The Hiring Summit Series is designed to connect students looking for full-time job and internship opportunities with recruiters who are looking to hire a diverse slate of candidates.
2026 Hiring Summits are Closed
The 2026 Hiring Summit Series is now closed. Check back next year for more information!
Three Summits. One Goal.
Each Hiring Summit focuses on a specific industry, creating a space to explore career paths, share insights, and make meaningful connections.
For students, it’s a chance to discover what’s possible, talk one-on-one with employers, and see how your skills translate to the real world. For employers, it’s direct access to curious, motivated UB talent ready to learn, contribute, and build what’s next. 🤝✨
If confirmed to attend one of the in-person Hiring Summits, your company will have access to the following:
- One table for two company representatives
- Lunch
- Company listing in Bullseye powered by Handshake
- Inclusion in fair marketing
- Employer booth check-in QR code
- Access to booth check-in data after the fair
1. Post & Connect: Make sure your job and/or internship is posted in Bullseye powered by Handshake before completing your registration submission.
2. Submit Registration for Review: A Career Design Center team member will review your registration to make sure our hiring summit is a good fit for your company’s recruiting needs.
✈ Please do not schedule travel until you have received your confirmation email that you’ve been verified.
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Parking will be available on site for our employer partners. Additional information will be provided prior to the fair date to all confirmed participants.
Hiring Summit: Engineering
⚙ Design solutions. Engineer what’s next. ️
Pricing
Registration rate - $110
Payment Required: Once approved, an invoice will be emailed to you including a credit card payment link. Payment must be made in full by February 12, 2026 to attend.
Confirmation: Once payment is received, a confirmation email will be sent and you'll be officially verified to participate on February 26.
Hiring Summit: Arts, Advocacy + Impact
🎨 Bring your curiosity. Leave inspired.
Pricing
True Blue - $350
Non-Profit - $200
Startup - $100
Payment Required: Once approved, an invoice will be emailed to you including a credit card payment link. Payment must be made in full by February 16, 2026 to attend.
Confirmation: Once payment is received, a confirmation email will be sent and you'll be officially verified to participate on March 2.
Hiring Summit: Health
💙 Innovate for wellness
Pricing
Registration rate - $110
Payment Required: Once approved, an invoice will be emailed to you including a credit card payment link. Payment must be made in full by March 25, 2026 to attend.
Confirmation: Once payment is received, a confirmation email will be sent and you'll be officially verified to participate on April 8.
Get notified when 2026 employer registration opens
Complete this form in Bullseye powered by Handshake to get a notification sent to directly your inbox when employer registration opens in early 2026.
Before being able to (virtually) attend the Hiring Summit, please follow our registration verification criteria:
1. Post & Connect: Make sure your job and/or internship is posted in Bullseye powered by Handshake before completing your registration submission.
2. Submit Registration for Review: A Career Design Center team member will review your registration to make sure our Virtual Hiring Summit is a good fit for you and your company.
3. Payment Required: Once approved to attend, an invoice will be emailed to you including a credit card payment link. Please note: Companies will not be permitted to attend until payment is made in full by March 18, 2025.
4. Confirmation: Once payment is received, a confirmation email will be sent as well as a reminder to add your company's fair day schedule (see the Virtual Fair Checklist below).
True Blue - $125
*Discount Note*: If you register for both the in-person and virtual Hiring Summit dates, a 20% discount will be applied to both registrations prior to invoicing.
✔️Create your Schedule: If your company's fair registration is approved, the schedule owner will receive an email notification to add 1:1 or group sessions for the attending representatives. For 1:1 sessions, the schedule owner has the option to set student qualification requirements (work authorization status, GPA, major group, etc.). If the email is not received, navigate to the fair in Handshake. To add the schedule, click on the red button "Add Schedule" in the email, or on the "Schedule" tab from the fair overview page. For more information, see Handshake's Creating a Schedule for Virtual Fairs.
✔️Claim your Schedule: Once the schedule has been created, all representatives will be able to claim their respective schedules by clicking the link in the email sent, or they can login to Handshake, navigate to the fair, then click on the Schedules tab to claim their schedule. Note: Students will not be able to sign up for sessions until you claim your schedule! For more information, see Handshake's Claiming & Participating in a Virtual Fair Schedule.
✔️Encourage session signups: Although employers will not be able to invite students directly to their schedules, we highly recommend following the steps in How to Send a Student a Message to reach UB talent in Handshake and encourage them to sign up for your sessions!
✔️Prepare for the day-of: Check out this collection of useful tips based on past virtual fairs: Preparing for the Day-of a Virtual Fair.
✔️Follow up with candidates afterwards! Refer to Handshake's Following Up After a Fair for best practices.