Career fairs

Career and internship fairs provide you with a convenient opportunity to meet with motivated and skilled students and alumni. Fairs are an excellent way for organizations to gain visibility among students, maximize recruiting efforts for a range of opportunities and build connections for future hiring needs.

If your organization is interested in having more visibility during our career fairs, consider being a fair sponsor. Fair sponsors will be recognized and displayed on the Nevada Career Studio's social media accounts (before and after the fair), all fair marketing (to include the fair banner on Handshake), the Nevada Career Studio website (as fair sponsor), monitor screens in the Nevada Career Studio (as fair sponsor), and signage at the event. Additionally, you will receive prime table placement.

For questions regarding fair sponsorship opportunities, please contact Peter Martinez, Coordinator of Career Education and Employer Relations, at petermartinez@unr.edu.

2025-2026 career fairs

Is your team interested to recruit University of Nevada, Reno students at a career fair during the 2025-2026 academic year?

The Nevada Career Studio will send an email update to all our contacts on Handshake in May/June about our 2025-2026 career fair schedule. We will also list the full schedule here on our career fairs page and our LinkedIn page.

Do you need to add a staff member to your company profile so they can register for career fairs and be directly involved with recruitment on Handshake? Learn how you can add staff members to have their own employer user account. How to invite staff members to join Handshake

If you have staff members that simply need to receive email updates from the Nevada Career Studio about our recruitment events or our quarterly newsletter, you can add them on your Handshake company profile as an external contact. How to create an external contact on Handshake

Want to make a bigger impact?

Your company/organization can be part of an exclusive opportunity to maximize your recruiting effectiveness at the University of Nevada, Reno with our Employer Sponsorship Program.

 

Career fair policies

The following career fair policies will be implemented during the 2024-2025 academic year.

 

New to Handshake?

Follow these steps in order to create a Handshake employer account:

  1. Go to the Handshake login page.
  2. Select "No account? Sign up here."
  3. Be sure to include your colleagues in the “Contacts” and “Staff” sections of your account. This will enhance your Handshake experience, and ensure all of your representatives receive important emails from the Career Studio regarding fairs, events, newsletters and feature updates.
  4. Email the Nevada Career Studio to notify us you have completed your account request. This email will expedite your approval process.
  5. We will either approve your profile or ask you for outstanding information.

Questions?

If you have any questions about our future career fairs, contact us at careers@unr.edu. Employers who are approved on Handshake will receive email updates via our quarterly employer newsletter.