How to Search for a Career Fair

So you're interested in attending a career fair, now what?! Whether you want to search for a specific career fair at an institution or browse through some in your area, the below instructions will help you search and locate any career fair hosted in Handshake.

From the Career Fairs page

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 Your 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
• Institution: 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 will take place within the date range entered.

3. You will know which fairs your company has already registered for by seeing a registration status to the far right of the career fair name; Approved Registration or Pending Registration.

4. 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 if the fair is hosted virtually in Handshake, you can see your Schedule as well. 

From the institution's home page

When viewing a specific institution's homepage on Handshake, scroll down until you see Upcoming Career Fairs.

There is an option to click on View All Upcoming Career Fairs to be taken to the Career Fairs page and see a list of all current Career Fairs posted by that institution, OR click directly on the name of the Fair to be taken directly to that specific Career Fair's details page. 

From your home page

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

This will show you three most upcoming career fairs at your Favourite Institutions. Click directly on the name of the fair to be taken to that Career Fair's details page. Click on View All Upcoming Career Fairs to be taken directly to the Fairs page. 

Now that you have successfully searched and located a career fair in Handshake, learn more about how to register for it here; in-person fair or a virtual fair.