VT-affiliated and more career fairs

Fall semester 2021 VT career fairs

• SEE EACH EVENT WEBSITE FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, including contact information for questions.
• Details are under control of sponsor and are subject to change.
• CPD has no control over fairs (and their websites) sponsored by other departments, colleges, or students organizations.
• Employers who are new to attending a fair: PLEASE contact CPD Employer Relations staff for advising on which fair(s) might best meet your needs.

PAST spring semester 2021 VT career fairs

• SEE EACH EVENT WEBSITE FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, including contact information for questions.
• Details are under control of sponsor and are subject to change.
• CPD has no control over fairs (and their websites) sponsored by other departments, colleges, or students organizations.
• Employers needing advice on which fairs may best meet your needs, please contact CPD Employer Relations staff who are happy to advise you.

Teaching & education job fairs

2021-2022 academic year dates will be posted where known. Past dates shown in the meantime.

Listed alphabetically by sponsor.
Details subject to change by sponsor.
For complete info and questions: Visit event website and contact the sponsor.
To learn about opportunities in specific counties or cities, visit that county or city school system website.

• American Association for Employment in Education (AAEE)  Education Job Fair
  October 28, 2021
  
• George Mason Univ. Education Recruitment Day
  Last year: Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
• Radford Univ. Education Career Fair
  Last year: Friday, February 22-26, 2021.
• Southern Teachers Agency Job Fair
  Last year: February 5 and April 16, 2021
  
• Univ. of Virginia Educators' Expo
  Last year: Friday, February 19, 2021.
  
• Virginia State Univ. College of Education Career Expo
  Last year: Thursday, March 25, 2021.

Sponsor/contact for questions: CareerEco.

See the CareerEco Virtual fairs list for all specific fairs and details.

CareerEco hosts a wide variety of career fairs, including focus on populations and career fields. CareerEco is also the platform for some university-hosted career fairs. CareerEco virtual career fairs have included fairs for:

• Architecture and design
• Bank talent
• DVM
• STEM
• Engineering
• Students with disabilities
  
• Diversity and inclusion
• ...and more

Virtual career fairs on Jobfairsin.com.

For employers with questions about a specific fair

• There is a different contact for each fair. 
• Each fair in the VT fairs list above is linked to its website, and the sponsoring organization is listed. Visit 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. However, our employer relations staff in Career and Professional Development are happy to advise you in determining which fair(s) may best meet your recruiting needs.

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.
• For advice on which VT fair(s) may best serve your need, please contact our employer relations staff in Career and Professional Development. We are here to advise and assist you. We know your time is valuable, and that you incur expenses to participate in fairs. There are many VT-affiliated fairs, and choosing among them 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 participate, 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 participating, their hiring needs, and other protocol of each fair.
• Be aware that the specific individuals representing an employer during 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 connect with 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, participate with willingness to be flexible and adaptable in connecting with employers. Be ready for the unexpected, and be personable, friendly, and a good listener.
• Unsure if you are ready to participate in a fair? Then be a volunteer. Should events return to in-person formats when safety permits, being a volunteer 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 participate 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.