About Our Career Fairs
University Career + Internship Fair
Fall | Spring | $275-$575 | Multiple days | City & East Campus
This signature career fair occurs over the course of a week and encompasses a wide variety of majors. To know which day is best for you to attend, choose the day(s) of the week with the focus area(s) that most closely aligns with your hiring needs. Focus areas will be announced on our website as each career fair season approaches. Employer registration is always open before student registration, so Career Services is unable to guarantee specific major attendance on any given career fair day.
View historical attendance data and focus areas
Education Career Fair: Meet the Districts
Fall | Spring | $175 | One day | City Campus
The Education Career Fair: Meet the Districts is planned in collaboration with the College of Education & Human Sciences, and always takes place in alignment with the Professional Development Day. This fair usually runs for about 2 hours, and focuses on connecting school districts with future teachers.
Actuarial Science Career Fair
Fall | $525 | One day | City Campus
The Actuarial Science Career Fair is planned in collaboration with the College of Business. This fair aims to connect firms and employers seeking to hire actuaries with future actuarial scientists.
Attending Our Fairs
Communication
We send one month, one week and one day reminders about day-of career fair details to all registered representatives. These come through Handshake. To make sure the right people are receiving these emails, follow these steps:
- Add handshake@mail.joinhandshake.com to your safe senders list.
- When you register for a career fair, add representatives to your registration.
- You can edit who is attending on behalf of your organization until the registration period closes.
Registration
The date registration opens will be announced on our website and through email. All confirmed details on upcoming career fair seasons will be publicized on our website.
Spring 2025 Career Fair Details
- Husker Circle members receive early bird registration to all career fairs, guaranteeing our most invested employers a spot at the fairs.
- Registration is through Handshake about 2 months prior to the fair date.
- Registration for our fall career fairs usually opens up sooner (in mid-June).
- We recommend setting up your account prior to registering. If you have questions on how to use Handshake, contact our office.
- Waitlists are available once we sell out, but employers rarely cancel, which means it is not likely a spot will open up.
Unless otherwise noted, your registration fee includes the following:
- 1 six-foot table, a black tablecloth and 2 chairs
- Lunch & parking for 2 representatives
- Optional add-on's:
- Additional representatives (up to 4 total can be present at your booth): $30/person
- Electricity: $50
- For other questions, check out Handshake's Help Center and this help article about registering for a career fair.
Day-Of Logistics
Please always refer to the pre-fair emails you receive prior to a specific career fair. This information is subject to change with each career fair season, but is a general overview of what it typically looks like to attend a career fair on UNL's campus.
Unloading Zone
We know that carrying your booth materials across downtown Lincoln/campus is inconvenient and often inaccessible. To assist, we typically offer an unloading zone. Use of this service is completely optional--you are always able to carry your own booth materials from your parking location if you find that to be easier and more convenient.
- Drive up to the designated unloading zone area, and stay in your vehicle until our volunteers give you instructions. For safety reasons, we only unload the front two cars at a time.
- Drop off booth materials (and passengers, if applicable). Once the driver returns from parking, your materials will be waiting at your booth for you, thanks to our friendly volunteers (or your passengers).
- Drive to the designated parking area and walk to the career fair building (usually the Union on City or East Campus).