. Dept., and Hume Center.
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Construction Internship and Career Fall Fair
Sponsor / contact: Myers-Lawson School of Construction.
September 25-27, 2019
Mining and Minerals Career Fair
Sponsor / contact: Mining & Minerals Engineering Dept.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
RVA Fall Career Expo
Sponsor / contact: Richmond Alumni Association Chapter.
Friday, October 4, 2019. VT fall break date; no classes.
Multimedia Journalism Career & Internship Fair
Sponsor / contact: Dept. of Communication.
Friday, October 18, 2019
Civil Engineering Fall Career Fair
Sponsor / contact: Civil Engineering Dept.
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Spring semester career fairs
- For questions about a specific fair, see its website and contact the sponsor. Details are under control of sponsor and are subject to change.
- CPD has no control over fairs sponsored by other departments, colleges, or students orgs.
- Employers needing advice on which fairs to attend, please contact CPD Employer Relations Staff.
REAL Spring Career Fair
Sponsor / contact: Real Estate Program at Virginia Tech
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Business Horizons Spring Career Fair
(link is on the Pamplin College Career Services page).
Sponsor / contact: Pamplin College of Business.
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Construction Internship and Career Spring Fair
Sponsor / contact: Myers-Lawson School of Construction.
2020 date TBA. Last year: Monday, February 11, 2019
Connection: All-careers fair
Sponsor / contact: Career & Professional Development.
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Destinations in Hospitality & Tourism Management
Sponsor / contact: Hospitality & Tourism Mgt. Dept.
2020 date TBA. Last year: Thursday, February 21, 2019
School of Architecture + Design Career Day
Sponsor / contact: School of Architecture + Design.
Monday, February 24, 2020
CAMEO Career Fest
Sponsor is a student organization, CAMEO (Council for Advancement of Minority Engineering Organizations).
Faculty advisor: Dr. Bev Watford.
February 24-25, 2020
Civil Engineering Spring Career Fair
Sponsor / contact: Civil Engineering Dept.
2020 date TBA. Last year: Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Materials Science & Engineering Career Fair
Sponsor / contact: Materials Science & Engr. Dept.
Monday, March 2, 2020
National Capital Region Job Fair
Sponsor / contact: NCR Alumni Association Chapter.
2020 date TBA. Last year: Monday, March 11, 2019. During VT spring break.
RVA Spring Career Expo
If their website is down, see Virginia Tech Alumni Relations Richmond Chapter information.
Sponsor / contact: Richmond Alumni Association Chapter.
2020 date TBA. Last year: Friday, March 15, 2019. During VT spring break.
Property Management Career Fair (scroll down to "announcement")
Sponsor / contact: Property Management Dept.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
SEC-ACC Virtual Career Fair: All majors & academic levels
Sponsor: CareerEco. Career & Professional Development serves as the Virginia Tech contact for this event.
2020 date TBA. Last year: Tuesday & Wednesday, April 2-3, 2019
Teaching & education job fairs
2019-2020 academic year dates.
These are fairs on college campuses, or are multi-school system fairs. To learn about opportunities in specific counties or cities, visit that county or city school system website.
Listed alphabetically by sponsor. Details subject to change by sponsor; for complete info and questions: Visit event website and contact the sponsor.
- American Association for Employment in Education (AAEE) Education Job Fair
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Norfolk, VA - George Mason Univ. Education Recruitment Day
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
- Radford Univ. Education Career Fair
Friday, February 21, 2020 - Shenandoah Valley Teacher Recruitment Fair
Saturday, February 15, 2020 - Southern Teachers Agency Job Fair
Saturday, March 28, 2020, Charlottesville, VA - Univ. of Virginia Educators' Expo
Friday, February 14, 2020 - Virginia State Univ. College of Education Career Expo
Thursday, March 19, 2020 - Western Virginia Public Education Consortium Teacher Recruitment Job Fair, Salem
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Virtual career fairs
The virtual fairs focus on particular career fields or populations.
Many employers have excellent opportunities, but cannot travel to every campus to attend in-person fairs. Virtual fairs open a world of opportunity to students to connect with more employers. Take advantage!
Sponsor/contact for questions, CareerEco.
See the CareerEco Virtual fairs list for all details; which includes fairs for:
- Internship and Co-op
- Finance
- Orthotics and prosthetics
- Bank talent
- Retail careers
- Public school system
- Higher education careers
- Diversity and inclusion
- Veterans
- Students with disabilities
- College athletes
- International students
- Retail careers
- ...and many more
Contacts for employers with questions about a fair
- Each fair name in the VT fairs list above is linked to its website, and the sponsoring organization is listed. Go to the event website to find complete details and contact information.
- Career and Professional Development has no control or authority over fairs that are sponsored by another department, or college, or student organization.
Which VT fairs should employers attend?
- Employers are encouraged to visit the websites of all fairs of interest, and to speak with the sponsors of those fairs.
- If you need advice about which VT fair(s) to attend, the employer relations staff in Career & Professional Development are here to advise and assist you. We know your time is valuable, and that you incur expenses to travel to campus. There are many VT-affiliated fairs, and deciding which ones to attend can be confusing. We want to assist you in selecting events that will work best for your recruiting goals!
Which VT fairs should students attend? There is no short-cut answer!
- At each fair, a wide variety of employers may attend, and each employer specifies their own hiring needs for majors, academic levels, and types of hires including internships, co-ops, and post-grad jobs.
- Some employers seek very specific majors, and some employers seek a wide variety of majors, both in and outside the sponsoring college or department.
- The employment world is not organized like universities, by majors and colleges, and many employers seek professional qualities and personal characteristics that are not exclusive to a specific major.
- Investigate the website for each fair to learn which employers are attending, their hiring needs, and other tips, such as attire, when to arrive, and other features of that particular fair.
- Be aware that the specific individuals representing an employer at a fair might not know about all the hiring needs of the whole organization, especially if the reps are not from their HR department!
- The best way to have success at a fair is to do two things:
- First, plan in advance which employers to approach based on your research, and have a customized introduction (Example: I’m interested in your organization because of the opportunity to work in a project team….” Never ask, “what does your company do?”).
- Second, arrive with willingness to be flexible and adaptable in speaking with employers. Be ready for the unexpected, and be personable, friendly, and a good listener.
- Unsure if you are ready to attend a fair? Then be a volunteer. That gives you a reason and purpose to be there, and structure on how to interact (helping employers carry supplies, delivering water, etc.). That will help you see the event from a different viewpoint, and demystify the event, helping you when you are ready to go as a job-seeker. To find out about volunteering, look at each fair website, and/or contact the sponsor, and watch for publicity seeking volunteers.
- More on how to prepare for a career fair.