Career Fair: Info for Employers

Saint Joseph’s University invites you to join us at our Virtual Career Fair in Spring 2024.  Register today!

Spring 2024 Virtual Career Fair
Wednesday, February 21, 2 - 6 p.m.
Hosted virtually on Handshake

Connect with SJU undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and alumni from ALL MAJORS & DEGREE PROGRAMS.  This virtual career fair is open to all organizations looking to hire talented SJU students and alumni for full-time, part-time, internship, co-op and volunteer/service opportunities. Students and alumni from the following SJU schools will be in attendance: 

College of Arts & Sciences

Haub School of Business

School of Health Professions

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy

School of Education and Human Development

Elevate your brand on campus! Sponsorship options will be available to organizations attending the Spring 2024 Virtual Career Fair.  Select the sponsorship of your choice during the Career Fair registration process on Handshake.

Premium Sponsor $500

Sponsorship includes:

• Instagram Takeover during the Spring 2024 semester
• Social media mentions leading up to the fair
• Custom ads (your company only!) on our digital screens throughout campus one week before and one week after the fair
• Two jobs boosted via email to a targeted group of students
• Logo on all event marketing leading up to the fair

General Sponsor $300

Sponsorship includes:

• Logo on all event marketing to students leading up to the fair
• Social media mentions leading up to the fair

Career Closet Sponsor $500

Partner with the student-run Women's Leadership Initiative and the American Marketing Association to offer all Saint Joseph's students easy access to professional clothing.

Sponsorship includes:

• New clothes will be purchased for the closet that students have access to all year long
• Company branding will be prominently displayed on all Career Closet marketing throughout the school year
• Company logo on all event marketing leading up to the Career Fair
   

Now that you have registered for the Spring 2024 Virtual Career Fair, you must take the following steps to ensure students can schedule time to meet with you on the day of the fair.

1. Set up your schedule for the fair: Click here for useful instructions on setting up your team's schedule and preparing for the Virtual Career Fair. You can schedule 30-minute group meetings or 10 minute 1:1s. If you’d like to host a group meeting for more than 50 students during the fair, you’ll be able to enter an external video meeting link and host the meeting in the system of your choice.
   • Group Sessions: The purpose of a group session is to share general information and answer questions about your organization and the jobs and internship opportunities you offer.  These sessions are open to all class years and majors.
   • 1:1 Sessions: These sessions allow you and your team members to meet individually with students for up to 10 minutes.  While you do have the option to set preferences to only meet with students that match specific role requirements, we encourage employers to keep these conversations open to as many students as possible, similar to how you would speak to individual students approaching your table at an in-person event.
2. Share scheduling information with your team members: After you create your team's schedule, your team members MUST claim their schedules. Your team members can refer to this article for information about claiming the schedule you've created for them and participating in the virtual fair. STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SIGN UP TO MEET WITH YOUR TEAM AT THE FAIR UNTIL ALL TEAM MEMBER'S SCHEDULES HAVE BEEN CLAIMED. 
3. All team members should review video requirements ahead of the fair.  We also recommend using the Google Chrome browser and disabling VPN during the event.  This will lessen the likelihood of experiencing technical issues on the day of the event.

In order to access the fair on the day of the event, please use this link.  If this link does not work, follow these steps: 

1. Log in to Handshake
2. Select "Fairs" from the left-hand navigation 
3. Type "Saint Joseph's University" into the search box
4. Select "Spring 2024 Virtual Career Fair"

Refer to this Handshake article for tips on Hosting Virtual Fair Sessions.  

If you need to make changes to your schedule or your team member's schedules during the fair, refer to this article.

We also encourage you to review student Handshake profiles prior to 1:1 sessions.  Information on accessing student profiles prior to sessions can be found here.

Questions during the fair?  Log on to our virtual help room to chat with a Career Center staff member.  This room will open at 1:30pm on the day of the event.

After your sessions are over, follow up with participants!  For tips on how to access the list of student attendees and effectively follow up, refer to this Handshake article.