January 17-18, 2023
Stephen C. O’Connell Center
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The University of Florida’s signature career event, Career Showcase, is coming up on Tuesday, January 17, and Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Career Showcase is the largest campus career fair in the Southeast and a tremendous opportunity for students to advance their careers.
Hosted by the Career Connections Center, Career Showcase that provides opportunities for students to explore internships, part- and full-time jobs, and co-ops in fields such as healthcare, communications, research, accounting, engineering, sales, computer science, retail, and more.
We want you to be a part of Career Showcase! Here are ways you can support this UF tradition:
- Offer students flexibility around class schedules and encourage them to attend Career Showcase and the related events happening during Career showcase Week
- Promote student readiness by encouraging them to attend Career Showcase Prep Events
- Express Drop-In Plus – Jan. 11-13, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Prepare for Career Showcase workshops – Jan. 12, 4 p.m. and Jan. 13, 12 p.m.
- Help students plan to attend, including researching employers using Gator CareerLink and Symplicity Jobs & Careers app
- Encourage students to prepare by updating their professional documents and learning how to navigate the fair using the resource library
Attend Career Showcase
Are you interested in seeing Career Showcase for yourself? We invite you to stop by Career Showcase or sign up for a tour. You can stop by Career Showcase any time – see the full schedule below. Please enter the O’Connell Center at Gate 3 (near Van Fleet Hall/ROTC).
Career Connections Center staff will offer guided tours of Career Showcase to acquaint you to the event, give you a glimpse of the many valuable connections being made, and equip you to support your students attending. Please sign up for one of the tours below:
- Tour of Career Showcase Non-Technical Careers Day – Jan. 17, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Tour of Career Showcase Technical Careers Day – Jan. 18, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Tour of Artificial Intelligence and Computer & Information Science & Engineering Fair – Jan. 17, 3-4 p.m.
Tour participants should enter the O’Connell Center at Gate 3 (near Van Fleet Hall/ROTC) and meet a Career Connections Center staff member there.
Event Days
SPRING 2023 CAREER SHOWCASE
January 17-18
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Stephen C. O’Connell Center
Non-Technical Day, Tuesday, January 17th
Featuring opportunities in accounting, management, sales, government, finance, hospitality, healthcare, communications, marketing, social services, and other non-technical professions.
Technical Day, Wednesday, January 18th
Featuring opportunities in engineering, information technology, research & development, architecture, programming, construction, biomedical, manufacturing and other technical professions.
DIVERSITY MEET-UP
January 17, 2023
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Grand Ballroom, Reitz Union
Featuring employers with diversity hiring initiatives and open to UF students and alumni from a variety of backgrounds. Diversity Meet-Up is a networking event with a fluid atmosphere, without the boundaries of the career fair, for students and employers to connect in a relaxed environment.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCE & ENGINEERING CAREER FAIR
January 17, 2023
1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Location Coming Soon
Featuring opportunities in computer science, computer engineering, digital arts and sciences, data science, cybersecurity, and AI/machine learning (formerly known as CISE Career Fair).
POST-SHOWCASE INTERVIEWS
In the days after Career Showcase, over 2,000 students interview on campus and virtually with hundreds of organizations. Interviews are scheduled by employers, with students invited to participate, and are hosted either in the O’Connell Center or Career Connections Center.