UF Career Week

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Spring 2025 Career Week - January 27 - January 31, 2025

January 27 - 31, 2025

Stephen C. O’Connell Center

Career Week is a University of Florida tradition. It offers recruiters the opportunity to find talented students and alumni for their organization.

Hosted by the university's Career Connections Center, it is the largest campus-hosted career fair in the Southeast. Career Showcase is a three-day event that brings together students and employers for in-person networking and recruiting. Each day is streamlined towards professions in different areas with day one as non-technically focused, including business, non-profits, government, social services, hospitality, retail, etc., and day two is focused on careers in technical fields, engineering, I.T., healthcare, construction, and more. Over 7,000 students attended Career Week to network with over 300 employers.

Event Days

Computer & Information Science & Engineering and Artificial Intelligence Career Fair

Monday, January 27, 2025
1 p.m - 6 p.m
Stephen C. O'Connell Center

This fair, formerly known as CISE Career Fair, is hosted specifically for companies who are hiring students and alumni with experience in computer science, computer engineering, digital arts and sciences, data science, cybersecurity, and AI/machine learning. If you sign up for both the AI and CISE Career Fair and the Career Showcase main event, you will receive a $300 discount on your CISE-AI Career Fair registration.

Spring 2025 Career Showcase

January 28 - 29, 2025
Stephen C. O’Connell Center

Non-Technical Day, Tuesday, January 28, 9 - 3 p.m.

Featuring opportunities in accounting, management, sales, government, finance, hospitality, healthcare, communications, marketing, social services, and other non-technical professions.

Technical Day, Wednesday, January 29, 9-3 p.m.

Featuring opportunities in engineering, information technology, research & development, architecture, programming, construction, biomedical, manufacturing and other technical professions.

Career Week Interviews

In the days after Career Showcase, over 2,000 students interview on campus and virtually with hundreds of organizations such as yours. Take advantage of the opportunity to conveniently hold interviews on-campus and virtually immediately after Career Showcase and throughout the remainder of the semester. The interview space is reserved all day (8 a.m. – 5 p.m.), and you can interview as many students as you wish.

Career Showcase Registration Fees & Details

Register for Career Week

We accept credit cards (VISA, MasterCard or American Express) and checks. In the registration form, be sure to select your payment type as credit card or check.You will receive instructions to pay via credit once your registration is confirmed and you receive an invoice.

Make checks payable to “Univ. of Florida Career Connections Center” (TAX ID# 59-6002052). Include a printed copy of your invoice and send check payment to:

UF Career Connections Center
Attention: Career Showcase Registration
PO Box 118507
Gainesville, FL 32611-8507

Tax Exempt Organizations:

When you register as a nonprofit organization a member of our team will reach out to you to obtain a copy of your Consumer’s Certificate of Exemption from the IRS or any official government documentation stating that you are a verified tax-exempt entity, such as a government agency or a 501(c)(3) organization. If we do not receive the documentation within 2 weeks of our initial correspondence, we will not be able to approve your registration as a nonprofit and will add state of Florida tax to the total registration cost.

September 3, 2024 is the cancellation deadline for this event. Cancellations received by this date will receive a full refund and will not be charged for cancelling their event registration. All cancellations must be submitted in writing to the Career Connections Center. Please contact Career Events Staff at CCCCareerFairs@ufsa.ufl.edu to cancel your registration. No cancellations will be accepted after the deadline. Registered organizations who fail to show up at the event will still be charged for the event. Outstanding bills from previous events will prevent employers the use of other Career Connections Center services in the future. No-Shows: Organizations that do not check in by 11 a.m. on the day of the event will be considered a “no show.” Registered organizations that fail to show up at the event will result in a charge for the event regardless if payment has been received by the Career Connections Center.

Rather than carry your materials, ship them to us. You can ship materials starting two weeks prior to the event. Materials received on the day(s) of the event will not be immediately available. Please note shipping incurs a cost of $50. Shipping from the event: The Career Connections Center provides limited resources to ship your items back to your office. Be sure to label your items correctly and bring the necessary account numbers. There will be pickup locations at the career fair for all the major package carriers, including FedEx, and UPS. Shipping forms and packing supplies are very limited.

Registration Rates

2025 Career Showcase Registration Rates

Technical, Non-Technical, and Computer Information Science Engineering & AI Fair

Corporate

$850 - Early Registration, Until Nov 15, 2024
$875 - Regular Registration, Until November 16, 2024 to January 6, 2025
$900 - Late Registration, After January 7, 2025

Non-Profit/Government

$650 - Early Registration, Until November 15, 2024
$675 - Regular Registration, November 16, 2024 to January 6, 2025
$700 - Late Registration, After January 7, 2025

Companies who register for the CISE AI Fair and either Technical or Non-Technical Day will receive a $300 discount off your CISE-AI Fair Registration.

Career Week Interview Spaces

$200 - Early Registration, Until November 15, 2024
$225 - Regular Registration, November 16, 2024 to January, 2025
$250 - Late Registration, After January 7, 2025

What's Included

Registration fee per table includes:

1 8-foot table and two chairs
Up to 4 representatives are included (2 additional representatives may be added for $50 per Representative)
Catered hot breakfast and lunch for each representative
1 Parking Pass per Table, parking is limited, carpooling is encouraged (additional Parking Passes may be purchased for $15 per pass)
Complimentary Wi-Fi
Online listing of your company and position information

Career Fair Extras:

Electrical Hookup: $25 per day (you must supply the extension cord)
Shipping: $50
Extra Representatives $50 each (includes meals and parking)
Extra Parking Passes $15 each

Career Week Interview Registration Fee includes:

1 8-foot table and two chairs
Up to 2 representatives are included (2 additional representatives may be added for $15 per Representative)
1 Parking Pass per table, parking is limited, carpooling is encouraged (additional Parking Passes may be purchased for $15 per pass)
Complimentary Wi-Fi
Bottled Water for each representative

Career Week Interview Extras:

Extra Representatives $15 each (includes bottled water and parking)
Extra Parking Passes $15 each

Cancellations & Changes to Registration

January 6, 2025, is the cancellation deadline for this event. Cancellations received on or before January 6, 2025, will receive a full refund and will not be charged for canceling their event registration. All cancellations must be submitted in writing to the Career Events staff at the Career Connections Center via email to ccccareerfairs@ufsa.ufl.edu . No cancellations will be accepted after the cancellation deadline of January 6, 2025. This includes registration changes for the Career Showcase days, Meet-Ups, and Career Week Interviews.

No Shows: Registered organizations who fail to show up at the event will still be charged for the event. Outstanding bills from previous events will prevent employers' use of other Career Connections Center services in the future.

All cancellations and changes must be received in writing, send to ccccareerfairs@ufsa.ufl.edu

View our detailed cancellation policy.

UF's Approach to Protests

At the University of Florida, we support the right to free expression in alignment with university policies. Demonstrations, protests, or other forms of expression are permitted on campus as long as they do not disrupt university operations, interfere with scheduled events, or infringe on the rights of others. Participants are expected to follow the guidelines outlined in UF’s Use of University Space policy, which ensures that activities remain respectful and maintain the educational environment.

For more details on these policies, please refer to the University's regulations on demonstrations and space usage.

Campus Demonstrations

Student Honor Code and Student Conduct Code

Use of University Space

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