Spring Career Day
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Virtual - Handshake
Spring Career Day is a virtual event open to all majors and classifications. Students network with employers and learn more about opportunities available in their field of interest. This virtual fair targets experiential learning opportunities from summer employment at camps to internships and full-time professional positions.
Join the Wonder Room for Help Desk and Live Networking
Open March 16 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
View Demo of Wonder Room here
Students
Cost: Free to students, however registration is mandatory.
How to participate in the Virtual Spring Career Day
- Update your Handshake Profile
- Make sure your major, classification, and expected graduation date are correct
- Set your profile to Employer or Community (not Private!)
- Upload a resume to your profile
- Register for Spring Career Day
- Review Employers registered to attend and follow your favorites
- Sign up for your preferred sessions
- Sign up for meetings: Monday, March 8, 2021 through Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- Click the Available Sessions tab in the upper-left of the page, below the fair title and date/time
- When you locate an employer that you'd like to sign up for a session with, look for the session information to appear below the employer name and description
- Group sessions will have a custom title and indicate a length of 30 minutes.
- 1:1 sessions are indicated by "One on One with EMPLOYER NAME"
- Join your sessions at your scheduled times on the day of the fair Tuesday, March 16th
- Navigate to the fair in Handshake and click on the Your Sessions tab
- Click the blue Launch Video button in order to join the session
- You can join the session up to five minutes early to test your audio and video connection. Allow mic and video access in your app or browser.
For more information on attending a virtual fair check out Handshake's Guide to Attending a Virtual Fair.
*Note: You are scheduling meeting times, NOT interviews
Employers/Companies
Cost:
Corporation/For-Profit: $300
Not-for-Profit/Military/School District: $150
Sponsor: $500
Details
- REGISTER
Employers register through Handshake (you will need to create an account if you do not already have one) and submit payment through the external link provided on the registration page. - SET UP YOUR SCHEDULE
Employers will receive an e-mail notification from Handshake with a link to create their schedules for the fair. Employers can add team members as representatives, create 30 minute group sessions, 10-minute 1:1 meetings, and block times as needed.
Who's Coming?
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Emporia State University Graduate School
Evergreen Community of Johnson County
Heartland Behavioral Health Services
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center
Kansas Department for Children and Families
Kansas Recruitment and Retention Center
KANSASWORKS - Dept. of Commerce
Missouri State Highway Patrol - Recruiting & Community Outreach
Northwestern Mutual - (Kansas City/Leawood/Lee's Summit)
NorthWind Technical Services, LLC
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Old Dominion Freight Lines, Inc.
Overland Park Police Department
Pittsburg State University Graduate School
Rockhurst University - College of Health and Human Services
Ryan Companies US, Inc. - Great Lakes Region
Sherwin Williams Company - Performance Coatings Group
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
University of Saint Mary Graduate Healthcare Programs
