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Join a Virtual Career Fair Session

Jaci
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Handshake offers a unique opportunity for students to connect with employers through virtual career fair sessions.

To join a virtual career fair session with an employer, you must first register for a virtual career fair and sign up for the sessions you wish to attend. 

To sign up for a virtual career fair and employer sessions, refer to Signing Up for & Managing Virtual Fair Sessions.

 

Access your schedule

On the day of the fair, you can access your schedule in Handshake via:

  • the career fair banner
  • your registered events

 

Career fair banner

Click on the H, located in the upper-right corner of the screen. 

On your homepage, a banner is displayed as a reminder for the career fair - click the link Go to your schedule, to be directed to your registered sessions.

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Registered events

Click Events on the left navigation menu.

On the event's discovery page, click the button Registered, located in the upper-right corner of the page. 


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On the side sheet that appears, locate the career fair you're attending sessions at, and click on the name of the fair.

💡Note: the newest event is at the top, and the oldest at the bottom - arranged in order of occurrence.

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Once the event is chosen from the side sheet, the career fairs details page will load in Handshake. Click the tab Your schedule to access your registered sessions.

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Join your session

Once you've accessed your schedule in Handshake, all the sessions you've signed up for are displayed. Sessions are in the order of when they take place, with the closest one at the top and the furthest away at the bottom. Any past sessions are displayed below that.

To join your registered session, click the blue button Join video.

💡Note: the join session button will become available 5 minutes prior to the event start time. If you try to join the event anytime before 5 minutes, the 'Join video' button will be grayed out and unclickable.

 

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🚀Tip: to ensure your audio and video is working prior to your session, click the white button Test audio and video, located to the right of your schedule. For more information on testing your audio and video, refer to Attendees: Test audio and video.

 

Additional Resources

To review our video requirements, refer to Attendee Requirements for Integrated Video.

To learn more about the attending a video session on Handshake, check out Attending via Video on Handshake. 

For more information about participating in a virtual fair, refer to Participating in a Virtual Fair.