Schedule

9-11a: Check-in, and set up booth

11a- 3p: CISE Career Fair

*Formal interviews are not part of the Career Fair schedule. Check out our Recruiting Guide to learn more about on-campus interviewing and other ways of connecting with our students during the academic year. 

Fees
  • Complementary registration for CISE Industry Partners
  • $700.00 For-Profit Organizations
  • $200.00 Not-for-Profit*/Government Agencies
  • $100.00 Charitable Non-Profit Organizations*
  • $200.00 Resume Collection Only**
  • $15.00 Additional Attendees (maximum of two)
  • $5.00 White Tablecloth

*To verify non-profit status, your tax ID will be requested when you register. 

**Students will have an option to provide their resumes. Resumes will be sent digitally after the fair concludes. This is a great alternative if employers have scheduling conflicts or the fair is filled to capacity.

Registration
  • Log in to our online recruiting platform, Handshake.
  • Navigate to the ‘Fairs’ tab on the left and search ‘JMU CISE Career Fair.’
  • Consult the Handshake Help Center’s How to Register for a Career Fair instructions for further information.
  • Our office will review your registration request within 3 business days.
  • Registration payments are by credit card only. 

Registration is not confirmed until payment has been received. If payment is not received, your spot will be given to another company on the waitlist.

REGISTRATION INCLUDES:

  • Lunch 
  • One 8x2 foot table (limit one per company)
  • 2 Representatives (Companies may bring up to 4. There is a charge of $15 for each additional person and they must be registered in Handshake.) 
Deadlines
  • Registration Opens: November 1, 2024
  • Registration Closes: When all spaces have been reserved
  • Cancellation Deadlines
    • 100% refund: January 14, 2025
    • 50% refund until January 28, 2025
    • No refund after January 28, 2025
    • If JMU cancels the event due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances, a full refund will be issued.
  • Payment is due when your registration is approved. Your registration is not confirmed until payment has been received. Your registration will be canceled if payment isn't received by January 28, 2025.
Career Fair Day Logistics

MATERIAL DROP-OFF
Materials may be dropped off first by pulling into the Festival Conference Center cul-de-sac (GPS location: 1301 Carrier Drive, Harrisonburg, VA. 22807). Staff will be available to assist you.

PARKING
Park in our new East Campus Parking Deck located directly across from the Festival Conference Center. (After dropping your material off at the Festival, turn left onto Carrier Drive. Turn right at the light. Take your fourth right onto East Campus Drive. Entrance to the parking deck is on your right.) Please do not park in fire lanes, metered spots, or handicapped spaces without proper tags, as this will result in a parking ticket. 

CHECK-IN
Please check-in and pick up your information packet at the registration table. Please note that each member of your group must check-in. 

CAMPUS MAP

Shipping your Materials to and from JMU

BEFORE THE FAIR
You may send your materials/display in advance (no earlier than one week prior to the fair) to:

CISE Career Fair c/o Bob Davis
JMU Events and Conferences
1301 Carrier Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22807

AFTER THE FAIR

  • Call in your shipment to your Carrier no later than 3 p.m. and arrange your pick-up for 5 p.m. on the day of the Career Fair.
  • Ask your carrier to pick up materials/display at the main entrance of the Festival Conference and Student Center (1301 Carrier Drive, Harrisonburg, VA. 22807).
  • Leave your "ready to be shipped" display/materials near the main entrance of the Festival Conference and Student Center. 

JMU is not responsible for any materials/displays remaining after 5:00 p.m. on the day of the Fair.

Accommodations

If a hotel stay will be part of your visit, view our list of local accommodations.

Contact

If you have questions about registration, please contact Laura Hickerson at hickerly@jmu.edu or 540-568-2801.

If you have questions regarding logistics or parking, please contact Lyn Chandler at chandllc@jmu.edu or 540-568-5557.

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King Hall
MSC 4116
701 Carrier Drive
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
CISE