How to Search for a Career Fair

If you need to locate a specific fair that your company has previously attended, or find new fairs to attend, the below instructions will help you do so!

To learn more about registering for fairs, refer to Registering for a Fair (Employers) for in-person and Identifying and Registering for Virtual Fairs for virtual. 

1. Click Fairs in the left navigation bar. 

2. Use the filters and search bar on the left side of the screen to narrow down your search results.

• Keyword search: search institution name and fair names.
• Show Favourite Institutions Only?: displays only your Favourited Institutions.
• Show Followed Only?: displays only your Followed Institutions.
• Location: displays results given within the location, will populate an adjustable mile radius slider.
• School: will display results only from that institution.
• Location Type: filter on fairs designated as in-person or virtual.
• Include Past Fairs: when selected, will display any past fairs you have previously registered for.
• Show Registered Only: when selected, shows any fairs you've registered for.
• Show Open for Registration: when selected, shows any fairs that are currently open for registration.
• Date: displays any career fairs that'll take place within the date range entered.

Note: any fairs that your company has already registered for will have the registration status displayed to the far right of the career fair name — Approved Registration or Pending Registration.

3. If you find a career fair of interest, click directly on the name of the career fair to be taken to that Career Fair's details page. 

On this page, you can either register for the fair, or if you are already registered, you can view your registration, other employers participating in the fair, and the institution's point of contact information. 

For more information on viewing, and editing a career fair registration, refer to How to View/Edit a Career Fair Registration.

Additional Ways to Search

From the Institution's Homepage

When viewing a specific institution's homepage on Handshake, scroll down to the Upcoming Career Fairs section. 

Click directly on the name of a specific fair to to be taken to that Career Fair's details page, OR click the blue link View All Upcoming Career Fairs to be directed to the Career Fairs page and view a list of upcoming Career Fairs posted by that institution. 

From your Homepage

You can can also access Career Fairs from your Homepage! To do this, click Home in the left hand navigation bar and identify Upcoming Career Fairs towards the bottom of this page.

This will display the three most upcoming career fairs at your Favourite Institutions. Click directly on the name of a fair to be taken to that Career Fair's details page, OR click the blue link View All Upcoming Career Fairs to be directed to the Fairs page.