STEAM Job + Internship Fair
UB’s largest job & internship fair connecting employers with UB students interested in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math fields.
October 5 - October 7
Virtual
12 p.m. - 3 p.m. each day
Here’s your moment—sign up in advance to meet with recruiters who are looking to hire right now during this 3-day virtual fair.
Recruiters can host virtual one-on-one and group sessions each day during the fair to discuss their company and available jobs and internships. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet recruiters who want to hire you!
You must sign in to Bullseye powered by Handshake with your UBIT name to register.
Your Virtual Fair Checklist
Here is how you're going to get ready for your moment:
- Know before you go. Browse the employers that'll be at STEAM and check out the employer job preferences and qualifications for each job/internship they’ll be hiring for.
- Sign up for virtual sessions with each employer you want to meet with.
Virtual session options
Sign up in advance for sessions with recruiters you want to meet.
1:1 sessions
Chat directly with a recruiter in this mini job/internship interview, where you have 10-minutes to show why you can do the job or internship better than the rest. Showing up on time and being confident will make a great first impression of how professional you are.
To participate in 1:1 sessions, you'll need to set your Bullseye powered by Handshake profile visibility to Employers.
Group sessions
Join a 30-minute session with other students where recruiters will share information about their company and answer your questions live.
To participate in a group session, you'll need to set Bullseye powered by Handshake profile visibility to Community. This option will give you access to Peer Messaging! Choosing Community will make you visible to other students and alumni across all Handshake schools, as well as to employers approved at UB.
🔴 See a red dot next to a time slot?
The red dot to the right of a session start time indicates that you're currently signed up for a session during that time. To sign up for that session, you'd need to cancel your other existing session.
- Attend Making the Most of the Job + Internship Fair skillshop on September 27, at 4 p.m. with special guest Gino Ciotola from the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company.
- Update your Bullseye powered by Handshake profile. Make sure you add information about yourself - especially your career interests, skills, job preferences, roles and location!
- Upload your resume. Get your resume reviewed 24/7 using VMock and add it to your Bullseye powered by Handshake profile.
- Be ready to talk about yourself. Practice your talking points about your career interests and your experiences using Big Interview.
- Have questions to ask. Make a list of questions you can ask about the position or company when asked, "Do you have any questions for us?"
Sample questions
STEAM employers, in some way, are working on health, economics, society, environment, creative or technology challenges.
To learn more about the company and the role they're hiring, consider asking the following questions.
- I see that your company is working on trying to solve [INSERT CHALLENGE]. Can you tell me what your team’s goals in trying to solve this challenge?
- How do the roles you're hiring contribute to solving this challenge?
- How does this role connect to the mission, vision and/or values of the organization?
- What skills or experiences are beneficial for a candidate to have to help solve this challenge?
- What other skills are beneficial for a candidate to have for this role?
- How have the company’s challenges changed over time?
- Figure out what to wear. You don’t need to wear a suit, but dress professionally.
- Double-check your settings. Test your device’s audio/video and your internet connection before the fair.
Handshake Video Requirements
- An internet connection – broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE)
- Speakers and a microphone – built-in or USB plug-in or wireless Bluetooth
- A webcam or HD webcam - built-in or USB plug-in
- Supported Devices:
- Desktop web - Make sure your browser allows pop-ups!
- iOS app
- Android app
- mobile web: We strongly recommend desktop web and native mobile apps for the best experience!
Internet Browser
We recommend Chrome or Firefox for the best experience.
- Arrive on time. You can join your sessions up to 5-minutes early. Here’s how to join your session.
- Follow-up. Send each recruiter you’ve met with a nice thank you email.
⚠️Contact Us!
Please get in touch with us if you need a little extra support or have difficulty with virtual events on a computer or viewing presentations by Friday, September 17.
> Contact the Career Design Center to request in-person or alternative accessibility support.