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.
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.
The last day to register for a career fair at the regular rate will be two weeks prior to the date of the event by 5 p.m.
The late registration period begins the day after the regular registration deadline date. The following late fees will apply:
- $75 for profit-oriented companies
- $25 for government agencies and non-profit organizations
- $10 for University departments
The final day to register for the career fair will be three business days before the event by 5 p.m.
If registration is full and you are interested to be added to our wait list, please send an email to careers@unr.edu indicating which career fair you would like to be wait listed on. Please include your preferred email and phone number in the event we are able to accommodate your company/organization.
Please indicate any dietary concerns from your representatives attending the career fair in your registration on Handshake. We recommend sharing all dietary concerns no less than three business days before the career fair to give our University's catering office ample notice.
- Space permitting, additional representatives may be added until three business days before the career fair.
- During the regular registration period, the additional representative fee is $30. During the late registration period, the additional representative fee is $40.
The last day to request a refund is three weeks prior to the career fair. Requests for refunds must be sent by email to careers@unr.edu. Refunds for registrations paid by credit card may be subject to a 6% surcharge. No refunds will be given for late registrations.
Contact the Nevada Career Studio if you will arrive late to the career fair. Unless we have been notified of your late arrival, we will release your table to the first walk-in registrant 30 minutes after the career fair start time.
If a table becomes available, the Nevada Career Studio will release that table 30 minutes after the career fair start time to the company/organization who made the first walk-in request. A late fee for walk-in employers will be applied on top of the regular registration fee:
- $100 for profit-oriented companies
- $25 for government agencies, non-profit organizations and on-campus departments
Full payment is due upon arrival.
If an employer does not pay the career fair registration fees within 30 days after the event, the Nevada Career Studio will suspend the employer’s access to post opportunities and events on Handshake, including job announcements and information sessions, and the employer will not be able to register for upcoming career fairs until past due fees are paid.
Employers must inform the Nevada Career Studio of extenuating circumstances in writing immediately at careers@unr.edu. Otherwise, the employer’s Handshake account will be suspended.
New to Handshake?
Follow these steps in order to create a Handshake employer account:
- Go to the Handshake login page.
- Select "No account? Sign up here."
- 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.
- Email the Nevada Career Studio to notify us you have completed your account request. This email will expedite your approval process.
- 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.