The Hiring Summit 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.
Student registration opens in March 2025.
Are you a student looking for your next job or internship? An employer looking for talent? If you're involved in the industries listed below, the Hiring Summit could be a match for you!
2025 Employer Registration is Open
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.
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 and you'll be officially verified to participate in the Hiring Summit on April 1.
β Please do not schedule travel until you have received your confirmation email that you’ve been verified.
Traveling to UB? Check out the Visitor's Guide
If confirmed to attend the in-person Hiring Summit, your company will have access to the following:
Employer booth check-in QR code:
You will have a unique QR code displayed at your booth. Students will be able to scan your booth QR code to check in. After the fair, you will have access to your booth check-in data and students will be encouraged to follow-up with you.
*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.
Parking will be available on site for our employer partners. Additional information will be provided prior to the fair date to all confirmed participants.
2025 Employer Registration is Open
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).
*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.
β️Create 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.
β️Claim 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.
β️Encourage 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!
β️Prepare for the day-of: Check out this collection of useful tips based on past virtual fairs: Preparing for the Day-of a Virtual Fair.
β️Follow up with candidates afterwards! Refer to Handshake's Following Up After a Fair for best practices.