Career fairs and events
VCU hosts career fairs during the fall and spring semesters. Each fair offers students and alumni the opportunity to network with employers from a wide range of industries. More information about career fairs and participating employers can be found on Handshake.
Although professional dress is not required to attend these events, it is recommended to support your best first impression with employers.
How to register for a career and internship fair
Register for any of our career fairs through Handshake. If you would like to discuss networking during a career fair, update your career materials, or update your professional wardrobe before attending a career fair, you can make a career advising or Suit Yourself Closet appointment through Handshake.
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)
- 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.
Upcoming events
Careers in the Commons: Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (Feb. 24)
Monday, February 24, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | University Student Commons, outside suite 143
Come chat with Terence Boyd, Sales Manager with Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, about their paid part-time, internship, and full-time roles. Stop by their table outside VCU Career Services for more information! We are located across from Chick-fil-A and next to the P.O.D. Market.
https://vcu.joinhandshake.com/edu/employers/11439
Careers in the Commons: Chesterfield County Police Department (Feb. 25)
Tuesday, February 25, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | University Student Commons, outside suite 143
Come chat with Corporal P. F. Malatesta of the Chesterfield County Police Department about current opportunities, like their full-time police officer. Stop by their table outside VCU Career Services for more information! We are located across from Chick-fil-A and next to the P.O.D. Market.
https://vcu.joinhandshake.com/edu/employers/15828
Careers in the Commons: Camp Alkulana (Feb. 26)
Wednesday, February 26th, 11:00am - 1:00pm | Come chat with the Director of Camp Alkulana about summer positions and opportunities with their organization. Stop by their table outside VCU Career Services for more information! We are located across from Chick-fil-A and next to the P.O.D. Market.
Students and alumni from all backgrounds can be a great fit for their summer opportunities. Learn more here: https://vcu.joinhandshake.com/edu/employers/734137
VCU Internship Funding Program Info Session
NOTE: If the Register button is giving you an error, click the link below to register via Zoom and log into your VCU Zoom account:
https://vcu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ldeuspj0pGd37zRxRy-YsLsm40wYNTz1P#/registration
Wednesday, February 26, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Virtual
Do you want to participate in an internship but have found out it is unpaid or doesn't pay enough to cover your summer expenses?
Apply for funding through the VCU Internship Funding Program! Applications are open through April 1 at 11:59 p.m.
Learn more about the program and its requirements here: https://careers.vcu.edu/resources/internshipfundingprogram/
Funding will be awarded as a direct deposit and can be used to supplement costs for travel to your internship, housing costs, childcare, professional attire, supplies, and more!
This virtual info session will cover how to submit a competitive application, and have time for participants to ask questions.
Careers in the Commons: Campbell University: Osteopathic Medicine (Feb. 27)
Thursday, February 27, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | University Student Commons, outside suite 143
Come chat with Joseph Griffin, Admissions Recruiter and Counselor about the Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine and to learn more about all of our programs: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences Master of Health Professions Education.
The mission of the Campbell University Jerry M Wallace School of Medicine is to educate and prepare community-based physicians in a Christian environment to care for the rural and underserved populations in North Carolina, the Southeastern United States, and the nation. Students learn the time-honored approach to healing based upon the teachings of Andrew Taylor Still, the founder of osteopathic medicine. The outstanding biomedical and clinical faculty prepare students to be lifelong learners and excellent practitioners. Students actively learn in an environment that provides excellent clinical training while integrating the health sciences with clinical experiences through utilizing the latest modern technology.
Stop by their table outside VCU Career Services for more information! We are located across from Chick-fil-A and next to the P.O.D. Market.
Read more about the program here: https://vcu.joinhandshake.com/edu/employers/82986