Register for a fair
Unique fairs for your individual recruiting needs
Industry-specific career fairs are held several times each academic year by our career centers. We encourage attending our fairs to find students and alumni seeking full-time and part-time jobs as well as internships and experiential opportunities across all industries and skill levels.
How to register
Register for any of our career fairs through Handshake. Please contact a member of our employer and experiential development team with any questions at hirevcurams@vcu.edu.
Upcoming events, all run Noon to 3 p.m.
- Federal Work-Study Hiring Event (August 22, 2024) *invite only
- Part-Time Job Fair (August 28, 2024)
- Healthcare Opportunities & Professional School Fair (September 25, 2024)
- UNlimited Potential Career & Internship Fair (October 23, 2024)
- RVA Internship & Experiential Opportunities Fair (October 29, 2024)
Event descriptions
Part-Time Job Fair
Come learn about part-time and hourly opportunities around RVA! This is a great time to see what openings are available to you—and how you can gain hands-on experience (and earn a paycheck) while you are in school.
Healthcare Opportunities & Professional School Fair
Connect with healthcare and community-based organizations offering opportunities that unite your academic goals to real-world experiences, including volunteer and service hours, that advances your career development. Explore your options for meeting your academic and professional school application requirements. Network with representatives from a variety of professional schools, including VCU, to learn about program offerings and admissions processes. This event is hosted by VCU Career Services and co-sponsored by VCU P.R.I.M.E.
UNlimited Potential Career & Internship Fair
It's your time to shine at the UNlimited Potential Career & Internship Fair! Participating organizations are excited to meet VCU students and alumni, to share the skills and experiences they are looking for in future talent, and to help you learn about employee resource groups and internal opportunities to be an engaged professional. Some will also be recruiting for internship and full-time career opportunities.
Authentic, Bold, Confident, Driven, Welcoming. These are hallmarks of VCU, and we are committed to creating an environment where all are welcomed, respected, and supported as they contribute their unique and important ideas, skills, and perspectives to the world. Everyone is welcome!
RVA Internship & Experiential Opportunities Fair
Connect with organizations offering opportunities that unite academic goals to authentic, real-world work that advances your career development. Gain exposure to a work environment you want to explore through internships, field work, externships or international experiences. Network with organizations that can provide you with opportunities to get, practice and improve skills and career competencies in various industry settings. This event is hosted at VCU, and is open to college students from other institutions of higher education in RVA.
Upcoming events
- Seasonal & Part-Time Job Fair (January 22, 2025)
- Nonprofit, Public & Human Services Fair (February 5, 2025)
- Narrative Media and Graphic Design Showcase (March 28, 2025) *invite only
- Spring Career Fair (April 9, 2025)
Event descriptions
Seasonal & Part-Time Job Fair
Connect with organizations around seasonal, part-time and hourly opportunities around RVA! This is a great time to see what openings are available to you—and how you can gain hands-on experience (and earn a paycheck) while you are in school and over breaks.
Nonprofit, Public & Human Services Fair
This fair will feature employers from the nonprofit, government, public service, human services and social assistance industries. Come connect with organizations who are looking to hire VCU students for internships (summer and fall), as well as full-time and part-time jobs. The participating organizations are excited to meet VCU students and alumni, to share what skills and experiences they are looking for in an employee, and to help students learn about affinity groups and internal opportunities for their employees to be engaged professionals in their roles.
Spring Career Fair
Graduating? Looking for an internship or experiential opportunity? Need a summer job? Meet with organizations across a range of industries who are looking to hire VCU students for full and part-time jobs, internships (summer and fall), and summer employment.
Interested in connecting another way?
We offer a variety of ways to build your brand and engage with VCU students and alumni including information tables, virtual sessions, and on-campus or virtual interviews. Please contact our employer and experiential development team for a full list of options at hirevcurams@vcu.edu.
Additionally, you are invited to join VCU Link as an alumni or professional mentor to share your career journey and experiences, and be a resource for students and alumni.